Ok, lets right-set here for a moment. College Library’s are no longer needed. They are just study halls. They are lined with books that nobody ever reads. Students go to library’s for social time or study time. And often its a little of both. A 4 story library often has floors with different quiet rules. Often the top floor is total quiet and the main floor is total party.
Secondly, library’s or any college buildings degrade over time until funding has been acquired for the new building. The old building needs to look ruff to demonstrate need. Then they find a sucker who’s name shows up on the new library, often a widow or a guy who wants his screw up son to get in to the college.
Dead wrong.
They are lined with books that only serious students read.
Not only is everything not on the net, contrary to widespread assertions internet information isnt anything close to “forever” - its “until the servers need upgrading”.
The degree to which the campus library is used is a direct, accurate, and visible corollary to how much serious study is going on.