Libraries are a waste of money, therefore, computers should be used to replace them. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Some people argue that keeping libraries

is

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are

a financial burden and computers are proposed to take their functions to store

information

.

This

essay agrees with the statement because traditional libraries require a huge maintenance

cost

than that of computers. Maintaining books in libraries

is

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are

costly while the amount of

information

is limited. On the one hand, storage rooms in libraries need an advanced air conditioning system to regulate temperatures and humidity so that those documents can be maintained in good condition.

On the other hand

, the number of people who visit libraries is low because they usually come for literatures that are not available in digital format.

For example

, the government of Jakarta spends almost 1 million dollars annually to maintain the city's library, but there are only 100 visitors on average in each month. In my opinion,

this

is not a wise investment in storing

information

.

In contrast

, modern computers can store terabytes of data, which is equal to millions of pages, in a small form factor.

In addition

, their running

cost

is

also

cheap, they do not need advanced air conditioning and electricity consumption is low.

For example

, the Singapore state library scanned all books and

then

stored it in a data centre in 2006.

As a result

the government has saved around 10 thousand dollars per year from maintenance

cost

. In my opinion,

this

is the correct approach for storing

information

. In conclusions, keeping

information

old documents in traditional libraries costs governments a lot of money and they better transfer it to digital formats. I believe

this

way can save their money from lower maintenance

cost

.