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Get Rid of Banned Books for Good The American Library Association has recorded a total of 275 books that were challenged in 2015, The Holy Bible was one of the top 10 most challenged books. The challenging and banning of books is a huge item in the United States of America. The American Library Association has a week devoted to banning books which takes place the last week end of September. Banned Books Week for 2016 will be September 25 through October 1. It is not ethical to ban books due to content

“You have to read 10 hours this week” said my first grade teacher. In elementary school reading logs were what all the teachers made us do. Every week I had to read a certain amount of hours. I however, never read the amount of hours I was supposed too. I would just fill out the log and tell my mom to sign it. At that time it sounded like a good idea but then came freshman year. Mrs. Daugherty changed my whole perspective on reading and how important it is to read. In elementary school reading

or cultures in the world. IPU New Zealand is unique because the IPU library’s staff, students and teachers are very multi-cultural. In fact, there over 15 nationalities studying at IPU New Zealand. IPU New Zealand is a very friendly environment for students, teachers and librarians to be close with each other. This report will be discussing the staff of the IPU library and the students and the teachers who use the

information. Finally, Evaluation entails judging the product for effectiveness and judging the process for efficiency. (Wurster, 2011) Librarians, teachers, and students can all benefit from the Big6™ process as it helps to identify goals, hunt for, use and collect information and then reflect on that information with the presentation of the information. Teachers and librarians benefit because they can use it at any grade level, with any subject, with any state or national standards, and it complements

and people have tried to ban books for many different reasons. People attempt to ban books because the material conflicts with their own beliefs. Some people believe that a child’s parent should be the only one able to censor what a child reads. Librarians and governing bodies should maintain that parents and only parents have the right and responsibility to restrict things from their children. According to the challenges by initiator, institution, type, and year, parents challenge books more often

particular area as my focus because I am a sixth grade English Language Arts teacher and am always looking for ways to better diversify what I do in my classroom to help all of my students. I found three wonderful articles that gave me fresh perspective on ways to help my classroom be more successful. The articles I chose to focus on involved using journal letters to help with individualized responses, incorporating librarians into the classroom, and how fluency and vocabulary comprehension affects

Richards, and William Clifford Tucker. To begin, Callie McGinnis is currently still present on Earth and was Columbus State University 's first Dean of Librarian who moved to the city of Columbus, Georgia from New Orleans, Louisiana to work as a reference librarian on July 1, 1974 to January 5, 2010. On the other hand, Robert Arnold was a public educator/teacher for 27 years and he eventually moved to the city of Columbus, Georgia to teach at Clover Hill Junior High School in the year of 1911. In addition

Many people influenced and events my reading and writing development throughout my childhood from my mother, my elementary librarian, and Sesame Street, to getting my first pair of glasses. We all have defining moments in our lives where we can look back and say, “That moment changed my life.” This is the story of the defining moment that changed the way I read and write, and I learned it from a whale! It was the beginning of my seventh grade year. I was about twelve years old and, I guess you

As the librarian for my city during a time when the city is struggling and not connecting, I would need to make some changes to the program. I would begin by looking at the neighborhood including the demographics. As the librarian, I would not be able to dedicate myself fully to organizing or implanting changes within the library so, I would need to consider hiring volunteers that can assist with collaborating with other city agencies and local non-profit organizations. When considering budget cutbacks

However, these changes were adopted on January 22, 2008. In conclusion, it is important for all types of librarians to know the Code of Ethics and enforce them in workplace. Issues of ALA Code of Ethics One of the three issues by ALA Code of Ethics is called Access Issues. Access Issues deal directly to the first three articles in the Code of Ethics. In Article I, it expresses the need for librarians to provide equal services to all library users. Therefore, that as a profession we must be accurate