The Internet and the WWW: implications to libraries

READING ASSIGNMENT:  1.) The Internet and the WWW: implications to libraries.

TITLE OF THE ARTICLE(S):  “The Internet and the World Wide Web.” “Public libraries and the Internet.”

AUTHOR (S):  Shelly, G. B.; Cashman, T.J.; Vermaat, M.E . & Jane, F. Kinkus, Carlo, J., et al. (2009).

PUBLISHER(S):  USA Thomson course technology 2010

URL:  Retrieved July 14, 2011, from http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2700/2351

Abstract of the article(s): (1-2 paragraph/s):

The internet which is also called the net is a world-wide collection of networks that links millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions and individuals.  The widely used services in the net are WWW and email.

Survey reveals that today more than 550 million hosts connects to the internet and it’s consist of local, regional, national and international networks.  No single person, company, institution, or government agency controls or owns the internet. Internet swiftly gained social prominence and significance in the late twentieth and early twenty–first century, libraries began to add Internet access and a range of new services via numerous media through which patrons could gain access to a wide expanse of information and ideas. Now, library commitment to providing access to the Internet is total, making significant contributions to the information, education, recreation, culture, and economic resources in their communities. As a result, Internet access, training, and services are now an essential part of what libraries provide to their patrons and their communities.

Three things I learned from my Reading Assignment:

1. The evolution of the World Wide Web.

2. How internet played a significant role to library services.

3. Know good examples of broadband internet services: Cable, DSL (Digital Subscriber Line), Fiber, Radio signals, and Satellite.

Application/Implication of the new things I learned to my work/to me as a person:

In- adequate accessibility to internet via library services can generate digital divide consequently affecting information surfing and learning.  With this view, it is important to maintain the trend of internet connectivity to enable information dissemination to library clients at all times.