Librarian

The benefit of the program for the community is greater than the risk associated with this project. Stakeholders include participants, library staff, librarians, ASU faculty, and ASU collegiate peers. Communication with library staff stakeholders occurred at time prior to and after the event, while communication with participants occurred only at time of program. Further communication with stakeholders…

It seems that as a librarian, I have participated in a somewhat watered down version of bibliotherapy. I had never heard the term before reading the articles. I am always in awe when teachers come to me and ask for books that deal with social topics for use in their classrooms. It seems a book is their first “go to” when addressing difficult issues. I quickly learned to search for books that dealt with topics that would help children cope with the challenges and difficulties of life to add…

Collection Policy Collection development responsibilities have been delegated to the Collection Services Manager in collaboration with the Library Director. Together among a highly skilled staff of catalogers and access and content specialist, Blue Ash’s Collection continues to grow at a healthy rate. Blue Ash stands apart in the library system in part for its strong graphic novel collection for both juvenile and young adults. The young adult graphic novel is a collection with 500 graphic…

It is with great enthusiasm that I express my interest in the position of Librarian IV at the Houston Public Library. The position provides an excellent and exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of initiatives to refine and improve collections at the branch and organizational level. With over ten years of customer service and collection maintenance experience, I have a set of skills and qualifications that will make me an asset to the department. I have developed and maintained…

Saying that Jean Otto is the librarian for Glen Rose Elementary School does not begin to cover the many hats she successfully wears. Jean truly believes that the library is a media center which expands out from the library to the whole school. She works endlessly helping teachers use the amazing power of all types of technology to support and enhance the curriculum. Jean’s dedication and involvement with all areas of the school is evident when you walk into the school. In the morning you…

that saved money and kept their efficiency. But nowadays people expects spaces with singularities, spaces that express the diverse and connected world where we live. To change the standard existent vision, the PBC had help of a committee formed by librarians and community stakeholders, the last ones principally from the Chinatown community. It was noticed that the last Chinatown library was one of the most visited of the 80 other branches that composes the Chicago Public Library system.…

and instead, they became office aides. I was one of them, except I worked in the school library. My job there was to put books back on the shelves, make sure all the books were in the right place, and check books in and out to other students. The librarian, Mrs. Weatherholt, had just started that same year, so she helped me get really involved in the library. Because I had to put all the books away, I was introduced to so many books I never would have thought to give a second glance at. For…

at the skating rink or I was roaming the stacks of the library. When I went away to boarding school at 13, I found solace in the books of the library. I remember when the library moved from under the Eurthym room to the "new library". The librarian chose me to be her assisstant and help organize the library shelves. I rememver the day we formed a chain of students to move the books across the oval. When I visited my old school recently I still call that buidling the "new…

Book banning, censorships, and challenges have been a significant issue in the United States since the early 19th century. A book challenge is an attempt to have printed work be removed or restrained by the objections of a group or person. Whereas a book ban is an actual removal of the written work from a curriculum, or library (Edwards 2). The practice of book banning is a kind of censorship that restricts and prohibits the mass by law to have any access to banned materials. The First Amendment…

“Have fun Tally, see you in two weeks!”. Tally was over joyed that she’d finally been chosen over of the thousands of books in the library to be read, but when she looked up her face raged with horror as she realized the woman that held her was the librarian. The young woman placed the red book into a large box that read, “FREE BOOKS”. At that moment Tally knew she would never see her friend…