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John Sessions Memorial Award-administered by the Reference and User Services Association. Recognizes a library or library system which has made a significant effort to work with the labor community and by doing so has brought recognition to the history and contribution of the labor movement to the development of the United States.
A school library (or a school media center) is a library within a school where students, and sometimes their parents and staff have access to loan a variety of resources, often literary or digital. The goal of a school library or media center is to ensure that all members of the school community have equitable access "to books and reading, to ...
The UNESCO Public Library Manifesto is a document approved by UNESCO in 1949 and updated in Paris on 29 November, 1994. A further update is scheduled for 2021. [ 2 ] It declares the entity's belief towards public libraries internationally as essential institutions for the promotion of peace and education for all of humanity.
Papers prepared at this Institute addressed: (1) library service organization at the local level; (2) role of the state, and (3) state and federal aid to libraries. [33] Joeckel with Amy Winslow developed the National Plan for Public Library Service which [34] provided a framework for library development after World War II. [35]
Library instruction, also called bibliographic instruction, user education and library orientation, is the process where librarians teach their patrons how to access information in libraries. It often involves instruction about research and organizational tools and methods. [ 1 ]
The Information Service Environment Relationships and Priorities. Report to the National Commission on Library and Information Science (NCLIS). ERIC:ED100391.1974. 1978–2001 Study of the role of government documents in a national program of library and information services. "Principles of Public Information", adopted by NCLIS on June 29, 1990.
The Library Business Association meets with elected officials to share with them some of the key issues of interest to the library business community, such as library funding legislation. [ 72 ] The Public Library Association advocates for the public library and has a training program called Turning the Page for national advocacy that has been ...
Library associations connect libraries and library workers at the local, national, and international level. Library associations often provide resources to their individual and institutional members that enable cooperation, exchange of information, education, research, and development.