1. What are libraries doing today that is moving them to digitalization?
2. What does society think about the topic?
3. How would digitalization effect libraries in the future?
Monday, October 15, 2007
Open Ended Question
Will books become digital, therefore making libraries obsolete, and will society allow it?
Topic Questions for Research Paper
1. Identify the issue or problem that you plan to focus on in your research project.
The problem of the future threat of digitalization of books and the written word, and therefore the end of books.
2. What is your personal connection to and interest in this topic?
I am a bibliophile, I love books as books. I am a bookworm; I love to read books for their stories. I want to be, and will be, a librarian one day, and without books, that’s kind of impossible.
3. What opinions do you already hold about this topic?
I do not think it will happen and I don’t want it to happen, but it might. I just don’t want a Fahrenheit 451 on our hands. I know I’ll be one of those who is either hiding my books in an air vent or being one of those outcast from civilization (if you can call it that).
4. What knowledge do you already have about this topic?
I know that more and more libraries are cataloging digitally (and I’m not saying that’s bad). I know that over a million books are printed daily (I’m not sure about exact numbers). I know that librarian positions will be numerous when I am looking for a job, although I don’t know exactly why.
5. What are your main questions about this topic? What are you most curious about?
What do people think about digitalization of books and the loss of libraries? Will digitalization happen and how will it happen.
6. Within what scholarly discipline (such as history, biology, psychology) do you expect to do most of your research? How does this discipline approach or study this topic?
History for what has happened in the past years ago and yesterday. Culture, to find out what people think about this and if the general opinion points to what may or may not happen in the future.
7. How could you research this topic outside the library (for example, through interviews
and/or observations)?
I could post surveys, send e-mails, and post polls on all the sights I am registered on. I will try to get as wide a polling area as possible so I do not get a biased poll. If I only ask those in college, I may get only one answer, but if I ask other places like online forums, I may get different answers and different views.
The problem of the future threat of digitalization of books and the written word, and therefore the end of books.
2. What is your personal connection to and interest in this topic?
I am a bibliophile, I love books as books. I am a bookworm; I love to read books for their stories. I want to be, and will be, a librarian one day, and without books, that’s kind of impossible.
3. What opinions do you already hold about this topic?
I do not think it will happen and I don’t want it to happen, but it might. I just don’t want a Fahrenheit 451 on our hands. I know I’ll be one of those who is either hiding my books in an air vent or being one of those outcast from civilization (if you can call it that).
4. What knowledge do you already have about this topic?
I know that more and more libraries are cataloging digitally (and I’m not saying that’s bad). I know that over a million books are printed daily (I’m not sure about exact numbers). I know that librarian positions will be numerous when I am looking for a job, although I don’t know exactly why.
5. What are your main questions about this topic? What are you most curious about?
What do people think about digitalization of books and the loss of libraries? Will digitalization happen and how will it happen.
6. Within what scholarly discipline (such as history, biology, psychology) do you expect to do most of your research? How does this discipline approach or study this topic?
History for what has happened in the past years ago and yesterday. Culture, to find out what people think about this and if the general opinion points to what may or may not happen in the future.
7. How could you research this topic outside the library (for example, through interviews
and/or observations)?
I could post surveys, send e-mails, and post polls on all the sights I am registered on. I will try to get as wide a polling area as possible so I do not get a biased poll. If I only ask those in college, I may get only one answer, but if I ask other places like online forums, I may get different answers and different views.
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