public libraries

Descriptor News / Descriptor Spring 2017

The New Digital Branch of The Salinas Public Library– by SJSU Alumnus Eddy Hamelin

Technology has changed everything in our everyday lives – including how we access information from our public library. The Salinas Public Library (www,salinaspuliclibrary.org) is like many other public libraries in that it offers its patrons the ability to access information from the library from the comfort of their homes. The digital branch (http://www.salinaspubliclibrary.org/digital-branch) offers users the ability to check out…

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March 25, 2017
Descriptor News / Descriptor Spring 2017

Bridging the Distance by Claudia Haines

Homer, Alaska is a small, rural town that sits on the shores of Kachemak Bay. Its winter days are dark and cold while summers seem endless. The town is filled with both old-timers who are here for the long haul and newcomers who might be here only a season or maybe three. Regardless of how long they stay, or how…

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March 22, 2017
Descriptor Fall 2015 / Descriptor News

Lit Review: Public Libraries, County Jails: Best Ways to Break in to Correctional Partnership

  by Amanda St John   Introduction Since the 1790s, American prisons have provided books to inmates (Darby, 2004; Mfum, 2012) and many facilities staff correctional libraries. With a trend in increasing populations and 1 in 35 adults under some form of correctional supervision, the United States of America holds the largest number of inmates in the world (De la…

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October 17, 2015