The New York Public Library: Community Analysis

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There is a place that people go to, and people who are too loud in this place are considered to be disturbances. The only place one can assume that this occurs in is a library. Few love these places due to the many stories held within which transport their minds to many different places, while many others prefer to only read posts and tweets that they find on social media. The future role of public libraries should be a resource for communities because they inform people, they serve as a place for events, and they are a place for the less fortunate to go to. First off, public libraries inform people. For example, Kranich exclaims, “The New York Public Library...led a nationwide program of discussions about the meaning of the American democratic …show more content…

For instance, Shank argues, “People less likely to use e-books include Hispanics, those without a high school diploma, the unemployed, rural Americans, and those with household incomes of less than $30,000” (par. 1). Obviously, the previously mentioned people are less fortunate and they are less likely to use e-books, therefore having to go to libraries to use print books to get information. Another example is when Shank claims that “the library was their only source for access to computers and the Internet” (par. 2). The less fortunate would not have personal computers to use, and libraries have this resource that is open to the public to use, so these people can use the libraries to do what they need to get done. Furthermore, Shank explains, “Bookmobiles have been supplemented by mobile computer labs--visiting minority communities in St. Paul to teach digital literacy classes in Spanish, Hmong, and Somali” (par. 5). Besides going to actual libraries, libraries are bringing bookmobiles to the less fortunate to help them even more. To sum it up, public libraries are very useful to the less fortunate as a resource to …show more content…

Siegler points out that “The Internet was replacing the need to go to a library...the main reason to go to a library...is simply because it’s a quiet place to study” (par. 1). Also, Siegler insists, “And the connected world has far better access to basically infinitely more information than can be found in even the largest library-or all of them combined (par. 7). Basically, the Internet is a better alternative to libraries, reducing the need for them in the future. On the one hand, the Internet is more useful to people compared to libraries. On the other hand, Siegler reasons that “...the end of libraries as talking about the end of learning-and, by extension, the end of civilization” (par. 7). Eliminating libraries is almost like taking a part of our history or what makes up our society, which is disagreeable. Therefore, libraries need to be kept as a resource to the

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