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Demise of School Libraries

Book Bans and Censorship by Michelle Amundson School libraries are facing several different difficulties these days ranging from budget cuts, transition to online sources and eBooks, to increasing controversy over books in collections. There has been a spike in books being challenged in both public and school libraries, ALA says an increase of 65% for individual titles, and a whopping 93% increase in public libraries alone (NPR). This is an incredible increase that challenges not only the books but the staff who curate the collections that these libraries hold. Mark Liberman states that “librarians have faced verbal abuse, online harassment, calls for criminal charges, and death threats” based on inclusive and diverse choices for their library collections. This is something that no library staff should have to face because of a disagreement in policy regarding provided library resources. Despite this increase in opposition regarding specific resources provided, there is still a fight f...
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Cloud Computing in Libraries - C. Lynch

What is cloud computing, and what does it mean for libraries? Let’s start by defining cloud computing. Cloud computing is the method of setting up a computer system that, rather than running locally, runs over the Internet. For an example, we will look at the difference between Microsoft Word and Google Docs. Both are word processors, allowing their users to write, edit, and save documents. However, Microsoft Word operates on your personal computer, and the documents are saved only to your personal computer. If you need to access a document on your home computer while you are at work, you are out of luck. However, Google Docs operates “in the cloud”, or over the Internet. When you create and save a Google Doc, it does not save to your computer, but rather to a server somewhere in a Google building. When you access it, you are using the Internet to connect to that server. This means you can access it from any computer where you are logged into your Google account, so long as you ha...
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