The main purpose of public libraries is to provide books, and they should not waste their limited resources and space on providing expensive hi-tech media such as computer software, videos, and DVDs
Public libraries are a powerhouse of knowledge and are meant for use by the general public. Modern-day public libraries also include all kinds of technological resources such as computer software, videos, DVDs, etc. apart from books. Some people believe that public libraries should stick to their main utilitarian purpose of providing books and should shun the practice of keeping additional media resources. This essay will discuss why this notion is entirely unacceptable to the extent of being illogical and irrelevant in the present-day context.
Traditional public libraries have been known as the hub of the dispensation of essential, literary as well as non-literary, sources of knowledge to masses. Not only the educated and learned have attained enormous benefits from it but it also has been a means of learning & acquiring knowledge for the uneducated ones. With the advent of modern-day computers, tablets & e-book readers, more and more people are opting for e-books, and so there has been a drastic decline in the book readers opting for the regular printed books. For the same reasons, to stay relevant to the changing trends public libraries have started keeping media resources. For instance, it has been estimated that the number of people opting to visit libraries for e-resources has shot from 10% in 2009 to 57% in 2019. Such a significant rise in user preferences and behaviour clearly highlights the need for the shift in the allocation of library resources, pertaining to being relevant to the majority of users.
Admittedly, it is noteworthy that public libraries still find a segment of people visiting libraries only for studying and borrowing books. The option of having myriad choices of books at a considerably economical borrowing price entices many book readers to prefer public libraries. Such kinds of people may opt to prefer digital media as a priority for reading. It can be aptly illustrated from the fact that according to a survey, for an average public library, 70% of its revenue comes from book borrowing services. Making book renting the cash cow and the main source of earning a stream of a public library. All in all, a public library has a wide variety of people it needs to cater to and therefore it should stay relevant in terms of delivering for needs of both of them.
In conclusion, the need for the notion to stop putting digital content in public libraries is highly relevant and more so will become illogical if a library is not able to cater to its majority of its users.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 77, Rule ID: GENERAL_XX[1]
Message: Use simply 'public'.
Suggestion: public
... knowledge and are meant for use by the general public. Modern-day public libraries also inclu...
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Line 4, column 191, Rule ID: AFFORD_VB[1]
Message: This verb is used with the infinitive: 'to have'
Suggestion: to have
...sses. Not only the educated and learned have attained enormous benefits from it but ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, may, so, still, therefore, well, apart from, for instance, in conclusion, such as, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 13.1623246493 106% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 7.85571142285 115% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 10.4138276553 115% => OK
Relative clauses : 4.0 7.30460921844 55% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 18.0 24.0651302605 75% => OK
Preposition: 60.0 41.998997996 143% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 8.3376753507 48% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2118.0 1615.20841683 131% => OK
No of words: 420.0 315.596192385 133% => OK
Chars per words: 5.04285714286 5.12529762239 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.52701905584 4.20363070211 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.74419451486 2.80592935109 98% => OK
Unique words: 210.0 176.041082164 119% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.5 0.561755894193 89% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 662.4 506.74238477 131% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 5.43587174349 74% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 2.10420841683 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 16.0721442886 112% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 20.2975951904 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.7320969879 49.4020404114 95% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.666666667 106.682146367 110% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.3333333333 20.7667163134 112% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.0 7.06120827912 85% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.01903807615 40% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 8.67935871743 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 12.0 3.4128256513 352% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.215895930046 0.244688304435 88% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0764076228837 0.084324248473 91% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0720146841376 0.0667982634062 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.147486401397 0.151304729494 97% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0909952590803 0.056905535591 160% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.0 13.0946893788 107% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 50.2224549098 96% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.3001002004 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.25 12.4159519038 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.03 8.58950901804 105% => OK
difficult_words: 113.0 78.4519038076 144% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 9.78957915832 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.1190380762 111% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 67.4157303371 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.0 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.