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literature that will help meet their needs. These staff members are always appreciative and say people rarely think of helping them find resources. I believe it is important that we include these professionals when choosing literature. Each day in the library, it seems a student will ask me for help to find a book in which they can identify with a particular situation or experience. I…

A school’s library is full of wonders books and contains much knowledge for children and adults, but they can also be a doorway to a new beginning. In a small town called Cherryville there’s a small school named Cherryville Elementary School. This school has the biggest school library in the world, but of course it’s the most peculiar. On a dark drank and dreary day an exhausted teacher was in the library taking a break from his disrespectful students. He was awfully tired and ready to go on a…

Libraries cost money to build and maintain, regardless of how they are organized, and at the turn of the 20th century if you wanted a library you would write to Andrew Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie took the fortune he made in steel and turned it around to support libraries for everyone without looking at color. In areas of intense segregation, African Americans became fed up with the substandard quality of the library they were allowed to use as opposed to the library for white people. Carnegie…

This article is about a man who is being accused of solicitation. Solicitation is to ask, command, urge or advise another person to commit a crime. The suspect is already in jail on a criminal sexual abuse case. Ivan Flores is being charged for solicitation of murder and solicitation of murder for hire according to prosecutors. A $500,000 bail was set on his new charges. Prosecutors say that the suspect Ivan Flores was talking to two confidential sources at the Cook County Corrections department…

public libraries are home for the building of communities and deepening of personal relationships. Citizens go to public libraries for varying reasons. For example, some citizens borrow books, others find a place to study, and some attend meetings and other events that are available. According to Orland Park Public Library’s Calendar of Events, public events such as pilates classes, along with craft nights, take place in the library. On other nights, board meetings will occupy the library floor…

served. However, this is paralleled by the patron appreciation that can be seen as well. In communities where every-day needs are not being met and budgets, both inside and outside of the library are growing smaller, it is more important than ever to find creative and new ways to serve the community. Public libraries are excellent places to provide at-risk youth with services, programs, and materials which will help them succeed. Research suggests that teenagers and young adults who participate…

wanted to see what the library had to offer as a patron, not a researcher. This could be considered a social anthropological approach by first getting a library card and checking a book out as a customer of the library during a field visit. I got a feel for the process and what the library had to offer the public. Similar to what Stoddart (as cited in Berg and Lune, 2012) described as covert ethnography. No one at the time knew what I was there for, so I could observe the library…

Binghamton’s Carnegie Library nestles snugly in the shadows of city hall and the Security Mutual building on Exchange Street. Although no longer in use, the ‘old library’ (as the residents refer to it) stands as a reminder of Andrew Carnegie’s philanthropy, as well as the city’s former glory. The building’s architecture is entirely Classical, utilising Greek and Roman traditions to create an inviting exterior for the city’s library. The library’s Grecian influence is obvious at first glance, as…

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,…

Purpose and Background The Collection Development Policy upholds the mission of the Turner Free Library* which is to serve the cultural, educational, and informational needs of the Town of Randolph. The Collection Development Policy directs Library staff in the maintenance and development of the Turner Free Library collections. The policy also defines collection development practices, and provides continuity to selection, purchasing and retention decisions. As part of strategic planning, the…