Libraries and The Student Success: Where Else Can Students Go?
In this increasingly technology based global world we live
in, students are also aware of the fact that they need gadgets that immediately
access the internet in order to succeed. There was a time when no one had
access to the internet. Originally it was only supposed to be limited to
medical researchers. (Anderson, 1993) I found an article titled “The rocky road
to the data highway” in a database called Opposing Viewpoints. While this
article may not seem to have any bearing on the topic being discussed, it will
provide some background of what is going on in the present.
Even I didn’t know what that concept was until I reached
college in 1998. Until then, I still searched the library the old-fashioned
way, I went there and looked through the stacks if I had the author and title
name. I had no way of knowing how to look through the catalog online until much
later. I was very backwards and behind the times. To this day, I’m still
struggling to learn how to use basic technology. If anything, I’m burned out on
all the types of gadgets and media that is available out there. Will that stop
me from completing my work as an ongoing college student? No, it will not. I’m
one of those individuals that fortunately has a laptop and can utilize Wi-Fi
just about everywhere I go. When I cannot, I take that time to read and rest my
eyes.
Unfortunately, well known in this world is the fact that
nothing ever comes free. (Huffman, 2018) I found another interesting article,
“THE DIGITAL DIVIDE REVISITED: WHAT IS NEXT?” written by Stephanie Huffman, and
it explained an educational initiative that was started by President Clinton
and continued later by President Obama. It is now under fire by the current
administration.
However, in our world are libraries, school libraries and
public libraries and they are fighting to maintain neutrality against
unbelievable odds and ensure that students are able to receive the assistance
they need, no matter how limited it may be. Often, they are the only locations
where students that have no technology available to them either at home or
school, can go in order to complete their assignments when not at school.
What I’ve learned, through personal experience, and through
research is that there’ll always be ways of succeeding as students. One just
has to find ways to make use of available technology and know where to find it.
Don’t give up and ask at the local library where resources can be found and how
long they’re available for use in a given time frame.
References
used for all four articles can be found below.
ACADEMIC SEARCH COMPLETE DATABASE
References
Senville, W. (2009).
PUBLIC LIBRARIES: THE HUB OF OUR COMMUNITIES. Aplis, 22(3), 97-103.
References
Goodman, J. (2015).
Library, community campus, learning hub: the community educational development
challenge. Australian Library Journal, 64(3), 217-223. doi:10.1080/00049670.2015.1041218
References
Hinze, S. (2016).
Librarians as Community Ambassadors. Young Adult Library Services, 15(1), 27-30.
ERIC DATABASE
References
Starr, J. (2010).
California Digital Library in Twitter-Land. Computers In Libraries, 30(7), 23-27.
References
Bowering, E. R.,
Mills, J., & Merritt, A. (2017). Learning How to Learn: A Student Success
Course for at Risk Students. Canadian Journal For The Scholarship
Of Teaching And Learning, 8(3),
References
Weaver, M. (2013).
Student Journey Work: A Review of Academic Library Contributions to Student
Transition and Success. New Review Of Academic
Librarianship, 19(2), 101-124.
OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS DATABASE
Simplicio, J. S. C.
(2002). The technology Hub: a cost effective and educationally sound method for
the integration of technology into schools. Education, 122(4),
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Huffman, S. (2018).
THE DIGITAL DIVIDE REVISITED: WHAT IS NEXT? Education, 138(3),
239+. Retrieved from http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.palomar.edu/apps/doc/A531709941/OVIC?u=cclc_palomar&sid=OVIC&xid=2dbdba33
Anderson, C. (1993).
The rocky road to a data highway. Science, 260(5111), 1064+.
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Smith, W. R. (1994).
Don't stand so close to me: judges are giving neighborhoods a bum rap. Policy
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