The Librarian franchise

More so in my past, reading and writing was a huge thing for me. During middle school and my first two years in high school, I was on a reading and writing rampage. Even though I had access to book and other resources before middle school, middle school was when I really started to entertain the idea of reading. I became a library media assistant in middle school and that opened up a whole new world to me. Initially, I became one because I was bored and needed something else to do besides go to…

Introduction With a focus that is much more narrowly based than public and school libraries, special libraries limit their scope of expertise to serve particular requests of their clients. “The special library offers information access and specialized custom service to ensure rapid delivery of information to meet customers’ unique information needs” (82). Special libraries can be found in any number of places such as corporate, law, or medical offices, as well as in museums, news rooms, and…

Raju: Where was Tony last night? Sara: Tony went to the library and did his assignments. (Fred’s answer obeys the maxim of Manner: be orderly, because he gives a clear explanation where Tony was.) Raju: What are you baking? Sara: Be I are aitch dee ay wye see ay kay ee. (Sara is not expressing her idea clearly as she spells out implicating that she doesn’t want anyone to know what she’s actually doing.) Furthermore, failing in observing the maxims can lead to five major failures namely…

What interests you about this position? This position represents a great opportunity for me to put my experience and knowledge amassed over the past few years to good use. I have recently graduated from Curtin University with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Librarianship and Corporate Information and since 2011 I have been working at the North Metropolitan College of TAFE (formerly Central Institute of Technology). I am keen to be heavily involved in the changing nature of the public library…

A great way for a library to raise money is to allow different proposals for different fundraisers, specifically two different proposals which a committee representing the community will decide which is the most logistically feasible. The two fundraisers the committee will take into account are a proposal for a library book sale and a proposal for a carwash. Though the book sale and the carwash have their similarities and differences, the carwash is the most reliable fundraiser to generate more…

Public Library also known as the George B. Dedrick Library. I asked for information about the theft of the Mona Lisa. I was hoping to find a book or possible access to a database with articles that may have ran in the newspapers at that time. The librarian did not conduct a reference interview. I was informed that there was no information available at that particular library, I was then encouraged to ask my home library to interlibrary loan a book for me or try a bigger library. The positives of…

the option to belong to various organizations which directly relate to their career choice. The school librarian is no different from any other profession in the respect that there are various organizations all of which appeal to different aspects of their profession. Three such organizations for the librarian are the American Library Association, the American Association of School Librarians, and the Alabama School Library Association. The benefits of becoming a member in one, or all, of…

Shaw Library which sits on the edge of the Shaw neighborhood is one of the oldest libraries in D.C. The goals of the new neighborhood Library was to provide a new kind of library service, one with a strong emphasis on the updated media of communications and information. The new Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Neighborhood Library: A Landmark of Social Change." During its first year of operation, the Watha T. Daniel/Shaw branch offered a variety of community activities, including workshops in photography,…

congress is to serve congress and give them information. However the Library of Congress also serves other federal agencies as well as people such as scholars by providing them with information. The head of the Library of Congress or the acting Librarian of Congress is David S. Mao. I chose the Library of Congress as they are crucial to research. As a student this is probably one of the agencies that I use the most. They have many resources that are beneficial to researchers such as myself.…

On Wednesday, March 23 I had an interview with Vanessa Kraps, the head librarian at Ohio State Mansfield. She has an extensive background of special skills and training which include a Master’s degree in library and information sciences, a bachelor degree in psychology, and an internship. It was very interesting to learn that to be a librarian you need to have a master’s degree. Her job includes many different roles with helping faculty and students with the research process. Some ways she helps…