Exeter campus bookshop, story continues on the going
Previously there have been links to the Exeter student newspaper objections to the decision not to have a bookshop when the campus centre is open again. I recently went for another look and it seems the open space may be ready for the new term in the autumn. However the retail spaces may not be finished till next year. The Blackwells bookshop remains in a portacabin and is expected to sat there till Christmas. The new arrangement will assume a temp bookshop for a month at the beginning of the first two terms. stock will concentrate very much on courses. It still seems to me that some sort of hard copy bookshop could continue. If the university can manage without a bookshop, do they need a library? Can video conferencing cope with lectures? The new site may be impressive but IT support may not be enough of a central feature in itself. All of this can be talked over in the remains of this year before it is too late. I do support e-learning etc, but the theory of blending still has a scope that includes physical books. We are also losing music CDs in Exeter. The HMV shop has limited space upstairs and I will rave on about this during the wheelie Wild Show on Phonic FM. Thursday mornings 10 - 12. Current problem is Joss Stone LP1. They just don't have the stock. Tracks available on YouTube but it just seems wrong. The photos include the architect vision in which the lighting concentrates on the new curves. And a daylight one in which the previously existing buildings are also visible. The overall effect is quite post-modern in a 1950s sort of way.
