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Decker, Elizabeth

Garvey, Jack

Wicker, Jessica

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Morehead State University

Libraries(in(the(FutureBy:(Elizabeth(Decker,(Jack(Garvey,(and(Jessica(WickerABSTRACTLibraries(play(a(critical(role(in(society(by(providing(many(services(for(the(public to(have(access(to.(The(funding(for(libraries(has(significantly(decreased(in(the(past(decade.(Cafés(can(be(constructed(into(libraries(to(act(as(a(source(of(revenue. The(purpose(of(libraries(can(be(expanded(by(providing(new(and(developing(technologies(for(the(public(to(access. By(providing(new(and(advanced(technology,(offering(fine(art(classes,(technology(check(outs,(and(book(trailer(contests, libraries(can(become(more(eye(appealing(and(serve(as(a new(and(improved(way(of(learning.TRENDS'AFFECTING'DEVELOPMENTTechnology(is(always(improving,(and(as(it(does,(libraries(are(trying(to(keep(up(with(it,(providing(the(best(and(newest(devices,(including(virtual(reality.There(is(an(increased(demand(for(more(advanced(classes(like(coding(to(be(taught(at(libraries,(along(with(other(more(basic(learning(opportunities.Libraries(are(being(expected(to(establish(platforms(on(social(media(to(update(their(user(base(on(happenings(in(the(library.INTRODUCTIONSince(the(late(17th century,(libraries(have(impacted(the(American(public.(These(early(institutions(were(founded(to(provide(resources(for(people(to(further(their education,(to enjoy(a(shared(wealth(of(knowledge,(and(to(serve(as(a(foundation(for(democracy. In(recent(times,(many(of(the(“old(ways”(of(libraries(are(being(replaced(with(new(technological(advancements. Where(before(there(were(long(rows(of(thousands(of(books,(now(there(are(computer(stations(and(digital(literacy(workshop(classes.(For(future(generations,(we(want(to(see(libraries(stay(committed(to(providing(access(to(new(technology,(to(offer(creative(ways(to(keep(kids(involved(in(library(activities,(and(to(still(preserve(traditional(aspects(libraries(are(known(and(loved(for.LIMITATIONSLibraries(cannot(provide(services(at(any(given(time.Libraries(cannot(guarantee(a(good(quality(internet(access(and(speed(because(of(the(number(of(users(and(the(applications(being operated.The(library(is(not(responsible(for(any(theft(or(loss(of(any(kind(of(equipment(that(is(checked(out(by(a(user.RESEARCH• Funding(for(libraries(has(declined(rapidly(over(the(last(few(years,(and(the(2020(Presidential(budget(proposes(eliminating(certain(federal(funds(entirely.• Overall(government(support(for(libraries(has(been(decreasing.• Digital(media(libraries(have(increased(by(50%(since(2014.• 84%(of(libraries(offer(technology(training(programs(to(people(in(computer(software.• Changing(technology(is(expected(to(help(shape(libraries(of(the(future.CONCLUSIONLibraries(have(been(a(cornerstone(of(America(since(its(inception. They(have(long(been(community(centers(of(knowledge,(and(while(their(appearances(may(change(with(time,(their(value(remains. Libraries(are(invaluable(because(of(the(stores(of(books(and(history(they(preserve,(the(access(to(today’s(new(technologies(they(provide,(and(the(community(spirit(they(foster. Without(them,(the(American(democracy(will(crumble(and(fail(because(every(building(without(a(cornerstone(is(doomed(to(collapse.PROPOSED IDEASIn(order(to(adapt(to(the(changing(times,(libraries(need(to:1.Be(leaders(in(providing(access(to(new(technology. One(way(to(do(this(is(by(having(a(laptop(or(iPad(checkout,(where(library(members(can(sign(out(a(laptop(or(iPad(for(a(day. Also,(libraries(need(to(have(a(large(space(with(computers,(and(if(the(library(can(afford(it,(a(technology(support(booth.2.Become(once(again(the(community(centers(that(they(are(known(for. The(best(way(to(accomplish(this(is(to(place(a(cafe(in(a(central(area(of(the(library. Cafes(give(users(a(nice(area(for(group(work,(an(area(for(people(to(just(be(social,(and(they(also(double(as(a(way(for(libraries(to(generate(revenue.3.Offer(more(classes(in(a(variety(of(subjects. Many(people(today(would(have(loved(to(take(certain(classes(throughout(their(lives,(but(their(circumstance(inhibited(them(from(being(able(to(do(so. For(example,(some(high(schools(are(designed(in(ways(that(fine(arts(classes(will(not(fit(easily(into(students’(schedules.(Libraries(can(help(counteract(these(situations(by(offering(a(variety(of(workshops(and(classes(open(to(the(public.4.Be(a(fun(place(for(children. A(large(area(dedicated(to(children(will(expose(younger(generations(to(libraries,(and(can(help(to(ensure(that(they(are(valued(later(on(in(life.(CITATIONS

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