DO WE STILL NEED LIBRARIES

Running head: DO WE STILL NEED LIBRARIES?
Do We Still need Libraries?
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1DO WE STILL NEED LIBRARIES?
Introduction
Libraries are the institutions which contain a lot of books and journals, and have a
collection of innumerable sources of information. However, with the age of internet and
modernization, technology has questioned the existence of the libraries in the societies. There
have been a potential and a huge debate over the necessity of libraries. Some people think that
libraries are no longer needed, whereas there are several people who still thik that the libraries
should exist. The following argumentative essay deals with the thesis statement that the libraries
are needed and are important for the society. It also provides the arguments for the libraries,
giving an explanation for the same.
Discussion
It has been often argued by the critics and the common people that internet medium and
the technology in today’s times bring the entire world together and people can gain knowledge
regarding various topics and subjects by just a mere click (Gillilan, 2017). There are also
common shared interests platforms such as the blog posts and the online support groups where
people can find their required information. Moreover they can enjoy the websites, and it is quite
easy for them to access the informative platforms.
`However, it has been argued by Dold & Jayousi (2018), that internet websites are not safe
platforms for sharing or gathering information. There have are several cases of trolling and cyber
bullying which make the libraries to exist the necessity for the libraries increase since people can
gather in these institutions and they can engage themselves in constructive gathering of
knowledge. Moreover, the content of the libraries and the books are much stable than the link

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and the web pages of the internet and the social technology. Libraries and the books have a
strange history and they try their level best to preserve the same. They respect the history , with
the acid free pages and the printed materials allure the people more than the web pages on the
cell phones and laptops. On the other hand, it been also argued by Anghelescu (2018), that that
the digitalization of the libraries give the books and the primary sources better stability. The
digital versions of the libraries can help to preserve the important artifacts which are probe to
damage by repeated usage. Tait, Martzoukou & Reid (2016) also agrees to this, and says that the
internet platform does not undermine the libraries, but it instead enables and helps in the progress
of these institutions since it acts as a better source of information. The information which can be
eroded and lost, can be archived through the use of digital libraries.
However, Dold & Jayousi (2018) argues that libraries are still a necessity in the society.
It has the active involvement of the librarians who help to sort the real news and distinguish them
from the fake ones. Online platforms and the internet have innumerable sources of information
and it is difficult for a person to distinguish the fake news from the actual ones. This often leads
to the spreading of the misinformation. Scheppke (2014) in this case also agrees that the
librarians and the libraries help to provide the accurate information to the people and there is
lesser chance of the wrong information to be public. The librarians are the people who are expert
in the information literacy. Moreover, if there are no libraries, the librarians would have no job
and their talent and knowledge would be wasted. In accordance to this, Mikowski (2014)
discusses that the librarians in the libraries are the persons who can guide the students and the
elderly people to what they actually need. A conversation with the librarian can help the people
to find what they are looking for since the librarians come with experiences. Tait, Martzoukou &
Reid (2016) argues in this case that the online platforms provide several search engines such as