Are libraries useful in today's society?
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Yes.\n\na)  Hardcopy is the last defence of detecting data corruption. [Data corruption here can range from typos, to the deletion, or addition of entire passages, which completely alter the meaning of the work.]\n\nIt is trivial to determine if something has been added to, or deleted from hardcopy.  For e-copy, making such a determination is, at best, extremely difficult.  If the e-copy has DRM applied to it, making such a determination is impossible. \n\nI suspect that anybody who used DIALOG during the seventies, or eighties, has first hand experience of data corruption.   Papers that were in the hard copy journals, but were not found by doing any DIALOG search.   Typically, thsi was becuase of spelling errors in the title of the journal article, and in the name of the author.  Trivial, except that such errors make the results that were reported impossible for people who either did not read the original hard copy, or do not remember everything that they read in the hardcopy.\n\n"The Way Back Machine" is a great example of demonstrating how data gets corrupted, by additions, or deletions done by the original author.\n\nb) Libraries serve as a repository of knowledge.   As such, they are designed to store information as hardcopy. This is the only format that will last for more than 50 years.
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try \n\nhttp://www.librarything.com/
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the influence of pop culture on today's society.
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In the traditional sense of the word, a library is a collection of books and periodicals. It can refer to an individual's private collection, but more often it is a large collection that is funded and maintained by a city or institution. This collection is often used by people who choose not to--or cannot afford to--purchase an extensive collection themselves.\n\nHowever, with the collection or invention of media other than books for storing information, many libraries are now also repositories and access points for maps, prints or other artwork, microfilm, microfiche, audio tapes, CDs, LPs, video tapes and DVDs, and provide public facilities to access CD-ROM and subscription databases and the Internet. Thus, modern libraries are increasingly being redefined as places to get unrestricted access to information in many formats and from many sources.
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At the library or on the internet
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Some might.. in smaller communities where they have budget constraints\n\nIn my city, I can download a wide variety of audio books that can be loaded to .mp3 player\n\nThey have a huge bank of computers for Internet browsing, some are dedicated to the card catalog, some are dedicated to word processing
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Yes Indeed! Our life is much better than our forefathers, but not morally.  \n\nNow, you can get all the informations on your finger tip. That was not the situation while I was studying. There was not a single computer on those days, why even a good lab wasn't there. I have seen on our lab was only a human skelton. \n\nI am an Indian National. In our State, it was in 1983 I think, the first Television Broadcasting started (Doordarhsan) and I think in 1990s first private television channel started broadcasting in our State. The present generation gets all the informations and guidelines through visual medias and ofcourse through the Internet as well. There was a time there, an ordinary mail could reach after 20 or even 1 month to reach. Now, in seconds you can get it on a click. You can imagine how the conditions of women at a time in India, but now no need to mention how far and modern they are!\n\nThere are a lot of difference comparing with our great grandfathers. But morally we are very very low with them.
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Today is the generation of information technology.To have information of your surroundings and keep pace with the world you need to have up-to date information. not only a Business men needs to kept informed about the changes of rules and trend in given market , you should have even students to kept well informed about the new sub branches of the Fields they are studying so that they can decide more accurately the Carrier they want to choose .Not only information tells you to carry umbrella today or not the information of how to make a good dish in TV show can make you mouth watering when you find nice colored dish made by your wife witch she watched on TV. Not only TV gives you news it can tell your grand parents the new developments in medical science so that they can have little more hope and chance to live more comfortably. I think i have given you quite a bit of information.
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Libraries of any type, school, public, university, etc.  would love to have them.  Even if they are outdated they can sometimes be of use for research purposes.  If nothing else they can resell them to be recycled and get money to buy new books!
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Depending on how big the library is, there can be many. But the three basic sections are: Fiction, Non-fiction, and Reference. Those can then be within a more specific sections such as Children, Young Adults, and Adults. Then those areas (fiction, nonfiction, etc.) within the age section, may be split into more specifics like religion, self-help, biography, etc. Hope this helps. :)
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Sorry, Never heard of it. Why do you need it for free? Can't you just go to your local library? Look on here.
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The best place would be a library.
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Pretty good, I must say. What exactly are you looking for? Cari info kat USM atau UKM library, diorang ni mesti ada answernya.\n\n:o)
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SOME libraries require a degree.  If you started working at one as a peon book slinger you could work your way up to be a librarian.\n\nRemember that humanity did pretty good for itself for thousands of years without pieces of paper hanging on the wall that said we spent 4-8 years at a school taking lessons.
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academic librarians are meant to facilitate finding resources for those who are interesting in answering perplexing questions. THey are helpful guides to students and faculty alike.
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many public libraries offer such a service for free
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at the public library