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Prompt: "Libraries and the digital divide"
People often worry about libraries when it comes to the digital age taking over. However, technology is a tool that can be utilized at libraries and assist patrons in new ways. Collections of databases are available nearly universally at libraries in 2026. Typically these databases provide credited research articles and peer reviewed studies available to use as reference in papers and your own independent research. Technology will not make libraries fall behind in a digital age but will provide more creative ways for providing digital sources.
Libraries will not just disappear someday once technology advances to a certain point because the need for libraries is too strong. In the article, "Libraries and the New Technologies: Courting the Cheshire Cat" by Pat Molholt published in Library Journal back in 1988, it mentions how "Optimizing technologies extends human intellectual efforts..." and how in regard to libraries "The vanishing act will never be complete." Libraries will continue to extend their collection development and provide resources to the public alongside technology as well as utilizing technology in its growth to better serve their patron needs.
Libraries make sure to stay relevant in the digital age by providing resources. There are desktop computers available and several college campuses potentially can provide rentable laptops, wifi hotspots, and chargers per semester for assisting patrons unable to afford them. At Palomar University, there are a number of technological resources at students' fingertips. There is a catalog available for A-Z Databases for an abundance of research topics and several ebooks available in the collection's catalog. Libraries continue to grow with technological advances despite the public stigma that there is some kind of divide.
References:
Palomar Community College. link accessed 9 May 2026. https://palomar.libguides.com/az/databases
Molholt, Pat. “Libraries and the New Technologies: Courting the Cheshire Cat.” Library Journal, vol. 113, no. 19, Nov. 1988, p. 37. EBSCOhost, research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=bcdad7ce-50f2-30de-a6f9-c9321dc3e4e4.
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