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Passage 16
On Saturday, Bexar County Digital Library—a $2.4 million, 4,000-square-foot space located on the south side of San Antonio—opens to the public. The library, built with $1.9 million in county tax money and $500,000 in private _1_, is stocked with 10,000 e-books, 500 e-readers, 48 computers, and 20 iPads and laptops. It has a children’s area, study rooms and a café. Most _2_，it will have no printed material.
This isn't the first time a public library has _3_ to go bookless. Considering our _4_ away
from print and toward all things digital, the idea of the bookless library no longer seems so _5_. Around the country, a number of public libraries have undergone _6_ transformations to cater to the needs of its visitors, often by moving and _7_ its book collections to make way for digital spaces that can easily adapt to emerging technologies.
Chicago Public Library’s YOUmedia offers space for teens to create digital content like podcasts and video games. The District of Columbia Public Library system and the Columbus Metropolitan Library System in Ohio are renovating many of their locations to create all-digital areas and open spaces for _8_ to work together. Arizona State University and the Scottsdale Public Library system are even collaborating to attract small businesses and _9_ to work in libraries across the state. In New York City, 40 of the 62 Queens Libraries have been renovated in part to increase space for jobseekers who don’t have access to a computer at home. They are focused on programs and services like resume writing, job search tips and language classes. Public libraries now offer one program a day _10_ in the U.S.
A) scrutiny B) importantly C) patrons D) supplementing
E) innovative F) radical G) tentative H) attempted
I) enterpreneurs J) definitely K) donations L) consolidating
M) justified N) drift O) averagely
