Reading 2.5 - Digital Library

For me, print texts are generally more enjoyable. They have associations, built up over years, of cosyness, relaxation and enjoyment whereas digital texts seem more like work. With a print text I am sitting in a comfortable chair or lying in bed whereas with digital text I am sitting in an office chair. Being environmentally aware, I don't usually print out digital texts. The exception to this is when I am writing an assignment as I find I can pick up mistakes more easily in print then on the screen. I'm not the only one who finds this and I wonder why it is. Perhaps because we have more experience of reading print text? Or fewer distractions? Perhaps we read print text more carefully?
In a social context, print and digital libraries differ in a number of ways. Many people enjoy the physicality of books - their look, smell and feel - and may develop an emotional bond with a particular book. In contrast, digital texts are much more neutral. People wanting information may be equally happy with print or digital text but people wanting to read for pleasure will almost always choose print text.. Print text seems to be much more memorable. People often like to have a print out of any particularly useful information that they find. It is reassuring to know that they have something physical to refer to. Finding the same piece of digital information again can be tricky. In our library, patrons can print out digital information that they find but there is an extra charge for this.
I read something recently ( I can't remember where - it must have been digital) that it was hard for people to remember where they saw a particular piece of digital information because there were so few external triggers. With a book there are lots of external cues that vary from book to book but with digital text you are usually sitting in the same room, on the same chair, looking at the same computer screen and only the text on the screen changes.