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books a community can read? Censorship in libraries is simply un-needed and unfair to the society and public as a whole. At a public library, you as part of the public, can go and read a book whenever you wish, free of charge. The library as a business can choose what books to keep and take off their shelves. What this censorship is doing, is taking that right away from both of you. Someone, anyone can challenge a book they feel is "unfit for their library. When a book gets challenged, it is put

the subscription library. Subscription Library was first established in Liverpool in 1758, and it spread across Britain, growing the number of subscribers along the way. It was essentially a private library, requiring a payment of a guinea for entry and another ten shillings or so for the annual subscription fee. In turn, the members were allowed access to the permanent collection of the books. In this essay, I would like to discuss the possible purposes of the subscription library in the eighteenth

Washington Library Center, Chicago Public Library’s main library, located in the South Loop. You can visit the library any day: Monday-Thursday from 9 A.M. to 9 P.M., Friday-Saturday from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. and Sunday 1 P.M. - 5 P.M. Ms. Barbara was our tour guide as she noted that Harold Washington was Chicago’s mayor. She tried to give us an overall information about the library: what you can do and what you can find in the library. The library was created in 1991. The Harold Washington library is very

users. Presently ICT emerge to digital library. Various academic institutions published project report, thesis, article, etc. The digital library also help the institution repositories collection, organized, managed and pacific information dissimilate. Some digital libraries are work on the project of national and international level for developing the universal digital library. Currently most of the information’s are generated in digital form and maximum library are converted from print media to digital

similar terms, libraries and internet has come into existence with the purpose of providing people with information. Library defines a collection of information for the purpose of reading, viewing, listening, study or reference (Allen, 2000) whereas internet is defined as a huge connection of networks worldwide (Allen, 2000). The purpose of the research is to discuss and analyze to prove vulnerabilities of the internet being a disadvantage to society as compared to physical libraries. The report would

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. Libraries encourage reading, spread ideas that ultimately create a social unity. In fact, libraries have been found in the 1730s by Benjamin Franklin. He believed libraries would be a place to access and share information. (Source A) No matter the changes societies are going through, libraries are still developing. This simply

Bettina Scales Dr. Abdullahi LSIS 5120 November 1, 2014 My Personal Philosophy on Library Management Within the library profession, a key component is management.Proper Management is vital for successful libraries.I think library managers must possess qualities of friendliness, vision, approachability, and decisiveness. As a future archivist, of a museum or school library like Shepard Library, I would want to be a leader that embodies these qualities. Along with great qualities, I would need to

Censorship is a huge thing within today's society, Censorship in libraries is when a school board, a parent, or just anyone challenges a book that is explicit with sexual language, homosexuality, and or religion. The meaning of censorship is to ban a book, it's not necessarily up to the library, but more so to the community and the school board. Anyone can challenge a book to be censored, even if it’s not explicit, if you personally take offense to a book you can challenge it to be a censored or

ENG 221: Technical Writing Prepared By: Learning Team C – Noe Sandoval, RonJuan-D, Duffey Wolvin Date: June 20, 2010 University Library User Manual Table of Contents University Library 1) Article Databases – Major……………………………………………………………………….………..…...6-8 EBSCOhost, Gale PowerSearch, ProQuest 2) Article Databases – Specialized………………………………………………………………………….…...8-9 3) Books, Dissertations, and Theses...…………………………………………………………………..……9-10 Books@Ovid, Business Book

“Academic Libraries continually adapt to the technological advances and administrative challenges that follow”. The staff plays an important role between the information and the users. The staff being professional, or paraprofessional should possess the knowledge of online databases, knowledge of all web features etc. Besides that, the systems may get updated, replaced regularly and hence learning new or upgraded online resources must be an integral part of every position in the library (Eells. L