re Blog #2 first is as a comment on my first blog! no grade so trying again
Blog Entry #2 In this class, you don't
have much opportunity to utilize the print components of the library; therefore,
you must rely on the digital databases available to you. Do you think digital is
replacing print? Do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing?
I
strongly believe that digital is replacing print, due to the technology we now
have access to and what has yet to be developed. There are good and bad things
about this but I'm neither for nor against it. Some people believe in saving the
trees, so going digital will help tremendously with this problem. Then there are
some people who just can’t understand how to work digitally on anything, so
there for printing is the better deal for them. Personally I would be happy
either way. I love learning how to do new things and technology is something you
are learning new things about every time you use it. There is now a way to
communicate through a network called Skype, that allows one to talk to family or
friends on the opposite side of the world and also be able to see them as well.
This is very helpful in military families like mine. My husband goes to
Afghanistan in April and with this technology we will be able to still
communicate with each other. So yes digital has some major advantages!!! Then
also when you are trying to get a job, some employers want you to print off a
resume for their keeping and for them to know you better. Printing is more
personal than digital because it is hand written by you and then handed to the
receiver, while with digital you can just type it up real fast and send it in an
email. It just depends on what you are comfortable doing on what you do at this
point in time but I do see digital completely taking over in the next few years…
be ready!!!!
In this class, you don't have much opportunity to utilize the print components of the library; therefore, you must rely on the digital databases available to you. Do you think digital is replacing print? Do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing?
I strongly believe that digital is replacing print, due to the technology we now have access to and what has yet to be developed. There are good and bad things about this but I'm neither for nor against it. Some people believe in saving the trees, so going digital will help tremendously with this problem. Then there are some people who just can’t understand how to work digitally on anything, so there for printing is the better deal for them. Personally I would be happy either way. I love learning how to do new things and technology is something you are learning new things about every time you use it. There is now a way to communicate through a network called Skype, that allows one to talk to family or friends on the opposite side of the world and also be able to see them as well. This is very helpful in military families like mine. My husband goes to Afghanistan in April and with this technology we will be able to still communicate with each other. So yes digital has some major advantages!!! Then also when you are trying to get a job, some employers want you to print off a resume for their keeping and for them to know you better. Printing is more personal than digital because it is hand written by you and then handed to the receiver, while with digital you can just type it up real fast and send it in an email. It just depends on what you are comfortable doing on what you do at this point in time but I do see digital completely taking over in the next few years… be ready!!!!