The number of people paying a visit to libraries regularly has been decreasing since the introduction of digital media online years ago. Some say that it is better off to provide students with access to online materials to replace traditional textbooks. There are both merits and demerits to this argument and I will discuss them in this essay.
Let us start by looking at how the digital source of knowledge positively affects the way students learn during their courses. First of all, the convenience of the easy accessibility to online books create chances for on-the-go learning experiences. which means learners can log in to their account and start learning anytime with a mobile device. Ideally, this enables them to consolidate and build up knowledge whenever they are having an unsolvable question in mind. Furthermore, real books are heavy and not easy to be carried around, so studying at home or in libraries is more favorable. While digital materials are lightweight and information searching time is reduced to a few seconds since the computational algorithms developed, more people are choosing to change their way of learning. For example, a 12-centimeter in diameter disc can store a whole Encyclopedia Britannica, which in printed volumes, could occupy a shelf section.
On the other hand, because computers are prevalent and easy to upload and download all kinds of sources, most of the online information is not officially approved by any authorities or publishers. Some of them are likely to be misleading and be written in favor of the uploaders. For instance, in Vietnam, there was an online article which claimed that slippers, sandals and other things being sold in Vietnam markets, which were imported from China, were detrimental to people' s health. It has been proved that these types of news are false alarms and should not be published online to trick people.
In conclusion, it is still a hot debate topic on whether the role of the library has become obsolete. However, I think that students should find the balance between these two sources of knowledge, with the help of their formal mentors, in order to achieve greatness in their school curriculum.
The number of
people
paying a visit to libraries
regularly
has been decreasing since the introduction of digital media
online
years ago.
Some
say that it is better off to provide students with access to
online
materials to replace traditional textbooks. There are both merits and demerits to this argument and I will discuss them in this essay.
Let
us
start
by looking at how the digital source of knowledge
positively
affects the way students learn during their courses.
First of all
, the convenience of the easy accessibility to
online
books create chances for on-the-go learning experiences.
which
means learners can log in to their account and
start
learning anytime with a mobile device.
Ideally
, this enables them to consolidate and build up knowledge whenever they are having an unsolvable question in mind.
Furthermore
, real books are heavy and not easy to
be carried
around,
so
studying at home or in libraries is more favorable. While digital materials are lightweight and information searching time is
reduced
to a few seconds since the computational algorithms developed, more
people
are choosing to
change
their way of learning.
For example
, a 12-centimeter in diameter disc can store a whole Encyclopedia Britannica, which in printed volumes, could occupy a shelf section.
On the other hand
,
because
computers are prevalent and easy to upload and download all kinds of sources, most of the
online
information is not
officially
approved by any authorities or publishers.
Some
of them are likely to be misleading and
be written
in favor of the
uploaders
.
For instance
, in Vietnam, there was an
online
article which claimed that slippers, sandals and other things
being sold
in Vietnam markets, which
were imported
from China, were detrimental to
people&
#039; s health. It has
been proved
that these types of news are false alarms and should not
be published
online
to trick
people
.
In conclusion
, it is
still
a hot debate topic on whether the role of the library has become obsolete.
However
, I
think
that students should find the balance between these two sources of knowledge, with the
help
of their formal mentors, in order to achieve greatness in their school curriculum.