Elearning in Brent Libraries

Justin Tomlinson MP recently suggested that libraries should force anyone who wanted to borrow an ebook to physically go to the library, which I thought a pretty crazy idea. Brent is trying to develop its online offer in a better managed way.  We will shortly make about 500 elearning courses in all sorts of subjects available via the Brent Libraries website.  These will be accessible to anyone with a library card and an Internet connection, including the Internet connection in a Brent library. That strikes me as a way cof spreading learning that actually uses the advantages of new technology rather than tries to bend it to old ways of working.