LIBRARY
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WHAT IS LIBRARY
LIBRARY CAN BE DEFINED S A BUILDING CONTAINING INFORMATION SOURCES AND DATA (BOOK,TAPES.MICROFIRM AND ALOT MORE}
IN THIS STATEMEN ABOVE ,YOU CAN BRING OUT YHE USE AND PROCESS OF INFORMATION CENTRE AND BRANCH OF INFORMATION MATERIALS
WHY DO WE STUDY LIBRARY IN SCHOOL
LIBRARY WAS FOUND YEARS BACK TO THE 16TH CENTURY WEST EURO BY SOME PHILOSOPHERS ,IT GENERAL ,THE BASIC OF BOOK AND MAP USED DURING THE WAR AND SOME PERSONAL ISSUES .,
THIS WAS ALSO USED BY KINGs AND QUEENs OF THAT REGION
FROM ALA.
ALA Library
The American Library Association is often asked to answer questions about public libraries: How are they used, who is using them, and what do people think of them? This ALA Library Fact Sheet is designed to help answer these questions. It contains information from recent studies that document public library use and opinions held by individuals about public libraries.
State of America's Libraries: A Report from the American Library Association
The Key trends detailed in the 2015 State of America's Libraries Report:
- Academic, public and school libraries are experiencing a shift in how they are perceived by their communities and society. No longer just places for books, libraries of all types are viewed as anchors, centers for academic life and research and cherished spaces.
- From offering free technology workshops, small business centers and 24/7 virtual access to e-Books and digital materials, libraries are transforming communities, schools and campuses.
- The lack of diverse books for young readers continues to fuel concern. Over the past 12 months the library community has fostered conversations and fueled a groundswell toward activism to address the lack of diversity reflected in children’s literature—both in content and among writers and illustrators.
- A current analysis of book challenges recorded by ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) from 2001 – 2013, shows that attempts to remove books by authors of color and books with themes about issues concerning communities of color are disproportionately challenged and banned. A challenge is defined as a formal, written complaint filed with a library or school requesting that a book or other material be restricted or removed because of its content or appropriateness.
- Digital literacy continues to grow as an important library service. Research shows that families are increasing their access to digital media, but they lack the knowledge to use it effectively in a way that enables learning.
- Makerspaces are trending and provide evidence that libraries are continuing to evolve beyond the traditional focus on collections.
- Many federal government policy and regulatory issues are of importance to libraries and the people who use them. Policies related to personal privacy, library funding, workforce development, and copyright law are a few of the issues of interest to the library community.
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