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UNV 101: Foundations 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.…

Are Banned Books good or bad? Mark Twain once said, “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy coincidence is the ideal of life.” Books help people escape the harshness of life. If that’s what they really desire. Or, books can bring people together. They spark creativity, and ideas. You know why they made book clubs? So that we can discuss what books represent and what their thoughts about how the book made them feel on the inside. Books have meaning, but some of these meanings aren’t meant to be…

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…

Early in my Ashford University career I learned about the resources offered to us like the Ashford University Library. The Ashford University Library has a lot of resources that will help me in most of my future work that I will have here at Ashford University. It offers ebooks, newspaper articles, films, and many more resources that would be helpful. Recently I got the chance to really explore the library and see what exactly the Library has to offer and how to navigate through the website.…

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…

My mother was doing what she knew what was best for our family. No child wants to move away from all they know and all that matters, but this was very traumatic for me. You may read this and think: “Did she move to a different country?”. Not quite, I was literally two hours away from my hometown but that just wasn 't the point. I didn’t want to leave my friends, my school, or my family. I am from the city of Richmond, Virginia and the downtown area of the city had begun to grow more violent…

Interviewing these four helped me gain more knowledge and also gain different types of perspectives when learning about how certain students view the library. When you think of a library you think about how the library is quiet. You think of the typical librarian leaning their head over from around the corner with their finger smashed to their lips giving us the sign that we need to be quiet. This reminds us that the library is a place where people go to focus on their studies and not a place…

in which you can access Google, but they have millions of other resources that you will not be able to find anywhere else; because, in the nonstop hustle and bustle of the world today, the library is an exception to this phenomenon, with strict librarians who enforce utter silence in their library (insert smiley face here), and guarantee a peaceful study space. Indeed, entering into a library is almost like entering into another world, a world of peaceful quiet, invaluable knowledge and…

In society today, a hobby can change a person’s life. Some can be for the better, others for worse. The influence a hobby can have on someone’s life really is life-changing. Now, some may be educational, sporty, exciting, or even dangerous. To read and write is a gift; actually a blessing. We learn it at an early age and our ability grows as we get older. I, for one, took enjoyment in learning how to do these things. When I was a child, of course the picture books were the best. I mean, at…