Is it true that the library and the Internet both are meant to spread information to the public?

 

The purpose of a library is to provide books, information and resources to the general public by borrowing. The Internet is a more complex platform, but essentially it serves the same purpose. There’s a lot of argument about what the Internet is doing to public libraries, or even written word in general. This article reminds everyone that even though there is a distinction between the two, one platform being digital and one platform being more old-fashioned, it also addresses the similarities.

This distinction of the ‘real’ world and the ‘digital’ world is forgetting that the information being provided is all the same- just different ways of accessing it. People will argue that a Kindle Fire isn’t a book, but in fact it holds the same knowledge and information as the book you would be holding in your hands. The only difference is that with a button you click the page instead of turning it yourself.