2002SummerQ2

Question #2
School Library Journal recently published a survey article that found that school library media centers are spending much more on technology and less on print materials. Another research study found that older children and teens are much more comfortable with the WWW than with the library. In fact, they prefer to gather information from the WWW rather than go to the library.

Select an information agency of your choice, and from the perspective of that agency answer the following questions. Are some information formats more valuable than others? Should your information agency attempt to control selection and services to insure that some formats, regardless of popularity, are maintained? If so, which one(s), and why? If not, why not?