Prep School library to contain no books

In an recent article, it was announced that a prep school near Boston is ridding their library of all their books, replacing them with a 'learning center' that will include lap-top ports, more subscriptions to online materials, digital readers and other multimedia devices.

While there is a need for technology, this is a big step for a library to take, and many issues arise form not having any books available to students, for both research and reading purposes. Being in this program, many of us have come from a history of a love of books, seeing the future as a combination of physical and virtual information.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/09/04/a_library_without_the_books/?page=1
Thoughts?