Since everything is on the internet, I don’t need books right?
We definitely still need books even though internet is everywhere. Why? First of all, it’s because not everybody has a computer access, so not everyone can use the internet. This means that books are the only credible source for them to learn and be entertained. Second, it’s because books are more reliable than the internet. In books we are introduced well on who the author is and help us to be more familiar with them, while internet doesn’t give a good background of the author in the text. We don’t really pay attention on the author’s background information unlike we intend to do in books.
Reading books can let us communicate to the author in more personal way. Reading books is a good habit; it let us express our feelings and emotions more freely. In books we can identify the different identity of individuals, which makes us be attached and relate to the characters of the book. The writers make us think more deeply in the piece they wrote. Books are really handy, you can take them everywhere. This allows you to read the book, anywhere anytime.
The information from the internet is mostly derived from the book. The internet gets the information from the book for the people who want the information right away. In other words, it’s the easy way. This makes books are still better because they teach us to analyze the contents better. They make a different good relationship to its reader and the writer. Books are important because they can do a lot of things for us. They can make us entertain and most importantly learn, so we definitely still need them in our lives.
Elise—you raised some very valid points. Here’s some cool information that you may not know about books and Internet—you can actually access and read whole books on the Internet or download them onto smart phones or eReaders like the iPad, Kindle, or Nook. You can borrow these electronic books just like you do printed books from a library. Public libraries such as the Denver Public Library and the Aurora Public Library have thousands of popular fiction and non-fiction books available in electronic-book format, and there are sites on the Internet that offers free downloads of books such as Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page ) or Google Books. These are example of the good side of the power and convenience of the Internet as well as a testament of sorts of how information on the Internet is not all bad or unreliable. You'll just need to continue to develop the evaluation skills that will help you determine which is which. Good post, Elise!
ReplyDeleteTina M. Moser, MLIS
Access Services Librarian
Health Sciences Library, Anschutz Medical Campus