Library of Congress

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…

Author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky, shared his views on the act of banning books with the following statement: “Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight” (“A Quote by Stephen Chbosky”). Challenging books usually comes from trying to protect people, mainly students, from “inappropriate” material found in the book. This can effect teachers by making them lose their flexibility to…

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…

The Queens Borough Public Library (also known as Queens Library) is one of the three library systems operating in New York City. The library has 62 locations all across Queens. Volunteering at the library for the past two summers has allowed me to further understand how Queens Library operates. I have always been curious about how the library system is able to be interconnected with all 62 branches. As a kid, I always wondered how they were able to keep track of everything. I could return and…

the suggestions for the Smiths Falls Public Library. The community is a small area surrounded nature and a lovely view of its bodies of water, this includes a waterfall. Smith falls community location is near Queen Street and Brockville Street. With the well-known Rideau River flowing through the town. The smith falls public library is on 81 Beckwith St. N. Smith Falls. Looking at their website there doesn’t appear to have other branches of their library but they do serve the public. Their…

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…

1- Library Comparison Summary In a nutshell libraries exist to connect people with information. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate libraries in terms of who they serve, collections that they hold and what services are provided to their patrons. I will be discussing the similarities and differences of the following five libraries in these aspects. Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is a Government library and it combines the holdings, services and staff of both the former National Library of…

9-year anniversary working in a public library setting. When I started my library career in 2006, it was only a part-time job for me. I worked various second jobs in tandem with my page position at a small branch of a public library system while attending the University of Tennessee. I obtained my Bachelor of Arts with a major in psychology from UT in 2009, and decided ultimately, that I wanted to pursue full-time employment with the Knox County Public Library (KCPL). A former assistant…

staffing the Suffolk County House of Corrections library. He tells the reader about positive and negative effects of inmates spending time in the library, the debate on a library being accessible, and his personal experiences with the inmates. Steinberg finishes the article saying, "...and find ways to cultivate it more deliberately, to direct it over the prison walls and back into the lives of our neighborhoods." This quote shows just how often libraries are overlooked. In this essay I will be…

of University Experience Portfolio Exercise Library Assignment The Library is key to your academic success at Missouri Western State University. While in college, you will be asked to find articles and books for assignments in many of your classes. This exercise is designed to familiarize you with the process of locating a book in the MWSU library using TOWERS, the library’s catalog. You will also learn to locate scholarly articles in a library database/search engine. Searching for an…