Despite the growth of technology, books and the library can never go obsolete. Why? Well in the first place, technology is ran on electricity and electricity isn't always available. Okay not that I like to use a typewriter, it's so annoying but books and the library can only be enhanced by technology not replaced by it. Sure computers help us sort out our books but it doesn't mean they can replace our books. You can't install a system without books, you can't learn without books, you can't read a PC when the batteries are out and plus, books are a more solid evidence than the soft copy that is in the computer because it needed some editing and revising thus developing the nth edition of everything.
I would also like to admit how books are helpful in learning. In a computer science course, books are still needed to learn various programming languages so one doesn't always need to have a computer to study the basics of any software. I for one have benefited from learning a few Photoshop tricks from books and not soft copy because the books really give me a sense of worth. It's so frustrating to keep switching tabs compared to having a book or printout on how to do the tricks in Photoshop near you while learning the process. Also books because they are cheaper than laptops still serve its value as after all, laptops carry manuals when they are bought on how to operate and care for it.
Also here's another, the Internet cannot replace the library rather both are complementary. How can I say that? The library sometimes houses information that is better left unknown to the public by Internet. The Internet helps the person reserve a book but cannot leak out the whole book online in order to avoid being sued by the publishers who have spent their sweat and tears to write that book. Also the library stores information that's way older than the Internet, and plus it takes a LOT of space to upload all that. So again, the library is never replaced but rather enhanced by the Internet.
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