Aardra Biju
A library serves a critical function for a Journalist in this quickly evolving media society and has numerous uses. Special libraries act as invaluable source centers for journalists through offering them information, research documents, and professionals that enable them to remain relevant.
Before anything else, libraries provide information and resources to go through and help journalists find reliable information. Since they deal with information, they are capable of searching for data and statistics as well as historical documents needed by the journalists. This kind of expertise is particularly useful for verifying information and dispelling myths, making coverage as credible as possible.
It also includes the provision of print and other formats, digital information facilities, online databases, and unique software. Libraries also keep vast collections of printed media including newspapers, journals and other periodicals that act as a treasure trove of historical and background data. These sources can be used by the journalists to find more information about the topics, find primary sources, and get informations from the experts. Other than research assistance, libraries provide a place for journalists a space for writing and research purposes. Some of these places are well equipped with updated technologies and tools to enhance work efficiency.In addition, libraries also act as a central point for widening your social contacts for professional and authoritative information. Journalists can make friends with the librarians, academics and researchers who have specialized in particular subject areas. The ability to turn to specialists for a definitive answer, opinion or further details can enrich stories and make them deeper and more informative. Libraries today have not wane off in the aspect of utilizing technology to address the needs of journalists as reporters of events, information and news. New media tools including online databases and archives allow the journalist to research from the comfort of their office or at home.
Today, there are more than 1.1 billion registered library users worldwide. Some people may think libraries should be replaced by Amazon, but far more believe that libraries are essential to our social infrastructure.The late Professor Jon Bing of the Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law said it best. “To ask why we need libraries at all, when there is so much information available elsewhere, is about as sensible as asking if roadmaps are necessary now that there are so very many roads.”
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