Advantages And Disadvantages Of Electronic Media

Students aren’t limited to a local physical library. With technology, students have several sources of information in various formats such as books, articles, newspapers, videos, and much more.

Working in any organization where there is lack of help, time, and supplies can be quite challenging for employees and management. This seems to the dilemma that these three reference librarians where having. Within this case study there seems to be frustration with the current working conditions, especially the technological support that is needed. The reference librarians find it challenging to complete their jobs when they have to consistently assist in computer problems, leaving the reference desk unattended.

The author starts off with a rhetorical question: “What kind of problem is a library?” urging the readers to think about this question as they continue to read the article. The question grabs the readers’ attention, and intrigues them to read on to find and answer. She further utilizes this technique of rhetorical questions throughout the article for the same purpose of emphasis on the vitality of the role of public libraries. Moreover, Smith extensively employs the use of metaphors and personification. For example, she describes the internet as libraries’ “universal death knell”, which portrays the internet’s negative impact on the development of

A critical issue facing public libraries is how to stay relevant in the community to prevent closures or budget cuts. In “Looking at the Future of Libraries,” R. Toby Greenwalt asserts that the future of libraries is as a community connector providing users with the means to enable their creativity (Greenwalt). Greenwalt, the director of Digital Strategy and Technology Integration at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, believes libraries should disrupt conventional wisdom of what it can provide for patrons. One example of disrupting conventional wisdom, Greenwalt describes the library as a “firestarter,” the beginning steps of “something big” (Greenwalt).

The author of this article Mrs. Denise Davis is the director of the Office for Research and Statistics of the American Library Association. This means that Mrs. Davis is able to access and is responsible for the reports mandatory for each library across America to turn in each fiscal year, these reports are used to determine what changes the libraries need to make to better serve the public. Given her credibility to write on such topics she then chooses a topic each year to write on to prepare libraries and librarians across the country for the upcoming years. In 2010 Mrs. Davis choose to write on eBooks and their increasing popularity throughout the American population as well as the difficulties libraries have encountered in the past fiscal year to compete with eBooks. Because this article is written in 2010 it shows just how long libraries have struggled with the topic of eBooks and can demonstrate the new policies that have been used by the libraries throughout the past four years. This information can help my research in showing how eBooks have affected the library's behavior, and consequently give me the statistics needed to show the effects of eBooks on the libraries throughout the recent years. Understanding this source is outdated other sources will also likely be used in my final project from the American Library Association websites of statistics of more recent years.

The state of the current economic climate is common knowledge, resources for post-secondary educational institutions are not plentiful and budgets are tight! Some may question our motives for choosing this moment to embark on creating a digital repository to provide better access to the holdings of the archives, but I believe that we can tailor our strategy to the current climate and develop a plan that is creative, feasible, and sustainable. The resource that I would like you all to explore is a book titled Building a Digital Repository Program with Limited Resources, which is available as an eBook via the library catalogue. This book was written recently from the academic archives/library perspective by an expert in the field. Most importantly, the book focuses on how creating a well-designed, efficient, sustainable, fiscally responsible repository program “with realistic, quantifiable goals can help showcase...knowledge centers in this era of shrinking budgets and an increasingly digital environment” (Clobridge, 2010). The author intended the book to function as a handbook for both those beginning and well versed in digital repository work, so everyone in the DCTF should be able to come away from this resource more knowledgeable about the work ahead (Clobridge, 2010). Part One of the resource focuses on big picture stuff like

There are different sources of information concerning different subjects and disciplines sources ranges from the written material, unwritten to the electronic, material materials such as those found in the internet. Among all these sources of information the electronic sources such as the open found in the internet have acted as the best sources of information. The online line material can serve a large group of people at a go, it is also easy to access the information as it only relies on the press of a button and the whole information is found, to make matters also easier the online sources of information have their own ways of translating information to the desired language to ease the understanding by the different people globally who are

The large library budget reductions have resulted in cuts of every kind, including failure to make general technological improvements in order to insure capability and security for the public and Library systems and staff. The library has laid off over a third of the staff, reduced open hours, cut back the purchase of books and materials, cut supplies and trimmed maintenance.

Libraries and librarians must constantly adapt because of the improvement and growth of digital resources. For example, the summary mentions that academic librarians are taking on new responsibilities regarding digital resources such as digital archives, data curation, and digital humanities. Additionally,

Over the last few years the libraries patrons have been coming into the library looking for their additional services they provide other than the main function which has been print lending. According to an article in the Library Journal, which reference the circulation of print materials versus audio-visual materials “despite constituting only 7.6% of the “total adult holdings”, DVDs accounted for almost 60% of the circulations of the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library”. The library now offers many more services such as video games, DVD, Blu-Ray, music, computer use, and Internet. These services are increasing the amount of circulation and number of people through the doors, but this is telling that majority of patrons are looking for the audio-visual materials of the library. Frequently, patrons arrive at the library not sure what they want to read. They spend a few minutes walking around trying to make

One of the biggest issues with budget cuts, legislation, and financing is the fact that most people are unaware that this a major concern for libraries. When a person attends a program they don’t think about how the supplies and entertainment arrived, they just think about the lovely time they are having — little do they know about the

As new technologies are rapidly introduced, people are able to find any information with the access of internet. This leads to people questioning the relevance of libraries and its true purpose. Public libraries cultivate the value of increased education and a social unity to advancing as a society.

The purpose of this study is to explore how public libraries could use information technology to ensure they remain a vital member of the community they serve while considering a limited budget. This includes examining how social media and open source software could be used to improve customer access to library resources as well as alternative methods for presenting library programming.

In 2015 research was conducted over the rising concerns of public library budget cuts, declining patron statistics, desired programs, and services. The key question was if the library was still a needed public service due to technology takeover of electronic resources. The Pew study supports that the public library is still a much-needed service, however, the users desire more technology and digital literacy (Horrigan, 2015).

Digital users who are in contact with the libraries services only via "cyberspace" (Gruca, 2010, para. 2) and users who require face-to-face services