Essays on Intellectual Freedom

The freedom of speech and to express oneself is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United State’s Constitution. Yet, in many cases the amendment is violated by the censorship. In her essay Intellectual Freedom, Libraries, and Censorship Judith F. Krug proves logically that everyone has the right to get any information he or she might want to know whatever the information is and whether is trustworthy or not because lack of this information leads to ignorance and misunderstandings; libraries are the ideal places therefore to distribute such information and librarians are the people, who protect and warrant ...

Argumentative Essay

Some of the most profound books over the last two centuries have led people to explore, dream, and discover. They discover parts of society that have never been seen before, and parts of themselves. “Words and Ideas can Change the world” is a quote revered by Robin Williams in the movie Dead Poet’s Society and the quote rings true. One of the most influential and controversial books of all time is the novel Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Ever since it was first publicized in 1884 it has been challenged and banned for its vulgar use of the word ...

Librarians play a key role in education. Librarians form relationships with subject specialists to build collections in the library to sustain classroom instructions. They provide instruction in the form of classes on library skills and conduct library instructional orientations sessions to assist students on class researches. Changes in technology with the use of electronically stored and retrieved information bring change to patrons and students on the access and use of information; the scheme on digital information changes the librarian as merely an “information providers or keepers of knowledge” to “knowledge navigators or information literacy instructors.”

Roles of information Professionals and Missions of Libraries

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The Civil Rights Movement in the American South gave rise to a number of amazingly intelligent African-American activists and speakers. One of those speakers was Malcolm X. Malcolm X was born into a family that was touched by racial violence, and as a result, he became one of the leaders at the forefront of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and onwards (X and Haley). Unlike some of the other leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, Malcolm X was unabashedly fierce on certain topics-- notably, Malcolm X frequently advocated the separation of the races, and occasionally even advocated the idea ...

Abstract

Censorship has been a debatable issue for decades with critics viewing it as an infringement on the rights that have been enshrined in many constitutions of many countries; this is the main reason why the notion of censorship in any sector is met with extreme resistance; however, it is a part of history that those holding positions of power often use this idea to suppress what they feel are ideas that might lead to opposition or other fundamental ideas that might threaten their hold over the people; when it comes to literature it is important to consider the effect that this ...