Librarian

Throughout modern history, McKim, Mead, and White’s Boston Public Library has existed as a recognizable architectural landmark and therefore, as an integral part of the Boston cityscape. However, the library is just one of many buildings from the era in the area and is by no means the most significant to the nation’s history, forcing the question of why the building is so very iconic. The justification can be found when the structure is dissected into a handful of key spaces. Through its innate…

I’m going to talk about books. Banned and Challenged books. These are all books that have been banned or Challenged to be banned by schools and libraries across the country. These books have been accused of Ruining younger audiences minds with unsavory ideas and bad language. Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. frequent use of a bad term for African-Americans, and the bad view of the pre war South. William Shakespeare. He’s got suicide, and homicide in his plays. How about Romeo and…

There are four basic steps for collection developers to consider in order to build an efficiently and effectively collection for a library service area, whether it is public, special, or academic. In building this collection, there are five basic questions to answer as the collection developers begin his or her library community analysis. Step one is defining the border of the community library service areas, by zip codes utilization to determine the beginning of the library community. If the…

Book Banning “I am very real…I am angered sickened and saddened by you who have damaged my reputation in the eyes of children and the world” said Kurt Vonnegut the famous author of the Slaughterhouse series. Banning books may seem like a good idea, no sensitive material to reach children, but it stops them from learning. It also hurts people when they are banned, it hurts authors, editors, democracy, and the children society is trying so hard to shield. Book banning hurts authors and editors…

Why libraries are banning books? I don’t think that's The Call of the Wild book is violent for 8th graders. I had read the first chapter of the book I don't think that the book is violent for 8th graders. A school board may say that they think this book are violent for students. Libraries should not ban the books because they are not violent for 8th graders. Don’t ban the book because how you will ban the books people will choose that book to read because they want to know why libraries had…

In the academic library that I chose to examine, finding the reference desk is no easy task for the unfamiliar patron. With three major entrances and six floors to navigate, this library is an epitome of what most libraries would strive to have: boundless space for patrons and a vast, growing collection. The patron, however, could easily take one glance at this gargantuan building and easily become overwhelmed, despite the services that this one building contains, such as being combined with…

Raju: Where was Tony last night? Sara: Tony went to the library and did his assignments. (Fred’s answer obeys the maxim of Manner: be orderly, because he gives a clear explanation where Tony was.) Raju: What are you baking? Sara: Be I are aitch dee ay wye see ay kay ee. (Sara is not expressing her idea clearly as she spells out implicating that she doesn’t want anyone to know what she’s actually doing.) Furthermore, failing in observing the maxims can lead to five major failures namely…

A great way for a library to raise money is to allow different proposals for different fundraisers, specifically two different proposals which a committee representing the community will decide which is the most logistically feasible. The two fundraisers the committee will take into account are a proposal for a library book sale and a proposal for a carwash. Though the book sale and the carwash have their similarities and differences, the carwash is the most reliable fundraiser to generate more…

Shaw Library which sits on the edge of the Shaw neighborhood is one of the oldest libraries in D.C. The goals of the new neighborhood Library was to provide a new kind of library service, one with a strong emphasis on the updated media of communications and information. The new Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Neighborhood Library: A Landmark of Social Change." During its first year of operation, the Watha T. Daniel/Shaw branch offered a variety of community activities, including workshops in photography,…

Diverse Opinions on Banned and Challenged Books As a critic like myself this book would be acceptable to a certain age group, with an absolute understanding of the world today and the sexual immortality and treason-like perceptions that co-exist in this novel. While explaining my point of view I will use references, word cite, and research articles. There are two different perceptions of the book I am referring to. First, “challenged books” referred to as “a book that has, for whatever reason,…