Maintaining public libraries is a waste of time since digital technology is now replacing their function. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
To get the task response right you need to
discuss both public libraries and digital technology
state a clear position saying to what extent you agree – the basic options being a lot/not at all/slightly
It is certainly true new forms of technology has affected the way we read and libraries are no longer as relevant as they once were. Despite this, I strongly believe that it is of paramount importance that local and central governments should continue to support public libraries. In this essay I discuss why they are still a necessary institution in the digital age as there are limits to the new digital technology and libraries are important community centres.
One reason for arguing that libraries are still necessary is that they are vital parts of local communities especially for the older generation. This is because public libraries do not just lend books but also typically serve as community centres which provide a range of different services including hosting talks and lectures, providing information about the local area, access to computers and careers advice. Additionally, many older people rely on libraries as somewhere to go in order to enjoy a few moments of peace and quiet in relaxing surroundings and they would suffer greatly if they were abolished.
A second argument for maintaining public libraries is that they provide free access to books for everyone. This is a significant point as a large section of society are unable to pay for books online or do not have access to computers or smart phones or are simply uncomfortable using digital technology and would never read online. Indeed, research shows that only a relatively small percentage of the population use devices such as a Kindle to read and this means that books have not become obsolete. As this is the case, it is surely the duty of the authorities to provide access to books to those who want it.
In conclusion I believe it would be entirely wrong for public libraries to disappear as reading through digital technology is not universally accepted and libraries offer far more than mere lending services.
Comments
Essay evaluation report
new forms of technology has affected the way
new forms... have affected the way
flaws:
Need some content for the advantages of digital technology.
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 7.0 out of 9
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 1 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 11 15
No. of Words: 317 350
No. of Characters: 1564 1500
No. of Different Words: 175 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.22 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.934 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.718 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 113 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 88 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 61 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 47 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 28.818 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 7.284 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.636 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.382 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.627 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.065 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 304, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...y uncomfortable using digital technology and would never read online. Indeed, res...
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Line 5, column 436, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...e of the population use devices such as a Kindle to read and this means that books have ...
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Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'but', 'if', 'second', 'so', 'still', 'in conclusion', 'such as']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.218562874251 0.247107183377 88% => OK
Verbs: 0.179640718563 0.155533422707 115% => OK
Adjectives: 0.11377245509 0.0946595960268 120% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0868263473054 0.0501214627716 173% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0449101796407 0.0437548338989 103% => OK
Prepositions: 0.122754491018 0.122226691241 100% => OK
Participles: 0.0359281437126 0.0403226058552 89% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.76295316269 2.80594681477 98% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0389221556886 0.0326793684256 119% => OK
Particles: 0.0 0.00163938923432 0% => OK
Determiners: 0.0718562874251 0.0861772015684 83% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0119760479042 0.021408717616 56% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.00898203592814 0.011925033212 75% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 1907.0 1933.35771543 99% => OK
No of words: 317.0 316.048096192 100% => OK
Chars per words: 6.01577287066 6.12580529183 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.21953715646 4.20517956788 100% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.356466876972 0.374742101984 95% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.287066246057 0.28420135186 101% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.195583596215 0.203846283523 96% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.160883280757 0.137316102897 117% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.76295316269 2.80594681477 98% => OK
Unique words: 177.0 176.037074148 101% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.558359621451 0.56093040696 100% => OK
Word variations: 59.7441094719 60.7387585426 98% => OK
How many sentences: 11.0 16.0891783567 68% => OK
Sentence length: 28.8181818182 20.7743622355 139% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.8240577102 49.517814964 97% => OK
Chars per sentence: 173.363636364 127.492653851 136% => OK
Words per sentence: 28.8181818182 20.7743622355 139% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.727272727273 0.814263465372 89% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38877755511 91% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 3.99599198397 50% => OK
Readability: 57.5248064239 49.1944974215 117% => OK
Elegance: 1.21153846154 1.69124875643 72% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.313055905054 0.332605444948 94% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.110936805727 0.102741220458 108% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0586265053292 0.0668466124924 88% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.609912763723 0.534860350844 114% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.143709237134 0.148594505496 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.15191786465 0.134430193775 113% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0456187395396 0.0742795772207 61% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.339870600109 0.324371583561 105% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0923101266306 0.0638462369009 145% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.229405239841 0.228012699653 101% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0256855875944 0.058150111329 44% => The ideas may be duplicated in paragraphs.
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.68436873747 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.41683366733 29% => OK
Positive topic words: 7.0 5.90881763527 118% => OK
Negative topic words: 1.0 2.5751503006 39% => OK
Neutral topic words: 1.0 1.9629258517 51% => OK
Total topic words: 9.0 10.4468937876 86% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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