------------------------------------------------- American Library Association From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia American Library Association | ALA Logo | Abbreviation | ALA | Formation | 1876 | Type | Non-profit NGO | Purpose/focus | "To provide leadership for the development‚ promotion and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all."[1] | Headquarters | Chicago‚
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EDUCATION AND EARLY LIFE Melville Louis Kossuth (Melvil) Dewey (December 10‚ 1851 – December 26‚ 1931) was an American librarian and educator‚ inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification‚ and a founder of the Lake Placid Club. The American librarian and reformer Melvil Dewey established the Dewey decimal system of classifying books and played a prominent role in developing professional institutions for librarians . Melvil Dewey was born in Adams centre‚ New York‚ on December
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librarians‚ we library specialists are called upon to make decisions every day. Those decisions chart the course for that particular day and the future‚ for ourselves and for those we work with. Making the right decisions makes our corner of the world a better place” (Baxter 2008‚ 27). Therefore‚ as we recognize how important it is to have a code of ethics‚ the library associations have a long history of creation and development of ethics for our profession. American Library Association (ALA) Code
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remove material from the library or curriculum‚ thus regulating the access of others. Due to the firm commitment of teachers‚ librarians‚ parents‚ teachers‚ students and other involved parties‚ most challenges end up unsuccessful‚ and the contents remain in the library collection or school curriculum. As mentioned earlier‚ a banned book in that is no longer preferred by the public and is thus no longer sold in bookstores read in classrooms and gets done away with from library shelves. In the past‚
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2003 CASE SUMMARY: In this case the American Library Association (ALA) challenged in court the constitutionality of the Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA) enacted in 2000‚ saying that it violated the First Amendment. In this lawsuit ALA sued to overturn the requirement that libraries restrict patrons’ access to computer information‚ that if Internet filters were not installed‚ federal funding and computer discounts‚ such as the E-rate program and Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grants
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continued learning environment for children even after school is letting out. The other known Latchkey option is the Library. Libraries are most of the time near a school‚ so students tend to migrate there when school is out for the day. However‚ The American Library Association says that “their
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Cited: "ALA | Diversity Brochure." ALA | Home - American Library Association. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 13 May 2011. <http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/missionhistory/keyactionareas/morediversity/diversitybrochure.cfm>. "ALA | Multicultural Resources." ALA | Home - American Library Association. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 13 May 2011. <http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/profdev/multicultural.cfm>. Russell‚ David L. Literature
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Some groups‚ such as the American Library Association‚ state that the act infringes on Fourth Amendment rights guaranteed to us in the Constitution. Others‚ however‚ say that the legislation will help protect citizens from potential terrorist attacks. This essay‚ written and compiled by students in Presidential Classroom‚ will investigate the pros and cons of the USA Patriot Act and come to a conclusion about it. ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF THE PATRIOT ACT Many Americans are in favor of the Patriot
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the knowledge and book smarts of the nation. “According to the Office for Intellectual Freedom‚ at least 46 of the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century have been the target of ban attempts. Over the past decade‚ American libraries were faced with 4400 challenges‚ 1‚413 challenges due to “sexually explicit” material‚ 1‚125 challenges due to “offensive language”‚ 897 challenges due to material deemed “unsuited to age group”‚ 514 challenges due to “violence”‚ 344 challenges
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January 2‚ 2013 Forever: An Overly Sexual Abomination or Coming of Age Novel? The first amendment of the Constitution has given every American citizen the right practice freedom of speech. Yet and still‚ it seems that literary censorship‚ which is “the act of changing or suppressing speech or writing that is considered subversive of the common good‚” (Merriam-Webster‚ 2012) has been more prevalent in the past 100 years than ever before. People all around the country have been affected by the parameters
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