The advantages of paper newspapers over electronic newspapers in public libraries.
1 It is easier to read a printed page than it is to read to read a screen.
2 There is empirical evidence that people retain more information after reading a paper document than they do after reading a document on screen.
3 You are not allowed to be on a library computer all day, whereas you can read a library newspaper all day.
4 You have to be registered with a library service to use the computers, so if you are visiting from another county/borough then you cannot pop into a library to use the computers.
5 Printed newspapers can be accessed as soon as you have one in your hand, whereas it takes some time to log on to the computer and access the online newspaper website.
6 Newspaper websites are often not simply electronic versions of the printed papers, and are harder to navigate than printed papers.
7 Accessing online newspapers may be subject to one of more of six types of failure that reading printed newspapers will not. a) The electricity supply can fail. b) The library service system can go down. c) The individual computer can have a software fault. d) The individual computer can have a hardware fault e) The newspaper website can go down. f) The internet can go down (this has happened).