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    Library Interview Paper

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    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. When arriving at the Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library I was greeted by the circulation desk

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    “Green libraries are more than just a buildings”. Aulisio (2013) is an assistant professor in the Weinberg Memorial Library. He is the Evening Supervisor and Public Service Librarian. Author earned his BA from Bloomsburg University, his MS from Drexel and his MLA from the University of Pennsylvania. In this article, the author argues that a green library is something more than just the architecture. I agree with the author in the context of definition in which the author said that green library as any

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    Adult Programs for Wichita Falls Public Library (WFPL) This adult program is for the Wichita Falls Public Library (WFPL) located at: 600 11th Street, Wichita Falls, Texas 76301. It is open Monday through Saturday, with hours: • Monday-Wednesday 9 am to 8pm • Thursday 9 am – 5:30 pm • Friday 9 am – 5 pm • Saturday 9 am – 2:30 pm. The Wichita Falls public library has more than 100,000 books at its disposal that is available to the public. The WFPL also has the Texana and Southwest (Texas collection)

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    environment to meet the instructional and basic needs of our students. Our mission at the Rosalie Elementary School Library is to provide resources and information to fulfill the educational needs and interests of students in order to provide them with the tools to become lifelong learners and effective users and creators of technology and ideas. The mission at Rosalie Elementary School Library is to provide resources and information to fulfill the educational needs and interests of students in order to

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    “Put simply, the library portal as we know it today is unsustainable. It, along with a host of other indicators such as declines in reference questions and shifts from print to e-resources, signals that for academic libraries a ‘let’s just keep doing business as usual’ mentality is a sure path to obsolescence.” (Bell via Tumbleson, p. 974) The Issue: The Association of College and Research Libraries’ guidelines for the provision of library services to distance learners states that services “must

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    University libraries are the center of academic life. Undergraduates spend most of their time in the library: studying, researching, collaborating with other students and hanging out with friends. It is important that students have a place that they feel comfortable in. Undergraduates students consider the library the most important place during their four years of study. The relationship between the library and students’ has been investigated by many librarians and information professionals from

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    Censorship in libraries takes place all over the country and world. Some people believe libraries should not be censored. Other people believe libraries should censor books and movies. Some places censor what they offer to consumers, because of content and the risk of offense. Some people are all for censoring what children can read so that they are not corrupted. Other people believe that individuals should have the choice in what they want their children exposed to, and school libraries face this problem

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    College Alabama Library spoken by the library director. Her name is Ms. Joyce Kendrick she is a great phenomenal Nerd about books and the library. She has given us a great Presentation about the library. The library has a lot of new features which are the decorated the library, they have nice soft jazz music playing in the background, they give out refreshments: granola bars, coffee, tea, candy, and for class they have notebooks, pencils, highlighters, anything you can think of the library has it. If

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    A world where technology takes over, corrupting the minds of young, innocent people allowing it to cloud their judgment. In AK Benedict’s short story The Last Library, Benedict symbolizes a world where a society that fully relies on technology believes that by eliminating primary sources like novels and journals only leads to a society that will progress, which in reality is the complete opposite. Reflecting on this short story generates a different view of the world, it shapes the way things are

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    Public libraries. Where books are stored and lent for free to the public. Where computers are free of use. However, in the digital age, do we need Libraries anymore? I would say that we need a new type of Public Libraries. In order to achieve a stronger society, democracy, and educated population this must be done. Source B shows many different activities in a library. There are activities for babies, toddlers, and children. This shows how libraries are communal places. They provide for the

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