As technology constantly advances, society also changes with these advancements. More specifically, the growing detachment from libraries and the question of how much we need them. However, public libraries still serve a substantial purpose in society and are crucially important to historians, parents, and ultimately bringing communities together. To start, public libraries are a home to the community and bring like-minded people together. Public libraries tend to be a hot spot for attractive activities, no matter the age or background of the person. This is seen in Document B; the library’s schedule seemed to be packed with fun activities that most definitely brought the community together. Even in the summer, the library seemed to be as …show more content…
For instance, in Source E: “It's impossible to see a world where we keep libraries open simply to pretend they still serve a purpose for which they no longer serve.” However, despite our constantly modernizing and advancing world, public libraries serve a vital role in our society. Take, for instance, the regular phone or computer with the internet. It’s no doubt that wherever you’re reading this on—you’re using the internet and know what it is. The internet has expanded much of our idea of what used to be impossible, and is continuously improving itself as time passes. However, the basic access to the internet isn’t free. To own an iPhone, you need money. To own a computer, you need money. It isn’t given on a free silver platter, which brings up the idea of uninformed citizens lacking the ability to use the internet. This is brought up in Source A: “If a free society is to survive, it must ensure the preservation of its records and provide free and open access to this information to all its citizens.” This piece of evidence underlines the fact that libraries are a free resource for the public and are valuable for society as a whole. With the removal and abandonment of libraries, it’s clear that it will impact every citizen that hasn’t spent money on a device. This could likely snowball into citizens becoming uninformed or being pressured into taking out
“Can we keep our libraries?” Smith takes the position on behalf of all of the library activists, stepping out of his point of view, and assimilating his viewpoint to speak for the people’s as well. She specifically uses the word “we” to make the audience feel included and apart of the movement to keep libraries. Rather than only referring to only statistics and evidence, Smith appeals emotionally to the audience, emphasizing that we are humans, not robots, and there is something intrinsic about the library that should not be taken away. Additionally, she utilizes a literary technique of allegory to portray an abstract idea as a form of character, illustrating Mr. “Notmytaxes” as the notion of people that do not want to pay for libraries because they do not use them in the first place. She brings out a “call to action”, asking the authorities to think more seriously about the consequences and bring more weight into their
The article “The North West London Blues” argues that public libraries still remain an important part of the society and should be preserved. There is no doubt that she is, in fact, a part of the minority who has the same opinion due to the reason that most people tend to prefer electronics over physical copy of books, especially the younger ones. Therefore, it is important for the author to use persuasive methods to gain more support. The author, Zadie Smith, uses evidence, reasonings, and stylistic elements in order to gain support.
Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, consists heavily of social commentary regarding technology and the extreme use of it. He makes sure to critique the issue of how much our society is involved in technology that they forget the true meaning of what it’s like to hold a book and actually read it. Many people preview his book and think, “who would ever burn a book?” but if one actually knows it, they would know that the firemen in the story burned pages and pages of books because they simply did not find a use for them anymore. All of our knowledge is based upon books and text... so without it, the world is gradually evolving into a technologically based world. “I face FaceBook more than books face me,” quotes poet, Marshall Davis Jones evaluating
This is true, on the Internet people can find their information within a matter of seconds. Rather than spending hours to find the right book and evidence that they need. In the cartoon, illustrated by Roz Chast, he shows a man in a library facing away from the books using a computer (Source 8). While many can argue that this shows the negative side on how people do not use resources such as library's anymore; they just use technology. This is not negative, people today can find information on any topic while using a computer. Sure they can use books from the library but most books are not as updated as websites; so information could be inaccurate. Using technology rather than a library does not make our generation the dumbest. This shows how technology has helped us become one of the most advanced generations.
Identify at least three (3) ways that the United States changed since 1877. This change could be a shift from one political party/ideology to another, or it could be an economic, social, or cultural change. Reflect upon each change to show how the country is now different than it was in 1877.
I believe that gold, God, and glory were all prominent reasons for Europeans coming to the New World. I think that different countries each had different expectations of what they could achieve from colonizing in the Americas. Glory, however; impacted all of the countries that came to the New World. Spain took lead in the exploration of the Americas, the Spanish empire spread from Europe to the Americas and Asia (pg.24). Spanish explorer Cortez conquered the Aztec City (pg. 23) and Pizarro conquered the Inca kingdom which caused a multitude of riches to be able to go over to Spain. Which, of course, made Spain seem glorious. When the French and Dutch noticed the way Spain was expanding and gaining wealth, they hoped to do the same. Neither the French or the Dutch wanted land, nonetheless, they had a desire to take part in trade. The trade would not only enhance the wealth of
missed opportunity that must be addressed in schools and libraries (2014, p. 181). Palfrey and
Technology has become an increasingly advanced as well as an important aspect in modern society. That is why Ray Bradbury, the author of Fahrenheit 451, was right to fear books and other printed sources would be replaced by modern technology. Technology has contributed to the significant loss of time children spend reading. Additionally, eBooks have replaced print books. Moreover, television and radio have replaced newspapers as the dominant source of information.
Imagine if you will, that you are In Ray Bradbury's, Fahrenheit 451 which is a book about a dystopian society and that makes the world suck because dystopian societies are like a torture town there is no freedom everyone knows what you are doing. But in the book It makes you imagine that you have to live your life without books, you probably wouldn't be reading this if you had to live your life without books. But believe me, you need books, you might not want to read them now but it's because you have the choice to read them whenever you want. If you didn't have the choice or the opportunity to read you would miss books and wish you had one or could read one because someone told you you couldn't read. But in this future you can't, do you really want that to not be able to read or even look at a book? In this future books are forbidden and the people can't read them because of censorship so imagine you wanted a good book to read so you can be on the path to a smart and fulfilling future and you needed to the ability to get a book to learn how to do
If society is left without books, a population will become homogenous and without knowledge. In Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag wants to find his true meaning of life through books. Books are so revered that Montag must hide his books to avoid punishment. This proves that the government does not want the general populous to read literature because it is so valuable. Ideas cannot be taken away once committed to the brain.
Atharv Dangore Mrs. Wakefield English II Pre-AP 4/18/16 Open-Offices: Are They Detrimental for a Company? The transition from a private office to an open-office layout can be a troublesome change for some employees. They take issue with the fact that they are going to lose their private office, their big desk, their personal space, and the leisure of being able to take a break at anytime. The open office layout is not something many employees are excited about or satisfied with.
The library can also borrow books from the other libraries from different colleges, if there is a specific book that the student may need and when it isn’t in our own library. I have been to the library before many times, but it was only to study with a group of friends in the study room for the upcoming tests and finals. I thought all these resources from the libraries are great and I wish I would have known sooner. Now that I know about all the resources the library can help and provide me with, it will be very helpful for writing research
In order to address the rapidly-changing nature of technology, laws regarding the Internet must be updated frequently. Unfortunately, this can make it difficult for library staff and patrons to remain aware of the legislation that directly affect the use of the Internet in public libraries. The laws that affect Internet use in public libraries do more than just influence libraries' public Internet use policies; they also affect interlibrary loans, patron and staff privacy, and even policies regarding staff Internet use. With this in mind, it is highly beneficial for libraries to have access to an accurate and current overview of the laws that affect the way that their staff and their patrons use the Internet. When library staff have information about government legislation in an easily-accessib...
I attended the in class lecture on October 18 over Texas A&M’s library resources and services. The lecture was presented by Daniel Xiao and reviewed the many applications of the university libraries.
Print publishing has been credited for the long standing preservation of literary works of numerous authors, both past and present. This system of preserving the intellectual nuances of personages, customarily through books, is what affords for the realization by future generations of what the past looked like, in terms of the events and people that characterized it. In essence, books, according to Dixon-Fyle, link the idea or sentiments of authors to certain fundamental cultural and societal practices that enunciate the background of a particular civilization over time. However, the recent spate of technology that announced the entry of the digital age has cast a dingy decadence on the future of printed books, and the whole conventional practice of print publishing. The question that many academicians, librarians and other relevant stakeholders have constantly barraged themselves with is; will the digital age render print books obsolete?