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    The River City Public Library along with the county historical society, have recognized a need within their community and have proceed to take initiative to respond through marketing. The initiative was chosen by the demand to provide a library resource that the identified user group has requested and the library will communicate effectively in response by delivering (Kendrick, 2006, p. 18). River City Public Library has already gone through the first step of the marketing cycle, which is conducting

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    fan of the Denver Public Library system and have spent considerable time at the Virginia Village, Ross-University and the Eugene Field Branch Libraries. Every branch is different from a physical standpoint, but the library personnel are all quite friendly and helpful. The Five biggest challenges based on my professional experience are: (1). Public buildings tend to get a lot of wear and tear. The shear volume of foot traffic exceeds private sector buildings on average and the public can be hard on these

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    COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES In accordance with the mission statement of the Cuyahoga County Public Library (CCPL) which positions the Library at the center of community life by providing an environment where reading, lifelong learning and civic engagement thrive, collection development and maintenance emphasizes selecting and de-selecting material that meets the current needs of our customers. Our collection is the product that attracts customers, and should be appealing, browsable and irresistible

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    student interact (Burns, 2006, p. 10). The therapeutic milieu, as discussed in this paper, is the Pickering Public Library located on Glenanna Road in Pickering Ontario. It is right across from the mall, and it is easily accessible. This is a public library for all ages. However, the focus will be the therapeutic milieu that is the children’s service area in the public library. In library there are sections that divide the children’s, youth, and adults by having a sign above the entrance of each

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    A tight library budget has led to a very lean employment model at the Newtown Public Library. There is very little overlap in coverage on the reference desk. The two part-time reference librarians at this library also work in other area libraries. Because these employees are only part time and work in other libraries, it is difficult for them to spend a vast amount of time memorizing reference procedures. Additionally, this lack of time makes it difficult to keep up with changes in various technology

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    It 's 3:30 and school just got out and everyone is running home to finish their final project. Not owning a computer means that it 's going to have to be finished at the public library, which is two miles away from the School. If this project is going to get done that walk has to be made whether is sub zero degrees, snowing, or even raining. This is the sad reality that many students in the United States have to face in their everyday lives. School districts and Local government can come together

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    The Barrie Public library offers several different forms of digital media to the general public such as eBooks and audio books. Another form of digital media that can prove to be useful tool for many different people is a form called online databases. An online line database can be defined as a searchable collection of information. Each database can contain thousands of articles which can be searched for quickly and easily. These databases include materials such as journals, newspapers, magazines

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    offend, it ceases to exist.” (Rushdie) As of late, the censorship of the "offensive" materials made available in public libraries is a common topic of discussion. Should a few opinions dictate what everyone else has access to? Censorship of the songs, movies, and books that are available in libraries is pointless, biased, and unconstitutional. Removing materials from public libraries wouldn't prevent the community from having access to them. If someone wanted to, they could access these songs, movies

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    Arcadia Public Library

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    believe in libraries because they give everyone the opportunity to read. Hook: (Quote from the first line of one of fav books) These words are music to my ears because they are part of the first line to one of my favorite books. This book along with many of my favorites hold one special thing in common; you can find them all in a library. It is a running joke in my family that the only thing my sister and I ever want to do for fun during a school break or over the weekend is to go to the library. Despite

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    Jantti, M., & Greenhalgh, N. (2012). Leadership Abstract For the past decade, public libraries have faced significant disruption. An economic shift from a post-industrial to a knowledge/sharing economy combined with the accelerated pace of technology has left many people questioning the relevance of public libraries. At the same time, public libraries are trying to determine where they fit in this brave new landscape and how they can remain relevant to the communities they serve. Many in the profession

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