thrown under the bed forever. The Island Tree School District was presented with a complaint from the group Parents of New York United that posed a concern regarding the content of library materials. This community was concerned that public school libraries in the district were exceedingly “permissive” with the books they provided for students. The list of books that the Parents of New York United were wary of were: “Slaughter-House Five,” by Kurt Vonnegut; “The Fixer,” by Bernard Malamud; “The Naked Ape
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
like wildfire when the news of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination hit the public. As the leading civil rights activist in the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. preached words of peace and understanding among races. A well known name throughout the North and South, King gained extreme popularity within the African American community. When Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated a wave of sorrow spread across the nation. With rage, sadness, and hopelessness in the public eye, clearly the assassination
On one particular day, one of your children notifies you that once again they are going to the library to finish a school paper. No harm in that right? However, perhaps you would think differently if you knew your child wasn’t going to the library to merely finish his report, but to also look at pornography he had been introduced to on the internet. This is not only a reality at your local libraries, but also the topic of a long time debate in this country over responsible information access and
living in public housing in the nation, urban planners were hired to redevelop the area (CUNY Baruch). Robert Moses was an urban planner responsible for the Cross Bronx Expressway causing the deterioration and destruction affecting the Bronx forever (Congress for the New Urbanism). On the topic, Robert Moses stated, “You must concede that this Bronx slum is unrepairable [sic]. It is beyond rebuilding, tinkering and restoring. The must be leveled to the ground” (Robert Moses, in the New York Times, January
United States. When steam machinery for weaving came into use, Carnegie’s father sold his looms and household goods, sailing to America with his wife and two sons. At this time, Andrew was twelve, and his brother, Thomas, was five. Arriving into New York on August 14, 1848, aboard the Wiscasset from Glasgow, the Carnegies wasted little time settling in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, where relatives already existed and were there to provide help. Allegheny City provided Carnegie’s
Censorship by definition is the suppression of speech or removal of communicative material which may be considered objectionable or repulsive. Censorship is nothing new and its effects are constantly felt throughout society. Many societies use censorship to protect the established moral and social order. Book censorship in western cultures can be traced to the earliest years of Christianity, when the church began to suppress opposing views as unorthodox. In ancient times, before the printing press
which will guide them as adults. A scholastic education provides an outlet for children to explore, test and reject or accept these thoughts. As parents paranoia rises, in hopes of protecting their children’s innocence in a mature world, many schools, public and private, have begun to censor student’s literature selection, internet usage and free speech in student publications. However, by censoring scholastic literature and internet exploration, as well as student’s ability to publish their personal
thinkers wrote letters ... ... middle of paper ... ...y years to come. Works Cited Euthanasia: Overview. By: Newton, Heather, Points of View: Euthanasia, 2013 The Black Stork published in the Chicago Herald Tribune on Apr. 1, 1917 National Public Radio (NPR) "The Black Stork: Movie Ads," www.npr.org (accessed May 8, 2009) Source: www.npr.org (accessed May 5, 2009) (accessed May 5, 2009) Source: www.npr.org The Black Stork published in the Chicago Herald Tribune on Apr. 1, 1917 Ian Dowbiggin
Carnegie found work as an errand boy for the Pennsylvania railroad and rapidly scaled the managerial ladder.” James Henretta, America: A Concise History (New York: Bedfort/St. Martins, 2002), 498. His hard work eventually paid off when he eventually became a superintendent at the young age of 24. A Colonel named James Anderson opened his library to young working boys to help educate themselves. According to Andrew
The school, Ps. 282, is located in Park Slope Brooklyn. The Park Slope district centers about the Grand Army Plaza entrance to Prospect Park at the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Eastern Parkway. Park slope is best known for its Victorian-era mansion and brownstones. It is one of the most romantic neighborhoods in Brooklyn. Railroad owner and land speculator, Edwin C. Litchfield, built the present neighborhood of Park Slope. Five hundred and twenty-six acres of land was bought by the city to
pink Channel suit was worn by Mrs. Kennedy on the day of her husband, John F. Kennedy’s, assassination. However, long before this tragic day, the public had different views of Jackie Kennedy. Fully known as Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy, she was seen by many people as not very involved in the politics of her husband’s presidency (First Ladies' Library). Some believed that she did not know anything about what was going on in the White House. She was not taken as seriously as other first ladies because
the “new” nation as a whole. Italian immigrants stands to be perfect examples of Acculturation in the United States. The influx of Italians into the United States resulted in aspects of Italian culture becoming a part of American tradition. Upon arrival to the United States, while most immigrants (non- Italian) used New York as a stop along the way until further migrating to other parts of the country, Italians made New York their home; one-third of Italian immigrants never moved past New York
other states have faced similar issues as the Houston Public Library. The Houston Public Library can benchmark those companies that have demonstrated strategic thinking to resolve parallel issues. Strategic thinking is the approach in which group in an organization think about, access, view, and creates the future for themselves and their associates. It is more than responding to day-to-day as well as long-term problems, opportunities, and new realities; it is creating tomorrow. Strategic thinking
1903 - June 2, 1941), baseball player, better known as Lou Gehrig, was born in the Yorkville section of Manhattan in New York City. Gehrig was the only child of Heinrich and Christina (Pack) Gehrig that survived adult hood. Naturally shy, he was still a strapping, broad-shouldered boy, he spent long hours playing baseball and football on the sandlots and in the schoolyards of New York City. He attended the High School of Commerce, where he excelled at both sports. His power on the gridiron brought
leave them alone in Times Square in New York," states Lee Munsil, the executive director of the National Family Legal Foundation ("Internet Regulation"). This analogy between the Internet and Times Square is indeed quite accurate. The Internet has a plethora of information and resources, however for children especially it can be quite dangerous if not monitored properly. Most parents would opt not to leave their children alone in New York City so how could they leave them
that the United States educational system stayed on par at minimum with its European counterpart. The goal of this was to create an educational system that was largely the best in the world. 1916- The Bureau of Educational Experiments is founded in New York City. The founder Lucy Sprague Mitchell founded the Bureau with the purpose of studying how children are affected in the developmental and learning stages. This founding set the concrete for a lot of the teachings that are used today in the early
“While the novelist is banging on his typewriter, the poet is watching a fly in the window pane” ("Billy Collins > Quotes"). According to Bruce Weber of the New York Times, Billy Collins, unique to his own “domestic,” “suburban,” or “middle class” point of view, is hailed as “the most popular poet in America” due to high critical acclaim and broad popular appeal that is only matched by Robert Frost . According to John Updike, his poems are “limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious
and the handling of new technologies. Other challenges are related to legal issues and intellectual freedom, such as material objections and Internet access. Library management has dealt with these challenges for years by updating the technology, increasing the staff, and educating employees and customers. Effective communication poses a different and important challenge to librarians, especially to reference librarians.The communication between reference librarians and library customers is difficult
fundamental human benefits of a universal digital library; the want of knowledge. Instead of having human knowledge spread scarcely across the globe in archaic buildings, we can build an advanced digital beehive of human knowledge, accessible by anyone. The universal digital library is a proposed plan to take all known texts and books and scan them, creating a digital copy that can be accessed by anyone for free on the web. This Universal digital library will not be an easy task to create. It will take