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SFU’s bookstore on Burnaby Campus
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To bodly go: We don’t need a fully-stocked bookstore anymoreWe don’t need a fully-stocked bookstore anymore

Nercya Kalino June 1, 2022

In the beginning, there was paper. But times have since changed. Books have lept beyond paper copies to the digital, and so it’s time for our bookstore to reflect the possibilities of 21st century learning.  Let’s start with this: A bookstore is a monument to the death of the environment. Statistics aggregator The World Counts suggests 42% of all global wood that is harvested is processed for paper production. In technologically advanced societies, the facilities to shift this resource fully online is available. And let’s face it, we’ve all been doing it for years. Who hasn’t pulled up chapters using…

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