Ideas and Ideals

The article develops some of the theses expressed by the author at the round table "Library without books – the inevitability of the future?". It notes a systemic crisis of paper books and traditional libraries, and proposes a solution based on their electronization. The problems of electronic book publishing and electronic libraries are analyzed, and possible solutions are proposed.The article develops some of the theses expressed by the author at the round table "Library without books - the inevitability of the future?"*. It notes a systemic crisis of paper books and traditional libraries, and proposes a solution based on their electronization. The problems of electronic book publishing and electronic libraries are analyzed, and possible solutions are proposed.