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SCHOOL LIBRARY:BOOKS VS. INTERNET
By Porsche Davis
EVOLVING SCHOOL LIBRARY Not just a place to check out
books anymore It also offers:
Magazines Journals Audiovisual equipment Computers with Internet
access and educational software
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT “Over the past half-
century, there have been about 75 studies on the impact of school library media programs on academic achievement” (Lance 3).
Quality collections of books and other materials selected to support the curriculum
State-of-the-art technology that is integrated into the learning and teaching process
Cooperation between school library media centers and other types of libraries
“The Internet is marvelous, but to claim, as some now do, that it’s making libraries obsolete is as silly as saying shoes have made feet unnecessary” (Herring 76).
VISABILITY
Over 1 billion web pages
Invisible net Searches are not
updated on a regular basis
Systematically organized in every library
BOOKSINTERNET
INTERNET
Everything can not be found on the Internet
“Only about 8% of all journals are on the Web” (Herring 76).
Individual subscriptions are costly
Inter-library loans
BOOKS
ACQUISITION
RELIABILTY
“Today, anyone with a website is a “publisher”(Bell 29).
Wikipedia Locating reliable
sources
“We need a new kind of educational training, a new wisdom to cope with the deluge of information” (Trimel).
LMS collection development
Selection tools
BOOKSINTERNET
READABILITY
Headaches Neck aches Backaches Eyestrain
“In a recent survey of those who buy electronic books, more than 80% said they like buying paper books over the Internet, not reading them on the Web” (Herring 78).
BOOKSINTERNET
ACCESSIBILITY
No Internet access Not fair Not equal
Every one is invited Fair Equal
BOOKSINTERNET
EXPENSES
Digitization is costly Virtual state library $125 million for
50,000 books Computer
maintenance
“Books still represent the more economical, flexible, wash-and-wear way to transport information at a very low cost” (Trimel).
BOOKSINTERNET
“Books will remain indispensable not only for literature but for any circumstance in which one needs to read carefully no only to receive information but also to speculate and to reflect about it” (Trimel).
NAVIGATION
oSkipped linesoInformation is not easily relocated
BOOKSINTERNET
WE NEED BOOKS AND THE INTERNET
With books and the Internet we can: o improve students’ achievemento make information accessible to
everyoneo locate the desired informationo ensure students are obtaining
reliable resourceso utilize our funds efficiently and
effectively
WORKS CITEDBalas, Janet L. “Facing Budget Cuts: Must We Rob Peter to Pay Paul?” Information Today
(2006): 36 – 38.
Bell, David A. “The Bookless Future.” The New Republic 232.16/17 (2005): 27- 33.
Herring, Mark Y. “10 Reasons Why the Internet Is No Substitute for a Library.” American
Libraries. (Apr. 2001): 76 – 78.
Lance, Keith Curry. “How School Librarians Leave No Child Behind: The Impact of School
Library Media Programs on Academic Achievement of U.S. Public School Students.” School
Libraries in Canada. 22.2 (2002): 3 – 6.
Sinclair, Alex. “IN Students Suffer from School Library Cuts.” School Library Journal 50:12 (Dec.
2004): 23.
Tarulli, Laurel. “Taking the Leadership Initiative: How You Can Fight the Budget Cut Battle.”
School Libraries in Canada. 24.3 (Mar. 2005).
Trimel, Suzanne. “Eco: Internet Will Not Replace Books.” Columbia University Record 22.10
(Nov. 1996).