Introduction and Assumptions/Assertions

Hello and welcome to my blog. My name is Ashley Miklues. I am currently a grad student at Wayne State University in the LIS program. I earned my undergrad degree from Eastern Michigan University in Literature and I have a minor in Children's Literature. This is the first blog I have written. I look forward to learning how to use them.

I currently do not work in a library, I have only volunteered a few times. Therefore I have made quite a few assumptions or assertions about the field. I am very exited to learn more about the field this semester. I think it will be very eye opening to learn more about the reality of the profession then what I have thought and researched myself. 

Libraries are becoming more invested in technology as the culture changes.
When I think about a library I usually think books, right away. But there is so much more to what a library offers now. Computers are everywhere in libraries. They are an essential piece to learning now. The Internet offers us a way to get information quickly without having to search through books. I think library's realize in a way to stay current they need computers to survive.  

Libraries provide the best source of information.

Libraries have always been a great source for information. They have shelves and shelves of books to learn from. But now they offer even more with the help of the Internet and the computer they offer to their patrons. I believe the library has everything a person would need to learn about whatever subject they are looking into. They can go between books and the Internet. A little foot work never hurt anyone. Sometimes that's what one needs to do when they can not find what they're looking for on the Internet. Books are still there to help out and be useful. 

Libraries are great for keeping history alive. 

History is important and it is how we learn as a nation/world. I'm not just talking about books either. The library has an important job of archiving documents. Technology is great here because it has helped the field be able to archive even more then they were before. This is a very important aspect to the library that I think a lot of people overlook.