LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIANS IN THE “SMART PHONE AGE”-A STUDY

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCEINCES

Our life became so much easier by the Internet and online services: electricity contracts, searching an apartment, online banking and other numerous services, are supplies that made the achieving of our everyday routine comfortable and fast. This phenomenon has opened great opportunities as well for libraries in order to extend the number of customers. Since further possibilities and alternative ways of informing, entertaining and educating are available, libraries can become suitable for all potential customers. In the past, people which did not like or were even not able to read books or reach the building of the library, were declined to use the services offered. Additionally to DVDs, CDs, magazines and console games, libraries can offer online services, like e-books, e-magazines, children’s e-books with special features, e-tutorials or use applications for organizing an event with the co work of customers. Social media can also be used, in order to inform and remind the customers for upcoming events, new book arrivals, bestseller lists or other services. All electronic media can be a useful solution for different situations in adult life, for example while waiting for the child's sport course to be over, while travelling or being on vacation, since media are anytime and anywhere available by the means of a virtual library. There is no need of worrying about bringing the media back on time or carrying them. With the spread of smartphones,

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