We are talking about community colleges (Score 1)

Most community colleges have smaller libraries than can be found at 4 year institutions. The arcticle states that the media center offers resources on the web, e-books, and online journals. These resources may be comparable to the resources offered by other community colleges.

What is the difference if I'm looking at a paper copy of Journal xyz or an online version of the journal? The online version is most likely going to be the more reliable version. Nothing is more frustrating than tracking down some journal article only to find the page(s) you want ripped out. That is not going to happen with online journals.

When physical space becomes an issue moving to digital resources makes sense. It is costly to add on to the existing library to house additional paper books, paper journals, etc. But adding Online Journals, e-books, etc. to a library will require less space.