For hackley school in Tarrytown, NY, the decision to make the switch from print to digital library resources came in a flash. A flash of lightning, to be specific. In mid-2007, the school's 100-year-old library building burned to the ground after being struck by lightning. No one was injured in the early morning blaze, but the library's extensive reference collection wasn't so fortunate. "There was nothing left but the walls," says Laura Pearle, head librarian for the private day and boarding school that serves about 850 K-12 students.
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