Module 3 Blog

 Written text has been around for a long time starting with the ancient Mesopotamia ncivilization, over 30,000 years ago.  The first great library was in Alexandria, this was a public library (Survivor: The History of the Library, 2001). People have been going to the library for many years to read materials, but sometimes the library had to come to the people.  When I was a little girl and wanted to get a book to read I had to wait until the Bookmobile came to our town, which was once a month.  I loved to read and like most children back in the 70’s we usually only got to read what was at home.  While I went to school I got to read books at the school, but the one thing I loved the most was the bookmobile.  I always made sure I checked out enough books to last until the bookmobile would come to town.

According to Thornburg, technology will rekindle the past and the ones I feel have rekindled the past are the “Kindle, iPad, and Nook.”  Last year I purchased an iPad and now when I want a book to read I go to the library site and download the book I want to read.  Yes, you can purchase books on the mobile devices, but libraries are now making it where you can download a free copy to read.   

I sometimes wonder what will happen with this technology in the next 5000 days, I foresee the libraries becoming less popular do to using the new innovations to bring the books to them.  Will we ever totally lose our libraries, no because people will always want to read?

References:

Survivor: The History of the Library. (2001, November). Retrieved October 14, 2011, from History Magazine: http://www.history-magazine.com/libraries.html

 Thornburg, D (n.d.) Rhymes of History. Retrieved from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?