tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post4014224101687273351..comments2024-03-19T02:34:30.151-04:00Comments on The Blue Remembered Hills™: Libraries ...Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-9583912069684629752009-09-12T06:21:07.170-04:002009-09-12T06:21:07.170-04:00My 15 year old niece is bright, articulate and fun...My 15 year old niece is bright, articulate and funny, a born debater and righter of wrongs. She wants to be an investigative journalist, but hardly has a book in her room and although belongs to a public library, rarely goes, but is often glued to the internet. <br /><br />Perhaps it's a generational thing, I don't know. I love the internet and I am constantly stretching my knowledge boundaries. I do have an online library, but I also have a big physical library that continues to grow and I will not stop that. I love real books, even the smell and weight of them, maybe it's a junkie thing.<br /><br />Physical libraries are a minority affair as there are a lot of people out there who barely read a book a year, and that is usually only because everyone else is reading that particular title. <br /><br />We may well be seeing a shift in the parameters of on and offline libraries, with the emphasis on 'online'. However, there is always a sunny side, if institutions and individuals are dumping books then there is more for the rest of us and our physical libraries.<br /><br />Anyway, it's a sunny day and I'm off to the local car boot sale to see if I can pick up any more gems to add to my ever expanding library!John Hopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495250254811460833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-73625277200538243612009-09-08T22:11:24.820-04:002009-09-08T22:11:24.820-04:00What happens when technical difficulties occur is ...What happens when technical difficulties occur is that someone calls ITS and calls, and calls, and ...Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-33358266951875802012009-09-08T06:41:48.943-04:002009-09-08T06:41:48.943-04:00Libraries without books - brrrr! What about the un...Libraries without books - brrrr! What about the universities that have e-courses (e for electronic and economic)and never meet with profs and other students? We are all supposed to shut ourselves into our germ-free spaces. What just happens if there are technical difficulties? smAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-34541569820307582532009-09-07T03:20:23.031-04:002009-09-07T03:20:23.031-04:00I am in agreement about Fahrenheit 451 with a bit ...I am in agreement about Fahrenheit 451 with a bit of Shirley Jackson's The Lottery to approximate what a crazy community will do to protect itself. Our own local library (in a university city) has always been dismal. Today it is the daily home of the homeless and kids on the internet.home before darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272062955786414729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-300027302641867162009-09-06T23:51:33.515-04:002009-09-06T23:51:33.515-04:00I find it all terribly shocking - I cannot conceiv...I find it all terribly shocking - I cannot conceive that it is a good thing. Perhaps we are on the brink of a new leap into the future and it may be I'm too luddite for that kind of future. Fahrenheit 451 comes to mind.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-59338185784175340532009-09-06T20:20:11.840-04:002009-09-06T20:20:11.840-04:00I read both the post at Mrs B. and the link. I thi...I read both the post at Mrs B. and the link. I think and sadly- the library will become a thing of the past-a Museum. Your last thought is so right and chilling too. I find blogging such a new way to knowledge, though the books I surround myself with are priceless to me, I constantly tell a niece and nephew of their value- So they will not toss them someday(it may be what I have to leave them!)I was sent to the shelves at school and at home- I fear that the 20 somethings now and certainly those creeping up behind -do not and have not, and just will not value a book of any sort-witness the educator in Mass. Great thought provoking post(obviously)PGTP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.com