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stella41b -> RE: A Library Without Books? (9/16/2009 3:21:41 PM)
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I can see some sense in it if we are talking articles and short pieces of writing as it does indeed make sense and a comprehensive system here would be beneficial, provided of course that such articles and pieces of writing found in the library were verified, which makes the creation of such a system much more challenging.
However to replace everything is complete and utter nonsense. If anything printed matter such as books have even more of a place in society now as they did before, I still have and keep books, I still collect them, I still enjoy reading them.
I also write and direct plays and film scripts and work with actors. We work only with printed copies, copies that we can pick up and hold, copies that we make notes on, I cannot even think about doing this in electronic form, and even doubt that it is possible. I cannot even imagine doing all this on a laptop.
Reading for me is so much pleasure because it's not just reading words in print, it's also drawing inferences, it's feeling, it's sensing, it's thinking, it's experiencing certain emotions and yes, I will read a book again just to see if I can experience the same emotions and whether the words evoke the same feelings and same thoughts. Reading is also learning.
I also have a theory that reading stuff printed on paper promotes listening and thus influences more effective communication skills. I learned an entire language (Polish) from reading words on printed pages, reading magazines, newspapers, articles, books, signs, soup packets, instruction manuals, anything on which I could find the written word. It took me years but today I can speak and communicate in Polish just as effectively as I can in English.
I see the doing away with books in a school library to be short-sighted to say the least. It takes away all those skills, and you have to wonder how such a move would influence or promote plagiarism.
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