week6 thing15

In the past couples of days I read my way through these articles and I couldn't disagree more. I always thought a library is about books. I mean I do like books a lot. I really do. There is a place for computers in this world and there is a place for books and libraries is surely the place for books. And librarians aren't the computerguys in the internetcafe or computershops. That's what I thought anyway. And I'm ready to fight that battle. I don't mind to loose battles either. But it would be a shame, because I really do like books and would hate the idea to live in a world without them. Reading on the computer is just such a poor subtitute for a real book. I like the idea that my daughter reads books just like in the good old times. In fact she is a far keener reader than I ever was. I thought it would be a nice idea if there are at least for her lifetime books around. But if librarians are ready to move on to other shores and leave the books behind who on earth should fight for a world with books. I mean this whole discussion is my mind absolutely ridiculous. We should think about how we present our books what we purchase how we get readers in the library or the books to the readers interest kids for this amazing world of books. There hundreds of possiblities there and around books. It's not yet a lost cause. There are more books than ever. More people than ever write books and more books than ever are published. There are endless challenges for a library. I think a library which moves away from books or wastes their funds on other than books that is a lost cause and it's a shame.
A library is all about books and computers are altogether a different thing. It would be a shame if librarians mistake computer or web 2.0 or library 2.0 for a book.
Sorry for writing such a long blog. But really it is far shorter than I could have done and imagine if I could have written in it in German it would have been really long. Because I really do like books and oldfashioned as I am I think libraries is about books.