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Carrel desks are especially common in academic libraries. [2] Sometimes the seat is integrated with the carrel desk. They may also have a shelf, built-in illumination, electrical outlets, or Ethernet ports. [1] Unlike the cubicle desk, carrel desks usually have no file drawers or other facilities. They are designed to stand alone or to be ...
Human rights is a professional ethic that informs the practice of librarianship. [8] The American Library Association (ALA), the profession's voice in the U.S., defines the core values of librarianship as information access, confidentiality/privacy, democracy, diversity, education and lifelong learning, intellectual freedom, preservation, the public good, professionalism, service and social ...
It is possible for a patron to jeopardize their privacy if they do not delete cache, clear cookies, or documents from the public computer. In order for a member of the public to remain private on a computer, the American Library Association (ALA) has guidelines. These give patrons an idea of the right way to keep using public library computers.
Replicas of British red telephone boxes in South Lake, Pasadena, California Classic style mid-20th century US telephone booth in La Crescent, Minnesota, May 2012. A telephone booth, telephone kiosk, telephone call box, telephone box or public call box [1] [2] is a tiny structure furnished with a payphone and designed for a telephone user's convenience; typically the user steps into the booth ...
The Library Bill of Rights was adopted by the American Library Association Council on June 19, 1939. It was amended in 1944, 1948, 1961, 1967, and 1980. The inclusion of 'age' was reaffirmed in 1996. [1] ALA added a seventh article addressing privacy in 2019. [2] The document currently reads:
A voting booth or polling booth (in British English) [6] is a room or cabin in a polling station where voters are able to cast their vote in private to protect the secrecy of the ballot. [7] [8] Commonly the entrance to the voting booth is a retractable curtain. Usually access to the voting booth is restricted to a single person, with ...
In the past 50 years, advocate organizations for LGBTQ content in libraries have emerged, and numerous theorists have discussed various aspects of LGBTQ library service including privacy concerns, programming, collection development considerations and librarian/staff education needs, as well as special services for juvenile and teen patrons.
In 1948, three years after her retirement, Miss Booth turned the first shovel full of earth to begin the construction of Booth Library. The $2.1 million building was dedicated in 1950. Spread across four floors, 37,500 square feet (3,480 m 2 ) of space was available with seating for 500 people and shelf space for 150,000 volumes.