can internet replace the books in the lib?  

I used to be an avid reader in days gone by, mostly magazines. I used to subscribe to several magazines and spend a lot of time over them. Internet has now taken over and in fact just yesterday I got one Institute to take away all the books that have been in my house - hundreds of them - not just magazines but novels, educative and some others.

You are right about limitations.

If there is no electricity, you can't turn on your computer. If there is no intenet connection, in case that you reading something from a website, you can't read what you want to read. Or better yet, if you don't have any device that would enable you to connect to the internet to read anything that you want, you wouldn't be able to do anything at all.

With a hard copy, you can read at your ease. The page wouldn't have to be so bright and you can read in any position that you want like while your seated, on bed, walking or while waiting for something. You can't really do those things with desktops or laptops. However, you can do those with gadgets that enable you to read e-books.

With books in the library, you get the quiet atmosphere that you would appreciate while you read. Some books are really hard to find in the net and most of them aren't really available online. You would end up in an online book store when you try to search eventually. Books in the library only require you a library card and you can borrow the book for about a few days.

Yeah, there are advantages and also disadvantages.

I think,,internet can't replace books
because books can provide us accurate
information we need than from the internet
that were not really sure if the information
that is being provided was correct. . .

I agree with you Flagella... Internet is a medium to get any kind of information at any time.. But, it can't provide us with the fun that we get while reading a book. No, internet can't replace books. I am a reader myself and I can tell you that it'll be a tedious and boring job to read a book on the computer screen. I like to read, at my rooms, on my bed.. .I lie down, and then read! Internet can't give that experience. Thanks for starting this discussion, it is really interesting...

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Books are my best friends, I am an avid reader and will happily get my nose into a book. I love to read books, but I have never been able to read a book on the internet, somehow it just isn't the same.

Well books in a library will always be around to some extent I believe, no matter how popular the Internet is. There will always be people who will want to utilize what books have to offer. However, I think more information will be digital and less will be on paper. So those people will be few and far between as time goes on in the future.

The Internet is only growing in popularity, so I think that libraries will be less used. They will be still around but they will be few and far between. There used to be several around here. Now that there is only one as that is about all that there is a need for. Of course, libraries will be smart enough to acknowledge and embrace the fact that the digital age is upon us and also utilize computers and the Internet to their fullest. The one around here as I am sure, with the Internet being just as big of a part of it as books, magazines, and everything else on paper.

I agree that printed books in libraries can not be replaced. The experience of reading a book -- of turning the the pages, smelling the binding glue, placing book marks, etc -- is something that can not be duplicated by the internet or a reader for e-books. While e-books are a lovely convenience that allow one access to many books that one might otherwise not be able to find or not have space to store, I think reading a physical book is a completely unique experience. I think visiting libraries is another irreplaceable experience that will survive the advent of the internet and e-book subcriptions.