The Georgia Institute of Tecnology's Library

Davis gives the reader an overview of what is to be expected in the article including library statistics for the year from public and school libraries and methods currently being used in libraries. The author does not want to limit the research to only one type of library by separating the libraries by academic and public will show the differences in what effect eBooks have had on

Founded in 1899, Northern Arizona University’s (NAU) first library opened with a dictionary and encyclopedia in its collection. Located in the central part of the NAU Flagstaff campus, it provides both physical and virtual environments that foster intellectual discovery, collaborative research, and access to technology (Library overview, 2016). As with most academic libraries, the research collections are critical to supporting the curricular and research mission of the university. As of April 2016, members of the NAU community and public have access to more than 670,000 print and e-books, 81,000 e-journals, 161,000 online audio and video recordings (J. Swann, personal communication, April 19, 2016). Successful learning requires inclusive and widespread support along with relevant resources from the library. Thus, the library offers spaces including group and individual study rooms; multi-media production studios, classrooms, and a makerspace. The library’s mission statement confirms the organization is committed to:

With a mere $385.23 the library project was underway and given a budget of $325 for materials when completed. Today, the library serves an approximate population of 10,000 people, thus classifying it as Class B library, and is in an adjacent building and location to that of the original built in 1846.

There are an almost 120,000 libraries in America. Libraries are the foundation of the knowledge ecosystem within the U.S. There are different resources available, from books to DVDs, which patrons can easily borrow. In fact, the available nonfiction printed materials will also include hard to find academic and research publications.

I attended the Coffee House session live on November 15th at 8:30 PM to interact with Earleen Glaser of Mercyhurst University. Ms. Glaser is the current University Archivist and Librarian for Mercyhurst, holding this role for the past twenty-eight years. Prior to this role, she was the Reference Librarian where she worked with the previous archivist, Sister Mary Lawrence Franklin. She received her undergraduate degree with Edinboro University and then pursued a Master’s of Library Science at Clarion University, where she focused her studies on reference work. Later, at Mercyhurst, she used her studies to teach reference work to students. When she officially began at Mercyhurst University as the Reference Librarian, she additionally providing

Competences: For these experiences, I used the knowledge understanding that I had gained of information seeking and retrieval, as well as my understanding of outreach within an academic library. In accordance with the School of Information Science program at the University of Tennessee I should be able to "describe and discuss the processes of...organization,...access, retrieval, management, use...of information in society"([outcome 1 from the School of Information Sciences Program Outcomes]2016). I should also be able to understand "the fundamentals of quantitative and qualitative research methods, the central research findings and research literature of the field" and "the principles and methods used to assess the actual and potential value of new research" as discussed by the American Library Association's Core Competencies ([competency 6 from the ALA]2008).

The Library will collect materials in a variety of formats divided into three main types: print (hardcover books, paperback books, large-print books, graphic novels, newspapers, magazines, etc.), non-print (CDs, DVDs, and miscellaneous objects in the Library of Things), and electronic resources (online databases,

The digital library at Ashford University is a place where someone can go and explore a world of valuable information without having to go further than their fingertips. The online digital library was formed to help students with their research papers or with their writing assignments in college. Research can be done utilizing the numerous databases available to assist you in any topic you want to discover. It is no doubt; the benefits of the library have a tremendous amount of resources available. High-quality data is comprised of several electronic resources consisting of scholar resources and popular resources. Most importantly the online library is an excellent functional database that is efficient, convenient and filled with reliable

Georgia Public Libraries- Libraries help teachers teach children (Keith 2004). Libraries are also educationally needed to supports school programs as well as the teaching and learning development. They serve students by making sure that the children have all necessarily materials that they need when coming to the library. They encourage parents to read to children and let the children pretend read also (Clark 1999). School libraries help students discover for themselves by independent by learning and letting the children ask question for themselves, teach them how and what question to ask. Outside libraries are always welcome inside the schools, sometime they have librarians to go to different schools and tell the children stories sing songs with them maybe take some pictures to color, or to do an art project. Libraries are important for families because it give them chances to spend time with their children and read to them or help them read.

For this project, I interviewed Dr. Sonya Gaither, director of the Hightower Library at Gordon State College in Barnesville, Georgia. The challenge Dr. Gaither wanted to focus on was changing procedures within the library that have not been updated in years, specifically how the librarians on her staff conduct appointments with students seeking research assistance through the Personal Librarian Program.

This semester I had the opportunity to work first hand with Jason Gumm in the Glenville State College Archives center located in our colleges library. Not only did I have the opportunity to work closely with Jason, but different members of the library staff and other student Interns. During my time in the Archives center I had the chance to experience what having a job in an Archives entails, and the different types of knowledge it requires to properly maintain and keep up an archives to efficiently provide a proper display of information.

The person I chose to interview for this assignment was Anita Donald she is currently a Catalogue Technician at the Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library. Recently Bradford has created a new strategic plan where they can begin transforming themselves in the next five years into a place where the “Community can gather”. They, like other Libraries are also moving into new trends and are merging their reference and circulation departments to better serve their patrons to become a non-traditional library.

Need Thesis: The worth of public libraries in America extends far beyond the books they offer. Despite the value of these resources to struggling communities, libraries have seen a decline in both public usage and federal funding in recent years.

According to a 2012-2013 report of 29 universities in the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), MacOdrum Library’s materials expenditures (including binding) was $5.5 million (Canadian Association of Research Libraries, 2015, p. 6) and makes up approximately 1.6 percent of Carleton University’s total operating budget (CARL, 2015, p. 49). Total staffing expenditures, including benefits, is around $9.9 million, and operating expenditures account for $1.2 million (CARL, 2015, p. 6). When combined, these figures total $16.6 million, and when materials expenditures are added, the total makes up approximately 4.8 percent of the University’s total budget (CARL, 2015, p. 49). Compared to the national average, Carleton’s budget is much smaller but the university’s overall percentage/ratio of library expenditures to the overall budget is higher. The average expenditures of the 29 Canadian research libraries nationwide is $9.6 million for materials, $14.9 million for staffing, and $2.6 million for operations, bringing the expenditures to a total of $27.4 million, which accounts for an average of 4.5 percent of total university operating expenses (CARL, 2015, p. 49). For added perspective, Carleton University has a student population of nearly 28,000 (“Facts and Figures,” 2014) and the library employs 135 total staff members (CARL, 2015, p. 7).

Curtin University Library (henceforth 'the Library ') is a large academic library that serves 30,000 students. Within this Library, the library services seeks to provide equal learning support and reference services to a diverse range of users. Currently these users range from: