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

Some people are of the opinion that

libraries

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funding should be cut and the money invested in making computers available to the public

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. I mostly agree with

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line of thought and the following paragraphs shall explain why

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is the case.

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, libraries should not receive any more funding because they contain

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a limited and often outdated amount of information. As soon as a book is published it goes out of date and cannot be updated without an entirely new copy being printed which is both costly and time-consuming.

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, a computer connected to the internet overcomes both of these limitations with ease,

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, any

web-site

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, pdf, or online journal can be continuously updated by the authors and there is no time wasted in printing

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the book.

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, though, libraries do still offer a quiet place for members of the public to go and read. In today’s

fastpaced

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society

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there are few places to be found where people can simply go and relax without fear of being hassled by

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or traffic which may have damaging consequences for the public.

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, a report in the ‘Journal of Good

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recently reported that spending as little as 5 minutes per day

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quietly on your own can reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke by 50%, so, losing the quiet space of a library could harm a nation’s

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health.

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, the public need for

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information and

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for restful places for people to relax needs to be considered carefully. Governments need to decide what their priority is and act

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.