Libraries: The Venue and Agent for Societal Advancement
Joshua jayvee Dela Cruz
It is really so awkward to hear from people saying that you are a mere nerd for spending most of your time on reading at the library. You would see them over reacting and speaking out so loudly about the trends that technology has been giving to them. Seeing and hearing them say “Google will do. Aside, Yahoo and Ask.com is always there” would really heat up your being. They confidently declare that there’s no reason for everybody to stay at the library and pointing out the coolness of the internet and antiquations of the libraries. Precisely, those who say these lines are the persons who are not financially hard-up and can do afford the classiness of the modern world. Let us stick to the fact that most of the Filipino people are on the line of poverty are public and school libraries are really needed to stay out of innocence and be able to uplift oneself.
Most of us had really forgotten the importance of libraries nowadays specially that we are drowned with the technology and social communications. Libraries had always been the partners of our educators through the years in rendering invaluable services to the society. As Norman Cousins once said “A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.” He had proven that through libraries we were able to picture out the different eras that we obviously haven’t undergone. Through libraries all the new learnings were being installed in our minds. And through libraries we were able to hone ourselves to become good citizens by realizing the different core values that go in line with the lessons, terms, articles, stories and ideas we are searching.
Defining what do library means, it is just an area where you can find collections of books. But library is more than just an area or building, it is about