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other students making up the remaining five percent of the student population. The library contains roughly 15,000 volumes including books, magazines, newspapers, DVDs, and audiobooks. The library also features an adjoining computer lab with thirty desktop PCs. The library is centrally located within the school building. 2. Selection Policy…

self reflection or an internal frame of reference from which to begin the…

Being part of a library means you spend your time helping others and sharing knowledge for a specific reason requested, whether you are assisting a patron or a colleague. One of the primary goals of being a part of a library, whether it is public, academic, special, or other types, is to be able to freely share information, resources, and access with people across the spectrum, regardless of who they are. In addition to these aspects being a part of our job, we respect the notion of learning and…

Poetry Reading Response: Rickey Laurentiis I had a chance to see Rickey Laurentiis, an Black poet, along with a majority of my classmates at the Madison Public Library in the third floor Community Room. When I arrived, the first thing I noticed was that it was a very packed event; this caught me off guard. There weren’t a lot of seats available so some people had to either stand at the back of the room the entire time or stand outside by the door and listen carefully. Before this gathering,…

At the beginning of the story, the narrator describes the situations in which he met a man named C. Auguste Dupin. Both were searching for the same book at the same library. It was in the Rue Montmartre, in Paris. They became friends and decided to share the expenses of a residence together in Paris. The narrator then illustrates the powers that Dupin possess. They are brilliant powers of analysis. Once a day, the narrator and Dupin read newspaper headlines. They found a headline about a…

Kimbel Library and Bryan Information Commons are beneficial to many students and staff here at Coastal Carolina University. The reason Kimbel Library has such a vast collection of resources is because so they can be able to provide the students with the proper equipment so they can complete the task that they have been assigned. The library has 2 floors. The first floor has computers, printers, displays, and restrooms, just like the second floor. However, the second is split into separate areas…

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…

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 grandeur in these areas, the Boston Public library…

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 library is funded by the community, therefore the library is accountable for meeting the…

Library organization is a hot topic is library circles. To gentrify or not to gentrify …that is the question. I was quite surprised by the passion this topic ignites on library blogs and discussion boards. Some librarians are down right angry at the idea of “dissing” Dewey, while others embrace the change. After much consideration, if ever given the opportunity to organize a library, it would most definitely be in the genrefication or bookstore model, alphabetically for the fiction selections,…