What Defines a Modern Library?

If it was allowed to drink tea and wrap myself in a blanket in the library I would definitely live there!

Do you like to visit libraries and get new ideas? I hope so, I definitely do! But do we know a lot about them? Is modern library the same as the first library in the world? 

The first libraries consisted of archives of the earliest form of writing—the clay tablets discovered in Sumer, some dating back to 2600 BC. Private or personal libraries consisted of written books appeared in classical Greece in the 5th century BC. It is obviously that today library is not the same thing as it was many years ago. Today we can find there much more then just usual paper books.

Modern libraries are more than just a quiet studying space for students. Some of them offer us different workshops and courses outside of formal, graded coursework, research materials. Today, libraries are incubators for innovation, the great forums of modern times, where great minds congregate to learn and discover. They help to find many interesting friends and start to think outside the box.

Today, we have not just private libraries that are open just for kings and queens – now there are public, budgetary, municipal, personal (family) and training libraries. Can you believe it? What a great variety! My family, for example, has great personal library, it consist of many old and modern books. I have not read all of them yet, but I will. Also, I visit public library twice a week. How often do you visit your local public library?

Jorge Luis Borges, famous  Argentine writer, once said: “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” There are many people in the world that like going to the libraries. Children, teenagers, adults and pensioners, poor and rich people, well-educated people and people without any education – different people enjoy using libraries! Why?

Well, it’s probably the best place to study or work in quiet and comfortable atmosphere, surf the internet, read unusual, uncommon and very old books, enjoy spending time on cool workshops and courses. As one famous Russian historian and literary critic, teacher and humanist Dmitry Likhachev said: “If as a result of any disaster all centers of education and culture disappeared from the earth and the world had nothing but libraries – the world and people still would be able to revive.”

Library is a center of culture, information and ideas. Modern libraries mean a lot for humanity and even if they become more and more computerized and virtual, they are still unbelievably helpful, useful and important.

And, of course, we remember that libraries are very important and useful place for tutors and their students. It is so comfortable for all of us to study in neutral place that can offer us free wi-fi, computers, great diverse books and other services. If you are a student looking for a tutor to help you with any subject – use TutorZ.com. And if you are a tutor, please, tell us if you like to have classes at libraries or not, why? If you are not in our team yet but you want to become a tutor – here you’ll see how to become a TutorZ tutor.