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Librarian Essays and Term Papers
The Library Of Congresswas established by an act of congress on April 24, 1800. It was originally housed in the United States capitol. The collection, which stared out small at 740 volumes, slowly increased to over 3,000 volumes by 1814. That year, though, the British along with the capitol burned those books during ...
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Eating Poetry AnalysisIn the poem “Eating Poetry”, the tone is describing the desire for poetry, and without that poetry, the desire becomes uncontrollable.
Strand expresses the ways in which he loves poetry by using an extended metaphor of him eating poetry and becoming a dog hungry for poetry. While in the library, ...
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The Library Card“,” by Richard Wright is a strong essay on how books can affect and influence readers. Richard Wright writes that his first experience of the real world is accomplished through novels. He read an article criticizing H.L. Mencken and it tempted him to read some of his books. The article labeled ...
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Censorship In Public Schools-A principal in a California high school bans five books written by Richard
Brautigan because he thinks they might contain "obscenities or offensive sexual
references" (Berger 59).
-A Vermont high school librarian is forced to resign because she fought the
school board's decision to remove Richard ...
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PhiladelphiaThe movie, , was an excellent example of the severe discrimination many people with Aids are exposed to. In this instance the main character, Andy ,was also gay. Unfortunately, in our society, he was faced with a double whammy. The gay iss is controversial enough, but to compound that in the work ...
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Librarianship Reflective EssayJacob Hill
Third-Year Review
Reflective Essay
In my 3 years at the A.C. Buehler Library I believe I have developed the competence and experience necessary to execute professional librarianship as it is outlined in the Qualifications for Librarian promotion in the faculty manual. Since ...
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The Life Of Mao ZedongDressed in the drab military uniform that symbolized the
revolutionary government of Communist China, Mao Zedong's body still looked
powerful, like an giant rock in a gushing river. An enormous red flag
draped his coffin, like a red sail unfurled on a Chinese junk, illustrating
the dualism of ...
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Legislative Proposal For New Indecency Language In Telecom BillI. Summary
Although the October 16, 1995 legislative proposal purports to regulate “
computer pornography”, the proposal contains fatal flaws which render the
proposal at best counterproductive and at worst devastating to on-line
communications. First, it prohibits, but fails to define, ...
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The Town Of El Dorado SpringsPicking research projects, sometimes for me, is an agonizing problem
that eventually turns into an enlightening experience; what was to be my
American Humanities research project was just such an experience. I had
preliminarily thought I'd look into cultural myths. While researching myths, I
ran ...
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Philosophy - Davide HumeDavid Hume was the son of a minor Scottish landowner. His family wanted him to become a lawyer, but he felt an "insurmountable resistance to everything but philosophy and learning". Mr. Hume attended Edinburgh University, and in 1734 he moved to a French town called La Fleche to pursue philosophy. ...
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The Town Of El Dorado SpringsPicking research projects, sometimes for me, is an agonizing
problem that eventually turns into an enlightening experience; what was to
be my American Humanities research project was just such an experience. I
had preliminarily thought I'd look into cultural myths. While researching
myths, I ran ...
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Scholarship, Practice, and LeadershipScholarship, Practice, and Leadership
Natalie A. White
University of Phoenix - Online
In comparison to the articles that I viewed states that Information literacy is conceivably the foundation for learning in a contemporary environment of continuous technological change. To be information ...
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Skirting the IssueSKIRTING THE ISSUE
The debate for standardized dress codes (SDC) has been around for many years. Separate school boards everywhere are at some point are faced with the issue of whether or not to enforce a SDC or uniforms in their communities. The York Catholic District School Board have made ...
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Library AnecdoteKaren Orfitelli
PO Box 713
Bolton, MA 01740
Why Do You Geek The Library?
I geek the library simply because I must. It's hardwired into my DNA. My mother, a once-a-week-never-paid-a-penny-in-fines library patron is as responsible for this trait as she is my brown eyes. Every Friday ...
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Shawshank Redemption Red and Brooks are characters with many similar traits and had gone through many of the same circumstances, but one main difference allows on man to survive outside of Shawshank and the other unable to cope with the outside world. That one main difference was a man named Andy ...
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Maria MitchellThe person that I chose for the Womenƒs History Month report is , who was a self- taught astronomer. She discovered Comet Mitchell and made amazing achievements throughout her life. was born on August 1, 1818 on the ...
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America Online: Is It For Me?You have probably heard of the Internet, but you weren't really sure if
it was for you. You thought about it, but after all it costs so much and
things like pornography and improper language are used everywhere, right?
Wrong! Perhaps, I can convince you that America Online will be worth your ...
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Alice Munro Open Secrets The AALICE MUNRO’S THE ALBANIAN VIRGIN IN OPEN SECRETS EXEMPLIES HER CHARACTERISTIC APPROACH
To try to trace Alice Munro’s narrative techniques to any particular development in the short story The Albanian Virgin would be difficult. This could be because it is simply written from careful observations ...
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J. Edgar HooverI know if I were , I would be able to find tremedous amounts of information on the author of this biography. It is a good thing, for the United States government, I am not. The author of J. Edgar’s biography is extremely hard to find information on. I even asked the library assistants for help ...
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