In our field of research, we rely mostly on the online published articles and very rarely go back to books.
Yes.
As a Faculty of Engineering College, I spend maximum time with books.
Also somebody quote that Books are best ever friend of human.
To be sincere, the invention and development of internet technology has brought a set back to some traditional way of achieving success. Why would I need to buy a printed book when I can easily obtain 10 times of such online without stress? We just need to move on from the past and adopt a new way of success.
In our field of research, we rely mostly on the online published articles and very rarely go back to books.
There's always time! Likewise, we can easily find an excuse, that we do not have time to read!
Truly speaking, not enough time due to various reasons ( Google search)
Although the World Wide Web has provided us with the option to rely more on electronic resources, still we can't ignore paper books.
Maham Muzamil ,
no, we dont. We are much busy .sometimes for nothing.
I think that with the appearance of e-books, nothing has changed. I would not to make opposition between paperbook and e-book. The essence is the same. In the Moscow metro now most adult people travel with electronic books, not with paper ones as before. But young people - with communicators. The problem is here. They not recieve information, they communicate, with same empty heads...
I have not an enough time for anything including books! bad management of time is the reason.
1# Cell phone charged by Books. Interesting cartoon.
2# Face of book is transforming from "book -page" to "web-page".
3# when books were hard, knowledge engraved deep into minds:
4# soft books / technology might be trending.
One of the primary purposes for reading books is to gain knowledge. Books are a good source of knowledge but the publication process makes the knowledge outdated in some cases, particularly if the original book is in a non-English language. With faster, technology-assisted, open source sources of knowledge, books may have lost their edge. Having said that, there is no substitute for classics, and we might need to step back from our busy schedules and do some self reflection.
If we talk about books in physics, I would say that not much, however, at the end of the book as such, of course, if the literature we study comes from there. Fortunately there are virtual books, which serve us a lot.
it depends on which books do you mention. about scientific ones, we spend at least 10 hours a week for it but for other one, in fact i spend a little time unfortunately.
For me, i depend mostly on the online research's resources. I miss the time of books.
Do we have enough time for books? Personally, no.
Why do we feel we don't have enough time for books? The priorities of a person play their role.
Regards
The information and knowledge became available easy to reader by using many devices and methods, one of them the books, but I think that books not the preferred choice for readers with the development of technology
We are obliged to insert reading books among our priorities.
Liqaa
I usually depend on the two opposite faces of one coin, books and papers equally.
I think we can improve our reading time by planning to make the best use of our time.
We still have time for books, b,cos , books have been a source of knowledge , power, resources, solution to problems, books are very own, reduces stress, and are available to us at out time for the time we decide, and it improvises reading and writing skills.
here one key point is , the shape and form of book is changing or changed.
we have started reading and searching on internet and ebooks, online journals, article repositories, e libraries, this has some pluses and some minus both.(anyway the change is invariant, so have to accept.)
the old books may be gifted by grandparents signed by them, are still fondly preserved as a memory and heritage, which you own, the same is not true for the ebooks and internet reading material. no doubt, the information is on hand.
We must read books. So we must manage our time to read books, at least the most important ones belonging to our specialty.
في مجال بحثنا ، نعتمد في الغالب على المقالات المنشورة على الإنترنت ونادرا ما نعود إلى الكتب.
Reading a book is good for getting a background of something. But I think, you may not need to read books as a researcher, because scientific papers are more sophisticated, and mostly in electronic version could be reach.
I have so many books waiting to be read and I have no time for them unless I have to reschedule my reading list
I tried to read at least several pages of some books I have
To conclude, books are the best source of knowledge and wisdom. its no matter if we prefer hard-copy/soft-copy. My sincere thanks to Drs Segun Michael Abegunde Remi Okeke
Anurag Saxena Laura Wepler Slavoljub Hilčenko Mahender Singh Abdullah Noori Carine Temegne Nono Nancy Bosalis Md Zafar Alam Bhuiyan Nihada Ahmetovic Mohammad Mehdizadeh and ALL for their participation !!!!
I agree that we don't have enough time for reading books as most of the material needed for writing researches can be easily and quickly accessed online. You may have a limited number of books in your home library but you can access thousands of then from the internet.
Yes , I have enough time for books. Because books are my need. I studied about 150 books in a period of about last 4 years , during my train journeys.
The world of books is amazing.
For me no substitute for Hard copy (soft copy is ok for searching quick references only).
Thank you Dr Gulzar Shah for your contribution in this discussion!!!!
Dr @apurvapriyadarshi thank you so much for your contribution and the relevant thoughts
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen,
No but that is a new normal by survival of the fittest. Books are competing with other priorities and sources of knowledge
I read at least 1 book a week. I prefer to reading literaure books; however, the type of the contents do not matter, e.g., comics.
I am now working as a translator for Korean poet Seok-Nam Jang's poems in collaboration with American poet Paulette E. Bane. Such an experience are really helpful for me to find a critical clue to my research question and also enrich the contents of my articles, which make my research outcomes distinctive from the others.
*Prof. Seok-Nam Jang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Seoknam
*Prof. Paulette E. Bane: https://pauletteguerinbane.wordpress.com/
Please try to summarize the book and post the contents in your blog. I am now editing about 1,000 blog postings to publish my book. :-)
The culture of man does not depend on the amount of what he reads, but on the number of good books that he understood, understood and utilized in his practical life.
The more people read, the less they become like others.
We are not the first people on Earth. I hope not the last. All the experience of previous generations is accumulated in books (it’s not so important whether are these in paper or electronic form). Not very important either - these are special or narrative books. "Tell me what you read, and I will tell you who you are ..." Well, if you do not read books, it means that you read (or listen) what people who read books wrote (or speak).
It depends on the level of preference given to study.
I can not sleep without reading any book at least for half an hour.
Yes, of course, we do have.
A day is still counted to be for 24 hours. The number of books are increasing with diverse topic meeting varied interest. Books are meeting our quest for knowledge consistently since ancient times and they will, in future too.
But whether we really reserve some space and time for books depends more on individual preferences, priority and mindset to fulfil the objective of life than due to competitie life style, technology, bla,bla bla......
For me, books have a definite and distinct place in my life
irrespective of time.
Though, there is a decline in book reading, but books are still thriving. I agree with Amit that more people are reading books now than did in the past particularly in literature. Despite substantial literature/information and knowledge available online in my subject area, I still like reading books.
It is obvious that reading hard copy books nowadays are declined as the matter of expense and availability. The fact that, currently we are living in a nano chips technologies. We have unlimited books on our tips finger which might be free or less expense, we can carry as a nanogram or zero gram weight. Thanks to google books or...I do agree, researcher or scientist read more books than ever before (online and soft copies).
Nowadays we don't have enough time to bury oneself in books as a rule. And it often creates clutter and upsets the kind of mental concentration allowing us to impenetrate into the essence of matter
I agree with Dear Ahmadi Murjani. The word "enough" is subjective. I generally spend my weekend reading book.
"Books allow you to fully explore a topic and immerse yourself in a deeper way than most media today."- Mark Zuckerberg
thank you Dr @yogesh Chandra Tripathi, for adding an excellent explanation with the awesome quote !!!
Books are important sources of information. They complement other evidence-based sources and are comprehenisve and reliable.
I believe that all of us should not stop reading books. Writing chapters in edited books is such a good practice to keep on track with such really useful and holisitc resource of information.
Books are pleasure. You can open them anytime just to smell its pages. Time is always enough.
I think most readers around the world are moving to the word "NO" for non-electronic reading of books.
We do not have enough time for books because of our research and teaching work at the university, which consumes all our time and our concern with graduate students.
Yes. One should make time for it. In this fast modern world people would rather Google and get their answers and do not want to spend time with books. But if you like books, you can make time for it. For example on your commute to work via train or bus, it is an excellent time to read a little bit and over the course of a week or two you can finish a book.
Currently with technological advances, we do not have enough time to read the books,
but we have to find and sacrifice the time to deliver the book values!
I agree with you, the hours of reading is decreased.
WHY? it is difficult question, but i can say it depends on the budget and maybe other factors. The hardcover books have fewer distractions than the Ebooks.
It's not really about the books nor is it the function of reading. What truly matters is getting your information through the literary writings from scholars and professional experts in having your questions answered, finding solutions, resolving a difficult situation, easing the suffering of the less fortunate, providing free access to quality education for the financially strapped individuals, or relieving tensions to avert violence, and the list goes on. Time is artificial and our actions with good intentions from the uplifting writings and essays of others are real to make a positive difference in this world.
The constant use of iPhones at any time of the day or night takes away a lot of time that could be used in part for reading good books
I agree with Srini Vasan
The time is to be kept for reading books also
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