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                                                                                                                         Tyronn White

Hunt Library

     When I was in college as a teenager, before I went back to finish after my basketball career ended, the internet, although in its early phase was information that I did not rely on that much, because at the time, there was so much information being pumped into the web, it was difficult to figure out was information was reliable and what information was not reliable.  With the early stages of the internet, the information we have now is nowhere close to what we have presently on the web.   Books and researching books in the library was still a key factor in research or using for information for a research paper or a project.  If students wanted updated information about a topic, research paper or project, newspaper and magazine articles were the way to go to obtain current information.

    

  Today with the boom of the internet, there is virtually no information one can’t get their hands on if you have any knowledge of how to use the computer.  Students today have virtually no barriers as to the information available to them.  Students may research historic information as well as current events.  Magazines and newspaper article are all on line as well. 

   

  Social media has been booming over these past several years.  Facebook, Twitter to name a few are millennials' source of news and don’t use any other outlets for their new updates and information. As we are in the age of technology and instant access, younger people and older people are busier now days and want everything microwavable for their fast pace lifestyle.

   

  Media outlets are a source of information now and are more powerful than ever.  They use virtually all of the technology based social media sites to home in the narrative and the messages they want to get across to the public.  It gives the general public to have a voice and an opinion on our social issues today.  This is a powerful tool for instant information and gratification for their opportunities to have discussions over social media networks about a disaster or an event in society dealing with political issues sports, tragedies in society. 

   

  Unless our authors can create books more frequently about what is going on in today’s society, and are able to write openly about some of our social issues, political issues and disasters in the world, there is no way that books will be able to compete with the internet in the future.  Things a moving too fast for our author’s to create interesting literature to keep up with the events of today.

   

       In regards to the Hunt Library, I have noticed a shift in technology in recent years.  Libraries are now becoming more technological advance in how the obtain content for their customers.  Because of the online technology, the Hunt Library lends itself to an online data base that allows customers to search for content located at The Hunt Library and also any libraries connected to their online network in the area.  The ability to order and reserve media content and books is a nice feature that has been implement recently the last few years.  If the technology continues to grow and improve, the public library industry can be a major competitor in how we obtain the newest content and information to compete with our fast growing pace of digital media.

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