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The school library. For decades, it was the go-to source for students looking for books to research a topic or write a paper.
不再。如今，库涉及到学生 - 他们的智能手机，ipad公司，笔记本电脑或其他高科技装置。
At Napa Valley Unified School District high schools, libraries have transitioned from a room with four walls to a virtual collection of digital resources including e-books, databases and much more.
“我们把图书馆到21世纪。”
—Kate MacMillan, coordinator of library services at NVUSD.
学校和教师教育现在使用技术的孩子，如智能板，电子书和共享的电子文档，如谷歌文档。这意味着图书馆必须效仿。
“We have to be technologically nimble,” said MacMillan.
“一切都变了，”珍妮弗·贝克，NVUSD通信媒体专家说。“学生并不需要在物理上的图书馆”使用它，她说。“我们现在的目标是让指令直接把图书馆到教室。”
“The need for library services or info is not going to go away,” said MacMillan. “We’re just providing it in a different manner.”
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Library circulation at NVUSD high schools confirms the trend. The number of printed books checked out has dropped significantly over the past years.
在过去的12个月，共593本印刷书籍在美国大峡谷高中图书馆被检查出来。在纳帕高，人数为1062。在复古高：1,764。
为了比较，早在2009年，7,124印刷书籍的复古高签出。
At the same time, the use of e-books and online databases at those libraries has risen greatly.
E-books provide instant access to class novels, advance placement and college-bound reading lists. All high school students are able to self-check, renew and take notes in e-books.
在过去的12个月共有10150电子书是那些相同的三所高中“签出”用户。这比前一年增长了25％，麦克米兰说。
另外，从一个虚拟参考库“检索”这NVUSD用途 - 称为盖尔 - 在葡萄酒在过去12个月突破8,186。金宝搏彩票
如果检索本质上是一样的东西“退房”的信息，但网上的，而不是在打印。
The Gale databases provide instant access to newspaper articles, magazine articles, academic journal articles and critical essays, along with videos and audio reports. These resources can be instantly translated into 13 different languages including Spanish, Chinese and Japanese.
检索纳帕高共计6,303在美国大峡谷高和21579。麦克米兰认为纳帕高数越多，因为他们已经有特定的在线资源，时间更长，他们学校有更多的学生比说，美国大峡谷高。新技术高中一直有一个主要的数字图书馆。
该NVUSD是加州大风数据库的第六大用户，根据公司。金宝搏彩票
Today, there is no budget for new printed books at the high school libraries, said MacMillan. Some books are donated by alumni groups or others. Instead, library funds are used to buy access to a wide variety of databases such as Gale, e-books, and other digital resources.
“Providing these materials in print at each high school would be cost prohibitive,” said MacMillan.
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纳帕高中的莉莉Leon说她没有去图书馆经常，“因为如果我需要的书，我有我的电脑。”
When asked about online resources she uses, Leon said, “I love Gale”数据库集合NVUSD订阅。
Leon说她也喜欢使用纸质书做研究，而是“我很高兴我生活在一个时代”，其中网上资源可供她。
For most students, “I don’t think they’d know how to survive” without access to online databases and e-books, said Leon.