Essay on Library Catalogues

Herring, Y Mark. “Are Libraries Obsolete? An Argument for Relevance in the Digital Age.” http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.northcenttexascollegelibrary.idm.oclc.org/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=81d1e5f8-4786-40ea-8f01-3d2f25c73c8a%40sessionmgr101&vid=1&hid=120. Herring was questioned by a legislature, “Everything was on the Internet, so why did our students need a new, big library building?”. "Not everything is on the Internet" answers Herring. In his most recent novel, Are Libraries Obsolete? A defense for libraries relevance in what has become a very digital age looks back at things he said in some of his earlier works. Herring makes it believed that the Internet is dangerous, and attempts to convince all readers of his works that sticking with libraries as their sources is “safer” than the alternative:

Metadata will include access management, preservation, administrative, descriptive, technical and structural data. Much of the metadata will have to be created. The original volumes had no table of contents, index, or other description of the records. Additionally, volumes were arranged chronologically with no attention paid to document type, source, or content. In addition to author, title, publisher, and date, descriptive metadata will be expanded include keywords regarding subjects, individuals, locations, or events referenced in the document, as well as any related documents. This will be a time consuming and costly effort, but it required to maximize the value of the online data to researchers, students, teachers, etc. An index for all volumes was completed after the fact in 1909 and that index will be incorporated into a referential database behind the web page front end, rather than in the metadata itself. A complete list of metadata elements are provided in Appendix

LIM 503- Organization, Access, and Retrieval of Information deepened my understanding of bibliographic tools and the ability to identify and create records using the necessary mechanics. Due to this course, I have the competence to recognize, create, and manage bibliographic records. This course deepened my appreciation for the attention to detail of the practices that must be considered when developing and maintaining information.

The author of this article Mrs. Denise Davis is the director of the Office for Research and Statistics of the American Library Association. This means that Mrs. Davis is able to access and is responsible for the reports mandatory for each library across America to turn in each fiscal year, these reports are used to determine what changes the libraries need to make to better serve the public. Given her credibility to write on such topics she then chooses a topic each year to write on to prepare libraries and librarians across the country for the upcoming years. In 2010 Mrs. Davis choose to write on eBooks and their increasing popularity throughout the American population as well as the difficulties libraries have encountered in the past fiscal year to compete with eBooks. Because this article is written in 2010 it shows just how long libraries have struggled with the topic of eBooks and can demonstrate the new policies that have been used by the libraries throughout the past four years. This information can help my research in showing how eBooks have affected the library's behavior, and consequently give me the statistics needed to show the effects of eBooks on the libraries throughout the recent years. Understanding this source is outdated other sources will also likely be used in my final project from the American Library Association websites of statistics of more recent years.

First, the speed of accessing and retrieving of data relies heavily on how we organize materials. Also, the purposes of holding information allow society to maintain records of the past and present, to store data for later use, and the ability to access such information for knowledge. Lastly, examples of retrieval tools include catalogs, indexes, search engines, bibliographies, museum registries, and library portals. Chapter 11: Information Retrieval: Designing, Querying, and Evaluating Information Systems With the advances in technology, more information is available online for consumption. Additionally, the art of retrieving of information relies on one’s capability to find data and the effectiveness of search engines to find the most relevant resources.

I would say that almost everyone in the United States has been to a public library at some point in their lives. I remember going to the public library in almost every town that I have lived in since I was about five or six years of age. I remember, as a young child, checking out books on all kinds of topics such as dinosaurs, racecars, and Egyptian mythology. As I grew older, my taste in literature evolved. I would check out books about wizards battling against dark magic, snipers saving the world from evil regimes, and every day, ordinary people trying to survive in dystopian worlds. The public library gave me access to all of these literary adventures. I also remember when public libraries started incorporating music, movies, and televisions shows into their in-library resources. I was able

Suicide is a devastating, preventable tragedy and is among the top causes of death in the adolescent population. Compelling statistics given since 2009 show the number of

Publishers’ Catalogs Current publishers’ catalogs are used as they are regularly updated and have extensive descriptions

In this book, Sheila S. Intner, is just one of the three outstanding editors of this book. She is a professor and director at Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Mount Holyoke College, and she has received several awards including the ALA councilor-at-large and president of ALCTS

In this journal article, Dr. Keith King and Dr. Rebecca A. Vidourek brought up some interesting topics about teen suicides. Both King and Vidourek is a professor who works at the University of Cincinnati, but King is a Professor and Program Coordinator of Health Promotion and Education and Dr. Rebecca A. Vidourek is an Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Education. Throughout their research, they mainly focuses on child and teen health promotion, violence, substance abuse prevention, suicide, and more. King and Vidourek both teaches a number of courses including Human Sexuality ,Mental

New Library World, 105(7/8), 290-296. doi: 10.1108/03074800410551048 Jimerson, R. C. (2003). Archives and memory. OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives, 19(3), 89-95. doi: 10.1108/10650750310490289 Portal Rasmi Arkib Negara Malaysia. (2016).

The mission of the Los Angeles Public Libraries is to provide free and easy access to information, ideas, books and technology that enrich, educate and empower every individual in our city’s diverse communities. Although some may conclude that libraries have transformed into nothing more than civic centers, it is the LAPL’s mission to ensure that the community can attain access to free information and resources needed to sustain and improve the quality of life. It is through LAPLs commitment that the libraries have become a staple in Los Angeles by maintaining collections, acquiring new pieces, staying abreast of current information, within a changing world so that they can provide programs, and services that meet community demands.

My purpose is to educate people through the ages of 15 to 24, about suicidal awareness and the help that is readily available. according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, suicide has now reached the second leading cause of death among 15 to 24 year-olds, (Suicide). As an applied example of developmental psychology, suicide has researched studies that have linked teenage suicide to issues with development or other problems that occur over a person's lifetime. Some developmental issues have been recognized as anything from abuse, bullying, family problems, to mental health disorders. Studies tend to focus on lifestyles of the specific group being studied, home environment, social environment, medical history, mental

“Technology” by H. Stephen Wright is a scholarly article detailing the inefficiencies of technology dealing with cataloging in libraries. In this article, Wright’s main argument surrounds the difficulty of predicting future technological breakthroughs, specifically in libraries and the music industry. He continually criticizes and undermines the power that modern technology possesses. He goes on to find fault in the durability of technology because libraries have to constantly update its collection. Granted that this article was written more than a decade ago, Wright’s criticism still presents a limited understanding of the possibilities of technological advancements.

Teen suicide is a major problem in our society today. The adolescent suicide rate has tripled since 1960, while being the largest cause of death between the ages of 15 and 24. This is the one single age group that has seen an increase in suicides over the past thirty years. There are about 10,000 reported suicides reported annually. It is estimated however, that the true number of teen suicides is actually three to four times that number when unreported deaths are factored in.