As a little girl, I was fascinated by the library and librarians. I thought what if I could live with all these books and consume all their knowledge. What if I were a librarian and could drown in books all day long.
Well, today, I am still trying to consume knowledge in a variety of ways, mostly through reading and seminar attendance. I do not have the luxury of visiting great libraries here in Turkey because there are few that the public can access. So, I try to share what I've learned through the years with others who need this information.
What I find sad is that our children, no matter where they live, may not even go to a library or know what a library has to offer. Many believe we have the internet and that is all we need. Of course, they would be wrong, and could understand this once inside of a library. You must be careful on the internet to know whether the sources are reliable or not.
So, be thankful if you live in a country where all cities are rich with libraries and easily assessible to everyone, because in the developing countries, you may find few, if any. Usually, if there are none in the community, schools may have at least a room set aside as a library but with limited resources.
A library fills its shelves with material of all sorts to include magazines, journals, newspapers and various media, along with resources which are categorized and archived waiting for your retrieval. What more, you have a librarian who can help you to quickly find the information you need for your articles or papers, and can unlock the mysteries of these sources and guide your way like no one else can.
Librarians are still a vast source of information today, even though, the internet has become king. Don't forget this valuable source which awaits you at every local library. Librarians want to help you access information you would never know about if you did not seek them out. Librarians also can be found as information brokers in your local community and will retrieve documents and material you never knew existed which will help your business grow.
In the meantime, whether you can access a library or not, here are several reliable resources which you may find valuable if you can only search the internet.
Librarians’ Internet Index: http://www.lii.org
Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org
World Wide Web Virtual Library http://vlib.org
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