Digital library

I chose Belk Library of Appalachian State University for my ethnography project. The reason that I pick library for this project was that I knew everyday men, women, children, elder, and people of different nation came to this place for studying, relaxing, or for some other reasons. Therefore, I thought by choosing library, I would have an opportunity to observe the behaviors of people of different genders, ages, and nation of this culture. It was a great experience working as a cultural…

We have learned that an idealistic library is the place where you go when you want to learn something new, use its free resources and when in need of silence. On most college campuses a library is known for being a place for independent academic study and not an environment in which you should talk to others. College students that are found inside libraries participating in their own independent studies are usually there because they want to be there, not because they are highly persuaded to be…

of these is providing citizens with a reliable means of training as well as the access to the hardware required to access the internet. Without these things access to subsidized internet is just not enough to close the digital divide in this country. The key to bridging the digital divide is in the balance of funding to all aspects of the access dilemma: Hardware, internet access, and training. One glaring issue, in regards to providing subsidized internet for the economically disadvantaged, is…

Library has always been a magical place to me since I was five years old, and it played a compelling role in my childhood development. How librarians know where to find what information from the temple of mystery was amazing to me at that time, and I get to understand comprehensively of library’s vital value to people and community when I studied in universities and visited libraries around the world, especially after few years’ involvement in library as a volunteer. A library is a place where…

cliché I honestly have to say that this book found me, rather than me finding it. I was having difficult time picking the right book. As I’m sure many of you are aware, a title on a list isn’t really much to go off of. One day I found myself in the library after school reading Catch-22. The book is probably good in its own right, but I might have been crushed under the weight of its 453 pages. Then, Mrs. Maynard the librarian taps me on the shoulder and hands me a copy of One flew over the…

of the US. v. American Library Association occurred in a time when the internet was becoming a widespread, yet widely unadulterated medium. In 2000, Congress introduced the Child Internet Protection act (CIPA), which required public libraries that received funding from the federal government to install a software on their computers that blocked obscene websites. The purpose of this paper is to defend the Supreme Court’s decision to allow CIPA’s software in public libraries by, demonstrating why…

Howard Rheingold’s book, Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution is a commentary concerning the emerging effects wireless technology and mobile devices might have on society. This is not a new topic for Rheingold, he has written other works about trends in computing, communications, and culture, including the book, Virtual Community, a term he also coined. In Smart Mobs, Rheingold explores the groups of friends, colleagues, and/or strangers, who come together in what he calls smart mobs.…

create the Mason City Public Library? Mason City is located in Iowa and the Mason City Public Library is now located on 225 2nd St SE. The Library is important in the history in Mason City because of the first attempts of a library, the first attempts of a public library, how May Hanford Macnider helped the library progress, the current library, and what was changed in the current library. In 1871, the first library was opened. That library was a subscription library so only paid subscribers…

to us like the Ashford University Library. The Ashford University Library has a lot of resources that will help me in most of my future work that I will have here at Ashford University. It offers ebooks, newspaper articles, films, and many more resources that would be helpful. Recently I got the chance to really explore the library and see what exactly the Library has to offer and how to navigate through the website. There are many different reasons that the library will benefit me and help me…

Public libraries are trying to keep up in a world where technological changes are rapid and constant. In order to stay relevant, public libraries must understand and embrace change and new technologies. Public library spaces will continue to be reinvented in order to better meet the needs of users. But where the most amount of change is expected is in digital content. As the library changes, the catalog must change. These changes need to consider not just current needs but the future needs of…