▶ Your Answer :The reading and the lecture both talk about digital libraries. The reading says that digital libraries offer users a number of benefits. However, the lecturer argues that digital libraries have serious drawbacks.
First, the reading says that anyone can easily access books wherever he or she is located. On the contrary, the lecturer disagrees with this argument. He claims that using digital libraries requires access to computer. For example, there are poor people and many people of not having computer at home in the world. Therefore, digital libraries give the benefits to a narrow group of people.
Secondly, in the reading, the author says that digital libraries save time. In contrast, the lecturer counters this opinion. The counter argument is that there is too much information in digital libraries, so it is easy to waste time finding credible sources. Also, there is so many result that is unreliable. That's because anyone can put information in digital form. Therefore, it is needed to check many references in order to see if information is correct.
Final point made in the reading is that digital libraries help make the intellectual world more vigorous. However, the lecturer contradicts this point by stating there are concerns over the intellectual copyright. No matter what kind of books, whole books are available online. It makes authors hard to earn money from their books, and they would be discouraged. So it is possible for the authors not to publish online. |