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Many individuals are concerned with the banning of ideas to be the problem, the real issue is the freedom to read. As Helen Adams suggested at the opening of a banned books week; “School librarians can turn [banned books week] around, having the observance focus on the patriotic theme of the ‘freedom to read’ vs. just banned books and incorporate all types of books into a display or event”

Topic Name Date Instructor’s name Banning of Books in the United States Introduction Providentially, committed teachers, students, parents, librarians, among other individuals have evolved to challenge the existing ideologies on book banning (Niccolini & Alyssa 22). According to the American Library Association (ALA), a good percentage of these challenges are steered by parents. Public libraries, school and university libraries, businesses as well as classrooms across the world have made great attempts

The twenty-first century is immersed in technology from social interactions, home, education, business, and transportation. Technology was once a luxury but now transforming to a requirement. With such a demand for new technologies, for some a required resource, it is only fair and necessary to provide training and education of new technologies and how to operate the technology. The American Library Association (ALA) has determined that library information centers should incorporate technology

How often does one find himself checking the Internet for directions? How easy has the ability to find answers to questions become? How hard is the opportunity to check one’s Internet to pass up? Why has the Internet become an every day, every hour part of life? With the capabilities of the Internet and what one can spend his time doing on the Internet, the questions about the future of the Internet’s affects on its users continues to grow rapidly. The use of computer technology in the classroom

Judy Blume once stated, “It’s not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.” In other words, numerous pieces of literature are in jeopardy of never reaching their prospective audience due to censorship. Moreover, censorship is critically analyzing and restraining information from the public. Judy Blume discusses how many authors

Chapter I Background of the Study A school library is a library within a school where students, staff, and often, parents of a public (state) or private (fee paying) school have access to a variety of resources. The goal of the school library is to ensure that all members of the school community have equitable access "to books and reading, to information, and to information

search a book in an easy way? * How will the system help the students reserve a book or reference materials? * How will the system help the librarian to monitor the books and make a report for the library? IV. Objectives of the Study General Objective: To develop a web based library system that will help the students and also the librarian to have an easy way borrowing and returning of books in the library. Specific Objectives: * To develop an online library also known as OPAC (Online

1. Meet with different medical librarians at the Medical Research Library and the Learning Center Libraries to learn about their specific roles. a. Tour the different libraries on campus to become familiar with each library and what it specializes in by meeting with different department librarians. b. Attend different classes taught to observe how librarians teach different skills to library users. c. After observations and meeting with the librarians prepare class materials to teach

After multiple visits to the library to observe and interview, underlying themes of love for books and reading were prevalent. When interviewing my librarian informant many times she said she loved to read and loved books. The job of a librarian suited her perfectly. While on tour with her, I notice the care other employees took while handling books as well, they would sort them gently and with gloved hands re-shelve them carefully as if handling a glass vase. When asked what they did after hours

The assumption that the internet can replace libraries is one built on underestimation of what a library is and how it has, and continues to, evolve. The idea of a library is something built from personal experiences and relies on nostalgia. But libraries today are not what they were in the past, nor can they be in the future, “Libraries need to take the time to ask hard questions about how their patrons are seeking knowledge and using information differently than they have in the past.” (Palfrey