Reading in contemporary society

READING IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY HAS TURNED MORE COMPLEX AS A RESULT OF ITS INSERTION IN A MEDIA SOCIETY. ALSO THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY HAS MULTIPLIED AND DIVERSIFIED THE EDITORIAL PRODUCTS AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET. DIGITAL MEDIA OFFERING INFORMATION AND ACTIVITIES USING JUST ONE APPARATUS, THE COMPUTER AND ONE MEDIUM, THE INTERNET, HAVE ALSO BEEN ADDED. ALL THIS FORMS PART OF THE NASCENT INFORMATION SOCIETY WITH ITS TENDENCY TO DEPEND UPON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS THE CAPABILITIES AND SKILLS OF ITS CITIZENS TO GENERATE KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOPMENTS VIA ITS TRANSFORMATION AND INFORMATION, TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE. PARTING FROM THIS CONTEXT IN THE PRESENT ARTICLE THE LIBRARY IS PRESENTED, IN PARTICULAR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, AS THE OTHER OPTION FOR READING IN A WORLD THAT TENDS TO MAKE THIS A UTILITARIAN AND EPHEMERAL ACTIVITY REDUCED TO MERE TRIVIAL ENTERTAINMENT.