Sentences with phrase «library school because»

For the most recent position that we filled at my firm, although we were looking for someone with some law library experience, we ended up hiring someone straight out of library school because she had the soft skills we were looking for.

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Schools, Libraries, Book stores... yes, all of those are switiching to becoming electronically centered — which by the way was your original argument if I recall (that people have stopped reading because bookstores are closing).

Robber barons donated to schools, libraries, museums, etc. to make a better America because they knew that an educated and cultured population would make more money to buy more stuff to make the robber barons more money.

«I believe also that this particular special edition is going to go down as a historic edition and I don't want to miss that point because it's something that we must be able to put in all our institutions so like I said we are going to get many copies to be able to give to embassies, our hotels, our schools, our libraries, all our institutions, in the secondary schools and also to be able to keep for those yet unborn to be able to see in pictorial form of the things we have tried to do in the last 50 years and maybe inspire some other people to do greater things than what has been recorded here,» the Governor said.

The 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries remind parents to spend at least 15 minutes each day reading aloud to their young children because research shows reading is the single most important thing you can do to help prepare a child for school and lifelong learning.

We may be living in an information age, but New York City's public school students are being cheated out of the skills they need to evaluate, process and analyze information because school libraries and librarian positions are drastically underfunded, UFT Assistant Secretary Robert Astrowsky told a City Council hearing on May 6.

«Coming from a school is a particularly good thing, or even a library board, if it's one that has its own budget, because, in addition to the communication and civic involvement and showing up and listening to people and so on and so forth, you also have a pretty abrupt education on what budget is like.

I was browsing my old library (I hate throwing away books because they are like treasures), and found an old book I read in college called Mind as Healer, Mind as Slayer, by a friend and leader in the field of Mind Body Medicine, Kenneth Pelletier, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California (UCSF) and University of Arizona Schools of Medicine.

I have one for school papers and one for school library books (because we don't want to lose those and have to pay the fines!)

But YouTube has no category for education, and because it includes some provocative content, many schools block it; meanwhile, Google's education - video library is light on practical content.

We think about the future of the library because we have libraries on most school campuses; they have been a central, if not iconic part of the school landscape for centuries.

Perhaps this is because there is no way that a government school would have a $ 8 - 10mill budget to build a library.

I choose not to have a teachers degree because as soon as you do in schools you are pulled out of the library to relieve for the teachers who are sick or absent.

My favorite place to study on campus is the Harvard Law School library because it reminds me of Hogwarts.

THE Journal recognized Dr. Keruskin as one of the top innovative administrators in the country, because of his development of a high school gaming curriculum, FABLabs, converting traditional school libraries into media centers, 1:1 iPad initiative, personalized learning and the founder of the Pittsburgh SMALLab Consortium and the Pittsburgh FAB Network.

The library made the most sense for us because it is the hub of the school, it's always staffed, and students can always access it before, during, and after school.

Students were motivated to produce a professional quality CD - ROM because the teachers had arranged to have the discs placed in Portland's elementary school libraries and to be on sale at the Children's Museum of Portland.

School library collections are frozen in the 1970s because that's when a major change in funding occurred: Federal money previously aimed specifically at library materials was reallocated to block grants that are administered on the local level.

Third, because families are the primary source of support for children's learning and development, community schools prioritize reaching out to parents and other family members to see what resources they need — from books to visiting nurse programs to mobile libraries and workforce development opportunities — and encourage them to be involved in the life of the school.

School library media programs are recognized as integral to student achievement because they provide all students and staff members with equal and timely access to ideas and information.

Because of our growing, but still small, school library, many of our students do not get the opportunity to read «window» and «mirror» books.

One of our high school librarians recently told me that she loved offering game boards to the teens in her library because they created an opportunity for one - to - one interaction, thanks to the technological disconnect.

Many music, culinary arts programs, sports, science, after school programs, library and literacy programs and more have been cut because they have not been staffed.

That's because learning happens everywhere, and we need to find ways to connect the learning that does occur in school with the learning that takes place in other arenas, such as afterschool, summer, in clubs and activities, at work (paid and unpaid), postsecondary settings, online and through technology, and in other educational environments (museums, libraries, and alternative education, for example).

The theme this April is Because School Libraries Empower Students.

P.S. Because of the good education I received in the Woodbridge Schools, which staffed a certified library media specialist at each level of my education, my High School Librarians and Guidance Counselor encouraged me to apply to the Woodbridge Main Library for an after school job, where I worked my way through coSchool Librarians and Guidance Counselor encouraged me to apply to the Woodbridge Main Library for an after school job, where I worked my way through coschool job, where I worked my way through college.

After visiting the school library, a fourth grade student remarks that it is hard to choose a book because she does not know what many of them are about.

Please note, however, that you will have a difficult time finding Swift's essay in school libraries that have been aligned to the Common Core because the proponents of the Common Core seem to think that so - called non-fiction is more important than fiction... which is why I am spending much of my time running between libraries and book stores moving George Orwell's 1984 from the fiction to the non-fiction section.

School officials must realize the importance of a school library because information literacy and technology are more important thanSchool officials must realize the importance of a school library because information literacy and technology are more important thanschool library because information literacy and technology are more important than ever.

Because our school is in the midst of a 1:1 iPad implementation, it became critical to figure out how to deliver «library» books to students, and an e-library seemed an important way to reduce costs for students who might otherwise end up...

Over the past year, two manga titles were challenged in public school libraries, because some parent thought the material in it was «inappropriate» for children.

Zinio has seen diminished market share because of this and now relies on Recorded Books to distribute their catalog of content to libraries and schools.

Schools, libraries and corporate bodies are still going with print, because the digital editions are not budget friendly.

And I should be clear that the fact that I am personally disappointed about the omission of audio on the Paperwhite doesn't mean I would quarrel with Amazon's call on this, because I suspect both that the tradeoff allowed Amazon to keep the Paperwhite weight and price down and also that it may enhance adoption, for instance, in secondary school classrooms and libraries.

Just because a school owns a dozen iPads, though, it doesn't mean the school library will order from the iBookstore.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is a historic piece of legislation for school libraries because it is the fist time in over five decades that school library programs have been explicitly granted eligibility for federal dollars.

School libraries differ from most other types of libraries because they are contained within school buildings, which, in addition to library space, may include classrooms, auditoriums, circulation space, administrative offices, cafeterias, and theSchool libraries differ from most other types of libraries because they are contained within school buildings, which, in addition to library space, may include classrooms, auditoriums, circulation space, administrative offices, cafeterias, and theschool buildings, which, in addition to library space, may include classrooms, auditoriums, circulation space, administrative offices, cafeterias, and the like.

P.S. Because of the good education I received in the Woodbridge Schools, which staffed a certified library media specialist at each level of my education, my High School Librarians and Guidance Counselor encouraged me to apply to the Woodbridge Main Library for an after school job, where I worked my way through coSchool Librarians and Guidance Counselor encouraged me to apply to the Woodbridge Main Library for an after school job, where I worked my way through coschool job, where I worked my way through college.

However, a Christian school library might consider keeping the book (while repairing or rebinding it) because of its stated mission to help students develop a Christian worldview and understanding of Church history.

That's because in many schools, the school libraries are the only freely and democratic source of information through the provision of books, programs, and services.

Because our school is in the midst of a 1:1 iPad implementation, it became critical to figure out how to deliver «library» books to students, and an e-library seemed an important way to reduce costs for students who might otherwise end up individually purchasing every reading title they need.

Speaking for many other survey respondents, one remarked, «We continue to lose supervisors in school districts because [school districts] fail to understand the relationship that a good library program supports academic achievement.»

University press materials are often overlooked by selectors in public and school libraries because there is an underlying assumption that materials associated with academic imprints will be far too specialized and outside the interests of school and public library users.

The University Press Books Selected for Public and Secondary Libraries book has become a standard selection guide in school libraries because of the assessment of titles through a peer review process that assures quality and relevance for academic as well as general interest needs in today'sLibraries book has become a standard selection guide in school libraries because of the assessment of titles through a peer review process that assures quality and relevance for academic as well as general interest needs in today'slibraries because of the assessment of titles through a peer review process that assures quality and relevance for academic as well as general interest needs in today's schools.

While there are budgetary priorities that need to be advocated for in Washington DC, there are many states that lack complementary definitions in state statute about school libraries and librarians, as well as many states and Local Education Agencies (LEA) that have not been in the habit of funding programs or positions because there was no compelling reason in the law to do so.

When the camps and centers were closed before the end of the war because the U.S. Supreme Court determined that FDR had detained American citizens unconstitutionally, the library materials were sent to our school.

The theme this April is Because School Libraries Empower Students.

The positions are being eliminated — I believe because of the lack of direct data within our school or district that shows what we do has an impact on student achievement, even though dozens of studies show that we do, such as the Keith Curry Lance studies in Colorado (http://www.lrs.org/documents/lmcstudies/CO/CO2brochure.pdf): «Schools with well - developed library media programs average 10 - 15 % / 18 % higher reading scores.»

Because of budget cuts, most school libraries in Hernando County, Florida, have ceased to exist.

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