[Venturer]

Things have changed a lot since I was in schoo. The English teacher had the library in her room and she took care of it. Of course it wasnt much of a library.

With all the Computers in schools now is a library really a necessity? Reference’s are pretty easy to find in Computers.

[allmost]

Digital information is great until the power goes out or the censors kick in. A basic hard copy of human knowledge is fundamental IMO.

[Darkwolf377]

While reference works can be found on computers, that`s a rather short-sighted view of libraries. In my work I see the reading and writing skills of teens, and the Internet is aiding in the destruction of both. [Teachers who allow these incredibly low standards do their part.]

Libraries are where people can sit and read and contemplate--and think. Online sources by their very nature are helping lower our patience with reading long, detailed works.

We are getting dumber and dumber, and the rise of the Internet, while providing ample sources of factoids and gotcha! journalism, is training our young people to be sheep. The inability to sit and read and pause to think is not a good thing.

[exhaustguy]

Our librarians are media specialists (they also take care of the computers).

[exhaustguy]

Our librarians are media specialists (they also take care of the computers).