Sean Akizuki's Personal Blog

As a person who likes to collect books and read them, I would really say that the World Wide Web isn't the best place for research due to unscholarly websites (like I would only trust official encyclopedia websites) or two, you don't always have access to the Internet though and that tool should be used to promote the library.  I've begun using some electronic books but I do have my problems with them like the bugs they suffer, I really hate dragging my fingers across a mobile device's screen to read, I have better attention focus when reading on paper, I type my notes then print them than use my laptop (which has LOTS of games) to study to avoid distraction.  E-books are beneficial for those on vacation but never for those studying.  I tally my books, I cherish my books, I get a bookshelf and grab a book to study or enjoy because I don't want to risk having too much radiation in my eyes (I'm nearsighted!) while I get e-books so at least I have something to read...

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...