Educational Resource Inequality Rant
I forgot how lovely it was to have access to a university library and their databases. I recently started working at the university that I graduated from 3 years ago, and I didn't realized how much I missed that environment and it's resources. (Staff gain access to student resources.)
It's kind of depressing how inaccessible databases, information, and resources are for people who are not associated with an educational institution.
Yes, public libraries have some resources, but as a former librarian at a public library, I can attest to the fact that public resources are severely underfunded and lacking. I am a patron at 3 different public library systems, and still don't have access to research materials (e.g. peer reviewed scholarly articles and research studies).
Ultimately, if someone who doesn't have access to a university database/library needs research material, they have to pay for access to scholarly journals and whatnot. This is horse waste.
Imagine society if everyone had access to scholarly, research materials for free. Equality for all economic classes, mother cluckers.
Don't even get me started on literacy issues...
