With the prevalence of online resources in today’s academic world, students and faculty alike are wondering what’s in store for public libraries.
Although the use of electronically obtained articles has increased, search engines like Google and Yahoo have become prominent.Yet, the question remains, will libraries become extinct in the “real world” — where the need for in-depth research is usually minimal?Since the invention of the Internet, patrons use the library and read less, the OCLC survey found, and the majority “anticipates their usage of libraries will be flat in the future.”Some people still have an attachment to the traditional nature and purpose of the libraries — a place that supplies books, the survey states, and it’s often nostalgic in nature.
“I don’t see books going out of style any time soon,” Currie said. “It’s one thing to read a journal article online, it’s another thing to read ‘War and Peace’ online. It will take decades to digitize everything that’s in print and that’s without worrying about copyrights.”
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