![]() ![]() That was also the group most determined to make a return trip: 40 percent of young adults, as opposed to only 20 percent of older folks, said they'd be coming back soon to the library. And it was young people, people aged 18 to 30, who were pushing to get through the door first. The survey found that more than half of Americans had visited a library in the past year. Joined by the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign and by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, these researchers made an astonishing discovery, astonishing, that is, to anyone who still thinks of libraries as grandma's attic, just dusty places filled with cobwebs and codgers. Who needs to go to a library when the world is at your fingertips, just a couple of keystrokes away?īut listen to the results of a study recently released by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. If you say that out loud, you'll instantly be branded an old- fashioned fuddy-duddy, because nowadays we are repeatedly reminded we have computers, we have the Internet. These days, though, you can't say that above a whisper, and not just because you're in a library and somebody will shush you. I liked the idea that my fingerprints on the pages were crisscrossing each other again and again, like a scribble of dizzy boot tracks on a snow-covered field. "Wi-Fi at hotels, public services and vital objects such as airports, hospitals, security forces and banking still can run normally but with minimal use such as emails," he said."A Wrinkle in Time," "The Lost Race of Mars," "Revolt on Alpha C," "Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues," I knew precisely where to locate those books on the shelves of my local public library, the one in Huntington, West Virginia, where I spent so many blissful hours as a kid.Įven after I'd discovered new books, different authors, I would still go back to the books I had already read and check them once more. Television and radio broadcasts will also be silenced as usual. Sujaya said shushing social media will become the norm for the Day of Silence in the future. The same request was made to the government last year but was not implemented. It will be the first time the Internet is shut down for Nyepi, which this year begins early Saturday. Beaches and streets on the usually bustling island are deserted except for patrols to make sure silence is observed.īali's religious and civilian leaders including police and military chiefs made the request to the central government earlier this month. The airport and shops close and guests at resorts are asked to keep noise to a minimum. On the day meant for reflection, Balinese stay home and stop using electricity. "I hope during Nyepi they can be introspective." "Many Hindu people are addicted to gadgets," he said. "Let's rest a day, free from the internet to feel the calm of the mind," said Gusti Ngurah Sudiana, head of the Indonesian Hinduism Society. That means smartphones won't connect to the internet, shutting off access to social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram and instant messaging apps. ![]() The head of the Bali office of Indonesia's Ministry of Communications, Nyoman Sujaya, said Tuesday that all phone companies have agreed to shut down the mobile internet for 24 hours during "Nyepi," a day marking New Year on the predominantly Hindu island. This year it will be nearly impossible to do that anyway. Bali's annual Day of Silence is so sacred that even reaching for a smartphone to send a tweet or upload a selfie to social media could cause offense. ![]()
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