Editing Library (section)

=== Relationship with the Internet ===
[[File:Howard Tilton Library Computers 2010.jpg|thumb|Library patrons using the Internet at Howard Tilton Library at [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]], Louisiana]]
A library may make use of the [[Internet]] in a number of ways, from creating its own [[library website]] to making the contents of its [[Online public access catalog|catalogues searchable online]]. Some specialised search engines such as [[Google Scholar]] offer a way to facilitate searching for academic resources such as journal articles and research papers. The [[OCLC|Online Computer Library Center]] allows anyone to search the world's largest repository of library records through its [[WorldCat]] online database.<ref name="Grossman(2009)">{{cite web |last=Grossman |first=Wendy M. |date=January 21, 2009 |title=Why you can't find a library book in your search engine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/jan/22/library-search-engines-books |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114010642/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/jan/22/library-search-engines-books |archive-date=14 January 2014 |access-date=May 7, 2022 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> Websites such as [[LibraryThing]] and [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] provide abstracts, reviews, and recommendations of books.<ref name="Grossman(2009)" /> Libraries provide computers and Internet access to allow people to search for information online.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mostafa |first1=J |year=2005 |title=Seeking Better Web Searches |journal=Scientific American |volume=292 |issue=2 |pages=51–57 |bibcode=2005SciAm.292b..66M |doi=10.1038/scientificamerican0205-66 |pmid=15715393}}</ref> Online information access is particularly attractive to younger library users.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Corradini |first=Elena |date=November 2006 |title=Teenagers analyse their public library |url=https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/03074800610713307/full/html |journal=New Library World |volume=107 |issue=11 |pages=481–498 |doi=10.1108/03074800610713307 |access-date=May 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=July 2005 |title=Youth Matters |url=https://publications.dcsf.gov.uk/eOrderingDownload/Cm6629.pdf |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100408192702/http%3A//publications.dcsf.gov.uk/eOrderingDownload/Cm6629.pdf |archive-date=8 April 2010 |access-date=May 7, 2022 |website=The National Archives}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nippold |first1=M.A. |last2=Duthie |first2=J.K. |last3=Larsen |first3=J. |name-list-style=amp |date=2005 |title=Literacy as a Leisure Activity: Free-time preferences of Older Children and Young Adolescents |journal=Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=93–102 |doi=10.1044/0161-1461(2005/009) |pmid=15981705}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Snowball |first=Clare |date=February 2008 |title=Enticing Teenagers into the Library |journal=Library Review |publisher=Emerald Group Publishing |volume=57 |issue=1 |pages=25–35 |doi=10.1108/00242530810845035 |hdl-access=free |hdl=20.500.11937/6057}}</ref><ref name="MLA, DCMS, LASER(2006)">{{cite report |url=https://research.mla.gov.uk/evidence/documents/Research_study_of_14_35_year_olds_for_the_future_development_of_public_libraries_9841.pdf |title=A Research Study of 14–35-year olds for the Future Development of Public Libraries |author=Museums, Libraries and Archives, Department of Culture, Media and Sport & Laser Foundation |date=June 2006 |publisher=MLA |access-date=May 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305095112/https://research.mla.gov.uk/evidence/documents/Research_study_of_14_35_year_olds_for_the_future_development_of_public_libraries_9841.pdf |archive-date=5 March 2012}}</ref>

[[Digitizing|Digitization]] of books, particularly those that are [[Out of print|out-of-print]], in projects such as [[Google Books]] provides resources for library and other online users. Due to their holdings of valuable material, some libraries are important partners for search engines such as [[Google]] in realizing the potential of such projects and have received reciprocal benefits in cases where they have negotiated effectively.<ref name="Darnton(2009)">{{cite magazine |last=Darnton |first=Robert |date=February 12, 2009 |title=Google & the Future of Books |url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/22281 |volume=56 |issue=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330223716/http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22281 |archive-date=30 March 2010 |access-date=May 7, 2022 |website=New York Review of Books}}</ref> As the prominence of and reliance on the Internet has grown, library services have moved the emphasis from mainly providing print resources to providing more computers and more [[Internet access]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Garrod |first=Penny |date=April 30, 2004 |title=Public Libraries: the changing face of the public library |url=https://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue39/public-libraries/ |journal=Ariadne |issue=39 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215122155/http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue39/public-libraries/ |archive-date=15 December 2018 |access-date=May 7, 2022}}</ref> Libraries face a number of challenges in adapting to new ways of [[information seeking]] that may stress convenience over quality,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Abram |first1=Stephen |last2=Luther |first2=Judy |date=1 May 2004 |title=Born with the Chip: the next generation will profoundly impact both library service and the culture within the profession |url=https://lj.libraryjournal.com/2004/05/ljarchives/born-with-the-chip/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914202820/http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2004/05/ljarchives/born-with-the-chip/ |archive-date=September 14, 2013 |website=Library Journal}}</ref> reducing the priority of [[information literacy]] skills.<ref name="Bell(2005)">{{cite web |last=Bell |first=S. |date=15 May 2005 |title=Backtalk: don't surrender library values |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA601026.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612052503/https://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA601026.html |archive-date=12 June 2012 |access-date=20 April 2010 |website=Library Journal}}</ref> The potential decline in library usage, particularly [[Reference desk|reference services]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Novotny |first=Eric |date=September 2002 |title=Reference service statistics and assessment |url=https://www.arl.org/bm~doc/spec268web.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524162917/http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/spec268web.pdf |archive-date=24 May 2012 |access-date=May 7, 2022 |publisher=Pennsylvania State University}}</ref> puts the necessity for these services in doubt.

[[File:Fukuchiyama Public Library 2F ac (5).jpg|thumb|Library [[carrel desk]] at Fukuchiyama Public Library in [[Fukuchiyama, Kyoto|Fukuchiyama]], Japan]]
Library scholars have acknowledged that libraries need to address the ways that they market their services if they are to compete with the Internet and mitigate the risk of losing users.<ref>Vrana, R., and Barbaric, A. (2007). "Improving visibility of public libraries in the local community: a study of five public libraries in Zagreb, Croatia". ''New Library World''; 108 (9/10), pp. 435–44.</ref> This includes promoting the information literacy skills training considered vital across the library profession.<ref name="Bell(2005)" /><ref name="CILIP(2010)" /><ref name="Kenney(2004)">{{cite web |last=Kenney |first=B. |date=15 December 2004 |title=Googlizers vs. Resistors: library leaders debate our relationship with search engines |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA485756.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050608080512/https://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA485756.html |archive-date=8 June 2005 |access-date=26 March 2010 |website=Library Journal}}</ref> Many US-based research librarians rely on the [[Association of College and Research Libraries|ACRL]] Framework for Information Literacy in order to guide students and faculty in research.<ref>{{Cite web |last=DMUELLER |date=2015-02-09 |title=Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education |url=https://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028165419/https://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework |archive-date=28 October 2021 |access-date=2021-10-28 |website=Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) |language=en}}</ref> However, marketing of services has to be adequately supported financially in order to be successful. This can be problematic for library services that are publicly funded and find it difficult to justify diverting tight funds to apparently peripheral areas such as branding and marketing.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hood |first1=David |last2=Henderson |first2=Kay |date=2005 |title=Branding in the United Kingdom Public Library Service |url=https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/03074800510575320/full/html |journal=New Library World |volume=106 |issue=1 |pages=16–28 |doi=10.1108/03074800510575320 |access-date=May 7, 2022}}</ref>

The [[privacy]] aspect of library usage in the Internet age is a matter of growing concern and advocacy; privacy workshops are run by the [[Library Freedom Project]] which teach librarians about digital tools (such as the [[Tor (network)|Tor network]]) to thwart mass surveillance.<ref>{{cite web |title=SCREW YOU, FEDS! Dozen or more US libraries line up to run Tor exit nodes |date=17 Sep 2015  |first1=Kieren |last1=McCarthy |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/17/library_freedom_project_dozen_more_tor_nodes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918013636/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/17/library_freedom_project_dozen_more_tor_nodes/ |archive-date=18 September 2017 |access-date=2015-09-21 |publisher=The Register}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Libraries, Tor, Freedom and Resistance |url=https://libraryfreedomproject.org/libraries-tor-freedom-and-resistance/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928192107/https://libraryfreedomproject.org/libraries-tor-freedom-and-resistance/ |archive-date=28 September 2015 |publisher=Library Freedom Project at Kilton Library}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Macrina |first=Alison |date=2015 |title=Accidental Technologist: The Tor Browser and Intellectual Freedom in the Digital Age |url=https://journals.ala.org/rusq/article/view/5704/7092 |journal=Reference & User Services Quarterly |volume=54 |issue=4 |page=17 |doi=10.5860/rusq.54n4.17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930181434/https://journals.ala.org/rusq/article/view/5704/7092 |archive-date=30 September 2015|doi-access=free }}</ref>