Blog 2

Danaysia G. Brown

How is print media losing ground to electronic media in both content and delivery systems? Robert Coover creates a melodramatic comparison between traditionally written literature and computers. He incorporates the purpose and theme of his article with in the title “The end of books”, leading to an enticing intro, “in the real world nowadays, that is to say, in the world of video transmissions, cellular phones, fax machines, computer networks, and in particular out in the humming digital present of avant-garde computer hackers, cyberpunks and hyperspace freaks, you will often hear it said that the print medium is a doomed and outdated technology, a mere curiosity of bygone days destined soon to be consigned forever to those dusty unattended museums we now call libraries”. This description of modern day reading versus traditional reading from a text is a bit over-the-top, while still factual. Through the transition from conventional text to digital text, here is where the question in issue of finding reliable digital text rises, because now we have the option of “hypertexting” which is a method of storing data through a computer program that allows a user to create and link fields of information at will and to retrieve the data non sequentially. Hyper-texting reminds me of research engines such as Wikipedia, Google, and/or Yahoo. Terry Deary, stressed the recognizable decrease of societies demand and interest in the literature provided to the public of free use. Libraries receives funding from the state to produce the services, Computers, books, and more. With the decline of its use the money provided through tax payers, goes to waste leading to valuable money and teaching tools lost in the system lost in the system. Deary approach to the issue of the low library usage from the public usage, is more so trying to convince the reader that some many programs and opportunities are available at local library and the public should take advantage of them.