On March 11, Japan was hit by one of the greatest natural disasters in recent history: a combination of an earthquake and a tsunami (and now threats of nuclear explosions) that are comparable to 2005’s...

Imagine the Urban library in the midst of exam week: Clusters of students huddled around desks, sipping warm coffee as they furiously try to cram as much information into their brains as possible. Others, done for the day, groan under the weight of their backpacks, which are laden down with heavy textbooks. Now, fast-forward five years: Instead of using textbooks or magazines for non-Internet research, students are scrolling the pages of tablets and e-readers and storing textbooks electronically, not on their backs.