Librarian

When I arrived to the Lakeland Public Library, I was quickly whisked away into a small room and handed a schedule. The schedule was because I would be rotating through each different department of the library over the course of the day. I gathered my things, and began my day at Reference Services. Reference Services was a quiet job, consisting of answering peoples’ questions and overseeing the computer section. My time at each rotation was about an hour, and near the end of my shift at…

Smith and the community of Willesden Green of London, UK who are being affected by the closing of their local library. Smith writes of discovering the library’s closing and how it started her thinking back nostalgically with her longtime friend and librarian of Willesden, Helen. They find it hard to accept the demolition of the library and adjacent book…

shift and consequently serve their communities better. This culture shift, has a lot of impact to the library. When it is embedded, it will bring about certain opportunities that would not only help libraries improve their services, but also make librarians and patrons view each other from a different perspective. It would inspire a more open and more collaborative engagement among the community which would in turn produce compelling results like creative content and active and responsible…

Library Technicians assist the librarian(s) with library media, sorting, stacking books and registering new patrons. They usually help patrons with the library resources as well as the uses of them. They also fix books that are in bad conditions only if they’re fixable. The working conditions involve a lot of walking. They also would have to handle objects that are up to ten pounds as well as one’s that go up twenty. The skills required for this career are reading comprehension, active…

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…

Collection Statement: The primary responsibility of the Rose County Public Library is to serve the community and employees of Rose County by offering an expansive choice of materials to meet their informational, educational, cultural and recreational needs. Materials selected are based on the criteria that they aid whoever in finding whatever information they are seeking. With this goal in mind, RCPL is part of the Evergreen consortium, RCPL continues to advance and keep current its own…

The types of employees at Queens Library include full time workers, custodians, full time librarians, managers, computer technicians, part time workers, tutors, volunteers and so forth. The Queens Library impacts nearly every age group and resident of Queens. Around 11.2 million people attend a branch of the Queens Library, which also had more…

As someone who knows the kind of impact literacy and education can have on a person’s life, I can say that I am very enthused and excited for the chance to possibly further my education at this prestigious forum of learning. Obtaining my Masters of Library and Information Science would be a great aide in furthering my career and growing my community in a positive manner. I currently work at an inner city library as a Senior Library Service Assistant. Working at this particular branch and…

III. Discussion Robotic technology, in general, brings both opportunities and challenges. Some people are optimistic about them while others are skeptic – some are even fearful of how they will affect humanity’s future. Broadly speaking, robots aid in industries to make jobs faster and easier. Nowadays, one can find robots working in factories to aid in the manufacturing process like in car plants or in warehouses like that of Amazon’s Kiva robots. The military also utilizes robots for…

Purpose In accordance with the mission of the Hackley Public Library, the Library provides users with access to information and communication over the Internet, a diverse and dynamic global network of computer networks rich in informational, educational, cultural, and recreational resources. Information The Hackley Public Library does not control the availability of Internet information links, which often change rapidly and unpredictably. Not all sources on the Internet provide accurate,…