Internet Library Use from Home.

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When I want to order a book to be delivered to a local branch of the Dallas Public Library, all I have to do is log on to my library account using my library card no. and my PIN no. Then I am in the Dallas Public Library site. From there I can easily look over the list of recently checked out items I have taken home to read. I can look for any items that are on their way, order new items to check out later and even keep a list or two with book titles I might want to read or check out sometime later on. One of the things I have learned lately about keeping lists with the Dallas Public Library online, is: The Library informs me in a notice that I read before adding a list for the first time. The warning is basically as follows, more or less: YOU MUST AGREE AND UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR LIST CAN BE VIEWED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. Well, that's fine with me. It's not like I am going to be checking out Catcher & the Rye or is that catcher IN the rye? Anyway, I only check out books I can use. I do not think I will check out any books on how to survive during an atomic war or read up on books in Arabic language. Frankly whatever I like to read is usually written by American authors and are of subjects I like which include, Astronomy, Agriculture, Geology, Computer Science, Architecture, Aviation, How to books, Carpentry, Science Fiction, Geneoilogy, Geography, and so forth and so on. The library has it all. Subjects from A-to-Z and beyond. Did you know that a recent interview was conducted to take a poll from people on the streets of America about what book or books they remember reading lately and came up with the unfortunate conclusion that books aren't being read nearly as much or as often as just a few decades earlier? This is due in large part to the number of people who buy cell phones and engage in social media sites to exchange thoughts, information and ideas and even do research for school projects using the internet as their primary source for information gathering. The funny thing is, if asked what was the latest book I have been reading I would have to say, COFFEE MAKING & WRITING . These are the subjects, not the titles. I have a bad memory when it comes to recalling book titles. If I read a book like Storming Intrepid, I will recall the author's name only if I spend a few minutes trying to remember it. Payne Harrison, I believe, but I could be wrong. It is so much fun and so fundamentally beneficial to be able to have a book and actually have enough time to spend reading from it. But how often do you read? Do you do like I do, that is, read more articles online than read from books? If so you are not the only person who is doing this. The appeal that the internet has to keep us at attention with multi-media, graphics, images, hyperlinks, bold text, all from a brightly lit LCD or LED computer screen or tablet it is no wonder book reading has dropped off dramatically since the days before the internet. Well, I think I have about said it all here. Comments welcome.