If Libraries Remove Computers, Will Anyone Come?

". . .But now Mr. Mathews says he hears colleagues planning to remove desktops and trying programs to loan out iPads or netbooks to students who want to use a computer while in the library. 'So the real question is: What happens when they don't need computers anymore?' His answer is sobering for library officials: 'If you take the computers out of the commons, I think you'd see our numbers drop by half,' he argues."