Some people think that public libraries are no longer important, while others disagree. Discuss both views and give your opinion?

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Any
library
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that is
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accessible for
general public
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the general public
and is usually funded from public sources like taxes is known as
public
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a public library
the public library
public libraries
library
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. In my opinion, public libraries have certainly lost some of their importance;
however
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,
this
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does not mean that they are no longer needed. (45) We had seen in the past that people always spend some time in the public libraries on
daily basis
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a daily basis
. Public libraries were considered a symbol of literate and educated population. In short, public libraries were
the great
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the greatest
source of reliable knowledge in the past. (44) Presently, the public libraries are available in almost all the parts of the world. Nowadays, people of any age like to get
public
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a public library membership
library
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membership in order to access
wide range
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a wide range
of books, magazines and newspapers free of cost.
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, the public libraries are not only offered all
kind
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kinds
of
study
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materials but
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materials, but
also
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provide an excellent environment for studies.
On the other hand
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, the invention of computer and internet has certainly reduced the number of public
library
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users. It is now possible for people to
study
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books of their own choice and read newspapers over the internet
instead
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of moving towards public libraries. (104) The recent development in Science and Information technology has enabled the people to
study
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any material over the internet.
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, if the people keep on preferring online
study
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,
then
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the public libraries will surely
lost
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lose
their importance in the near future. (41)
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, in my opinion,
although
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the public libraries have lost some of their importance,
however
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, they are still needed because they have old books and manuscripts that are not available online. (31)
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