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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