“Librarians are much needed as valuable guides: to help students and other readers to learn techniques to sift information, question its validity and measure its importance,” Jolley said. “To understand what to trust and what to question; and that all information is not equal. Students need to be able to weigh up and sift different sources of research. The University of California Library System saw a 54% decline in circulation between 1991 to 2001 of 8,377,000 books to 3,832,000. It is shocking that some students are failing themselves by not using a broad range of books, and journals that are free from their university libraries to widen and deepen their understanding.”
From ‘Libraries are vital to freedom of speech’ | The Bookseller
“Librarians are much needed as valuable guides: to help students and other readers to learn techniques to sift information, question its validity and measure its importance,” Jolley said. “To understand what to trust and what to question; and that all information is not equal. Students need to be able to weigh up and sift different sources of research. The University of California Library System saw a 54% decline in circulation between 1991 to 2001 of 8,377,000 books to 3,832,000. It is shocking that some students are failing themselves by not using a broad range of books, and journals that are free from their university libraries to widen and deepen their understanding.”
From ‘Libraries are vital to freedom of speech’ | The Bookseller
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