Public Library of Science Essays

  • Reasons Hollywood Should Provide Family-Oriented TV Shows

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    Hollywood should be made to create more shows with a flow that are friendly to read (hearing impaired) and easier for families to understand. The three main reasons are as follows: leadership, less crimes, and family orientation. These characteristics are needed so that children and adults may see more positive ways of learning and a way of teaching each other better standards and morals. We all have standards and morals that we have been taught to follow and have learned from our environment.

  • Problem Patrons: The Needs of Homeless and Public Libraries

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    is to better understand the needs of the homeless population and how the library can best help them. In this paper I am also examining problem patrons, who may or may not be homeless, as well as some ways that librarians have come up with to deal with them. Each homeless patron has unique needs which can be anything from help with substance abuse to having some help getting a GED. The two most important roles that a library has in the life of a homeless person is a place to get the information and

  • Comparing Trinity College Library and The Hive

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    The focus of this report is to compare the structure of Trinity College Library and The Hive. The Hive Library, in Worcester, is a four-story building that is made of golden-colour copper aluminium alloy (exterior) and water proof concrete (interior). Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios designed the building, which costs around ‘£38m’(Ijeh, The modern reader, p2). The library was designed for the use of public as well as the use Worcester University student. On the other hand, Christopher Wren designed

  • How a Library Can Survive a Budget Crisis

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    Libraries are essential to a community especially in difficult times. Due to rising costs and job losses, patrons may have had to cut their own expenses such as buying books or cancelling their internet service. In order to continue to have access to these materials, patrons turn to their libraries. However, libraries are often the first to get cut in budget reforms. A library can survive a budget crisis by making cuts, fundraising, developing trust, and media exposure. The two types of cuts a library

  • Ashford University Personal Statement

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    University in the Bachelor of Arts Program. My major is library science and media. My ultimate goal is not to become a teacher, despite the required education courses required to earn this degree. The library science and media major is relevant to my chosen profession because the role of the library is changing and evolving, much like today’s classrooms, with technology. For almost three years, my job title has been library branch manager/library assistant III. I intend to continue in this field with

  • The L Word Versus the I Word

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    The L Word Versus the I Word Of the 49 ALA-accredited library science programs in the United States, only one - the School of Library Science at Clarion University - omits the word "information" from its name. The "L" word doesn't fare so well. Twenty-eight percent of accredited library science programs have dropped the word "library" from their name. Other "I" word schools don't bother to seek accreditation because they no longer see their mission as training librarians. The "L" word camp

  • Library Research Award – Reflective Essay

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    Without the resources of Pepperdine Libraries, I have an extremely hard time imagining my Political Science Honors Thesis existing in its current form today. From the days of searching through databases such as JSTOR, Sage Research Methods, to Academic Search Complete, I was able to gain access to entire body of Political Science literature at the whim of my fingertips. Over the course of the past semester and a half, I was able formulate the research question for my thesis, collect a wide range

  • Collection Development Policy Paper

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    Collection Development Policy for Kirkendall Public Library Mission Statement “The mission of the Kirkendall Public Library is to provide equal access to information, materials and services within an environment that welcomes interaction and personal enrichment for all the people of our community.” (Kirkendall Public Library: Mission Statement, 2013) Purpose of the Collection Development Policy This written collection development policy is intended to provide staff and patrons with a clear understanding

  • Managing Library Education

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    Managing Library Education Managing for change is just as controversial in library schools as it is in corporations.The advances in technology over the past decades have forced library schools to educate technologically astute librarians.At the same time, many educators fear that the emphasis on technology may be eroding the concepts of service that have always been a part of the profession.The issue of incorporating technologies into a core curriculum without eviscerating the historical and

  • The King County Library System Case Study

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    The King County Library System is the fifth largest library system in circulation in the United States. The current director of the KCLS, Bill Ptacek, started with the organization three years ago and is in the process of working towards a new strategic plan titled "The Year 2000 Plan, which has a long-term goal of integrating all the resources of the library system equally and to coordinate all the efforts to ensure it was providing the best possible service to the community. In the three years

  • The Internet versus The Library

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    The internet and the library , both are the considered to be a big depository of information .Library can be defined as [1]“A collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing” While Internet is defined as [2]“An electronic network providing access to millions of resources worldwide. University Libraries provide access to many periodical indexes through the Internet. Internet access is available on all floors of the Libraries.” Internet and the library both seems to be serving

  • Theories Of Management: Management Theory In The 100 Century

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    At this point in time the computer was being integrated into organizations, and viewed by many as a boon to information management. While the major use of computers was reserved for technical and science librarians, reference librarians were adopting the use of computers since the amount of material a reference librarian was required to know was becoming impossible to keep up to without a computer’s aid. Librarians were, and still are, expected to

  • Transaction Logs and Focus Groups as Data Collection Methods

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    Research in Library Science is conducted in many areas covering multiple questions, but one thing shared is data collection. Qualitative and quantitative information to support the question at hand are necessary to validate the needs or phenomenon or trends (Wildemuth, 2009). Transaction logs and focus groups are two valuable data collection techniques. Transaction Logs Whenever a person logs onto and begins to use a computer in the library, different kinds of information are automatically collected

  • Academic Libraries and Technology

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    1.1 INTRODUCTION Academic libraries are trying to adapt and adopt with the new applications of technologies including the services in order to support the usage of library as a centre of information. As a result, there are more academic libraries that have been in more privileged position in order to serve the users with better services (Lee and Teh, 2000). Reichardt and Harder (2005) also mentioned, reference desks staffed by librarians who meet face-to-face or by phone with students in a defined

  • Christian Science

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    notable example of the emergence of women in significant leadership roles"(vii). Her fame, although it was never an important feature to her, will always be attributed to the hard work and untiring love ... ... middle of paper ... ... many years (Library Video). She is a true pilgrim that discovered a new religion for many people to live by. What she learned through her study of the Bible that impelled her to expand and share her knowledge with others, is not what only makes her a famous person in

  • American Philosophical Society Timeline Essay

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    Philosophical Society. Although the ideas that were brought through by the American Philosophical Society went against the religious views that were portrayed in the time period, it helped build the original teachings that we use today in philosophy, science, and human reason. 1779- Thomas Jefferson implements a two- track educational system that brings different regulations for the government to uphold with regards to “the laboring and the learned.” The regulations that this largely effected were

  • Censorship Argumentative Essay

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    for society (Wilson para.1). First one must understand the two different types of censorships present. It is stated that when a newspaper decides not to run a particular picture it is called editing, but when a school district pulls a book from a library it is called censoring. The understanding if this difference is crucial to the understanding of censorship. First and foremost, it is our society’s duty to shield children from viewing inappropriate and malicious content. Children are like sponges

  • Covid-19 Pandemic Essay

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    has become apparent that worldwide, despite recent technological and societal advancements, there is still a struggle against the threat of a viral worldwide disease. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a leading figure in the medical science field, the death toll of COVID-19 has exceeded 3 million, cementing it as one of the most fatal diseases in history. Pandemics continue to bring out the worst in government systems, exploiting unchecked flaws and cracks, and though modern times fare

  • Cell Phones in the Public

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    Cell Phones in the Public Cell phones play an integral role in our lives, and we conduct many useful functions through them daily. If a mother wants to inform her kids that she would be late to pick them up from their school, the cell phone would provide a good medium to communicate that message. The cutting-edge technology of cell phones at your fingertips is a very powerful device that can be used to connect with people from all around the world, and it can also save lives as well in emergency

  • Intellectual Freedom

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    involved in the process. For example, in 1954, libraries had difficulty importing materials from behind the Iron Curtain. The post office had taken on the role of the censor and had labeled certain papers "unmailable" and refused to deliver them (Newsletter, January, 1954, 7). The Civil Rights era was also a difficult time for our country, and libraries were not exempt from its pressures. On August 11, 1962, a federal court ordered the public library in Montgomery, Alabama to desegregate its reading