Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Web 2.0
In this excercise we were to read some articles about web 2.0 and blog. In the article "Away from Icebergs" the author thinks that the book collection is becoming obsolete as more people are using the web to get their information. I think this is very untrue and became agitated by his remarks. Until I saw that he works in an academic library (UNR: Go Wolves!!!). With that information it makes sense as more students are using the web to gather their resources when researching a project. In the public library arena, I don't see this happening. There's nothing better than curling up with a good book and a blankie. Curling up with a laptop just doesn't cut it. I believe the general public will always want the paper copy, something they can hold. Many schools make their students get books as research materials, not allowing them to use only the web. This is good. People shouldn't forget the humble beginnings of learning.
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I agree with you about people liking to curl up with a good book. A lot of people have sentimental attachments to the book. I sometimes wonder about what it will be like 30 years from now. I can see people reading books less and less. At UW-Madison, there are freshman who don't even understand that PDF copies of articles actually come from a paper journal. They seem to think these things originate online.
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