A brief look at The US Patriot Act, No Child Left Behind, and Privacy Legislation.

Though students( and parents!) do not like homework,it is an important aspect of an education.Teachers resort to it so that the students’ ability for independent thinking,decision making,capacity to access references etc can be increased.

A philosophy for a modern high school library program that looks at possible creative ideas to get students back in the stacks!

BBC published a brief, but interesting article.

The library as a non-profit making and indispensable source of information has important functions to perform in the society. But for it to function effectively, the users are expected to behave in a way that would not run contrary to the rules and regulation of the library. Some of these anti- social behaviors include mutilation of books, noise, fighting, smoking etc. One of the worst anti –social act in the library is mutilation. Mutilation use to render books unusable. According to Phillip Mark (1998), “mutilation accounts up to 95% of anti-social act done in the library”. Readers who need these books either for their own private reading or for research are deprived of this natural rights and oppournity of availing themselves of the information contained therein (in the torn –off pages). Such anti- social behavior equally incurs unnecessary and avoidable expenses of replacing the book.

The Internet – an electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the world – is one of the most valuable tools in our generation. It has enabled people to obtain their most desired information and communicate with other people who would have otherwise been distant to them. Dictionaries and encyclopedias online have facilitated many individuals to learn and do research in a very pleasant way.

There are a lot of people in our world we want punished for their crimes. A lot of people think retribution is the answer, and it is no big deal when the government infringes on rights of convicts. But is that really the right way to handle things?