Teacher-librarian

Smith and the community of Willesden Green of London, UK who are being affected by the closing of their local library. Smith writes of discovering the library’s closing and how it started her thinking back nostalgically with her longtime friend and librarian of Willesden, Helen. They find it hard to accept the demolition of the library and adjacent book…

The organization is an academic library for a university, so employees of the library at librarian status or higher positions are MLS-holders. Employees of the library are expected to have reference skills, customer service skills, and technical knowledge. Workers for the Carlson Library are recruited nationally, but mostly in the state of Pennsylvania. In addition, there are student employees as well, who are solely on-campus students and recruited locally. There are specific needs for each…

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.…

Here is a situation at Fawville Public Library where the staff has gone through two types of directors, which they defined one as an autocrat and the other as an abdicator. The first former director ruled with absolute authority for sixteen years, a substantially long enough period to make a mark. The next and most recent director, who only stayed for six months as part of the probationary period, proved to be a complete opposite and a total shut-in. He was far too timid for a man of his…

The library in Roger Williams University is in the center of the university; directly in front of the Gabelli School of Business. The library is open from 7:30AM-2AM on Monday-Thursday, from 7:30AM-6PM on Friday, and from 10AM-8PM on Saturday and Sunday. In the library, there is 3 floors; each floor has their own purpose. The first floor is the main floor; where there is computer and printers and technological services for assistance. The second floor is the tutor center; where students can get…

Should Scary Stories 3 be banned? The book that I read was "Scary Stories 3 More Tales To Chill Your Bones" by Alvin Schwartz. My book was about many different stories of gruels, creatures, and ghost. Many people think it should be banned, because its gruesome, the violence, and the profanity. I think it should be banned. Depending on your religion it could possibly offend you. My first reason the book is banned is the profanity. They do talk a little more advanced for this age…

There are a lot of books banned from the United States ( over 300 to be exact), but no one knows how many times a certain book or book have been challenged against the American Library Association. 11,300 times a certain book has been challenged and those challenged books were soon censored and banned. Censorship is any prohibition of any book that seems inappropriate or promote violence or a threat to children of age. So books have been banned that contain anything that could provoke their…

Historically, librarians with professional and disciplinary expertise have curated academic library collections. (Walters, 2012) However, the current trend of shrinking library budgets has led to staff and collection budget cuts. With the increasing proliferation of publishing – especially electronic publishing – it is not possible for librarians to create fully comprehensive collections foreseeing patrons’ needs. (Weir, 2012, p. 41) Some academic libraries are using patron-driven…

How would you feel if the people of your town suddenly decided to remove books that you value but they deem inappropriate? Would you feel angry? Shocked? Or perhaps both? These feelings are not without cause. It is against the basic freedoms of both the reader and writer to restrict, or more accurately, censor the texts that some may view as vulgar and unnecessary. Such acts are completely preposterous and against the things we value as Americans. The removal of these books must be prevented and…

on prior recommendations and demonstrate my progress. Two of the essential components in my position as Reference Librarian and Coordinator of Instruction are reference work and information…