The 20th century has come along with numerous developments such as the digitization, IT revolution and the internet, and these phenomena have upgraded the educational support system such as libraries. Traditionally, the libraries used to keep the books, but now due to lightening-fast internet services modern libraries have more multimedia resources namely, CDs, DVDs and computers. Some critics assert that books should be the primary source of knowledge in the libraries, whereas the others believe that they should be equipped with laptops and computer devices. The essay will discuss both these aspects followed by a conclusion.