Synthesis Essay: Public Libraries

For libraries to remain a place for a lively exchange of ideas, librarians should be armed with the right knowledge and strong conviction to preserve people’s rights.

The Little Free Libraries do more than provide reading materials. They also promote a sense of community. According to Bol, “it engages and brings neighborhoods together, and folks take to each other more than they ever have” (Aldrich 3). It brings the people in the communities together where they can interact with each other over the favorite books, magazines, comics or journals. Anita Malchiodi Albedi, a high school English teacher in Solano County California, says her Little Free Library has had a positive impact on her neighborhood community. She remembers fondly being in her garden in her front yard and having three middle school girls stopped by to tell her “hello.” One of the girls even told her that they lived on Pennsylvania street, a very low-income neighborhood where the police are often

The author starts off with a rhetorical question: “What kind of problem is a library?” urging the readers to think about this question as they continue to read the article. The question grabs the readers’ attention, and intrigues them to read on to find and answer. She further utilizes this technique of rhetorical questions throughout the article for the same purpose of emphasis on the vitality of the role of public libraries. Moreover, Smith extensively employs the use of metaphors and personification. For example, she describes the internet as libraries’ “universal death knell”, which portrays the internet’s negative impact on the development of

The way of education is constantly and rapidly evolving. Education is becoming more and more “modernized”. Both the article on Cushing Academy, Welcome to the Library, Say Goodbye to the Books”, written by David Abel and the article by Lyndsey Layton, “Majority of U.S. public schools are in poverty” show in different respects, how the way of education is changing to compensate for the modernized society. The way of the society may be changing, but that doesn’t mean the way people learn is changing.

Because libraries hold information that is easily accessible, libraries should continue making efforts to modernize and stay open since there are local ones everyone can get to. Libraries have been an important part of education since Benjamin Franklin founded the first one in 1731, since they have been able to stay modern all of this time they should continue to modernize and make efforts to be relevant. There is no bad area of a library they are meant to be for the citizens benefit and keep people entertained and informed.

Furthermore, school library media centers provide students from poverty with access to print and digital information. As a school library media specialist, I will use my expertise in children’s literature and information literacy to lessen the educational gap between high-income and low-income students through providing equitable access to information for all students. Moreover, by pursuing a career as a school library media specialist at the elementary level, I will be able to help early childhood students from diverse backgrounds develop literacy skills. I am seeking a career as a library media specialist to use my expertise as a information professional and the resources of library media centers to empower students through instilling their love of reading and increasing their information literacy to foster educated and empowered school

As new technologies are rapidly introduced, people are able to find any information with the access of internet. This leads to people questioning the relevance of libraries and its true purpose. Public libraries cultivate the value of increased education and a social unity to advancing as a society.

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.

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

The information community I have chosen to study is book clubs. With the use of the Internet, social media, and e-books, today’s version of a modern book club can vary. Book clubs have a long and rich history, and help promote literacy through out the area. Book clubs also give readers a voice and opinion they might not otherwise have, as book clubs also help improve a reader’s lifestyle.

Libraries are storerooms for history book. Communities of diverse people use the library for research that prepare them for higher education. People should not have to worry about having money to pay for the service. For example, People goes to libraries to educate themselves. Both, people who cannot afford to pay for private tutoring, or those who just want to learn more about what is going on in the country. The article makes a claim that, “tax dollars could be spend on project that better service the community.” Is mind blowing, because what can

"In any literate society, people constantly see the best way to teach children how to read and write so that the younger generation can become fully functioning members of that society." (Savage 15) This is obviously an important goal of any society that wants their children to be well educated and succeed in the world. Learning to be literate is a very important developmental milestone that is recognized cross-culturally. Its social importance is shown in the fact that in school; literacy makes up 2/3 of the three "R's". (Savage 15)

Public libraries are dedicated to promoting early literacy to children from birth to 6 years. Literacy is more than just reading and writing and it involves important underlying principles of how children adapt to literacy skills. In the early childhood years, children begin to develop language skills as they beginning to learn how to communicate, read and write. In public libraries, librarians are well trained and equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to continue being involved as this is a lifelong learning process with teaching early literacy to parents and children. Libraries have put forth more effort to help keep children engaged from birth to six years, preparing them to read and write by implementing more literacy programs

Since their establishment, libraries have served as a gateway to knowledge and services that revolutionized the way the public attains information. Unlike many other institutions, public libraries have grown and evolved along with society by adopting new technology and offering resources tailored to the needs of their local community.

Taking children on field trips to their nearby library to teach them about the system is very important. They can later get their personal library card and return to rent out a book they wish to read. This is a way to promote out of school reading.