Word: librarian
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...Scratch a collector, and you find a pack rat who likes to play librarian. As a teenager Elton bought rock records extravagantly, then organized them with Prussian efficiency, filing them by record label and catalog number. With early stardom he loaded up on the usual blunder acquisitions of new-money collectors. (What was it exactly that baby boomers saw in Art Nouveau posters and Tiffany lamps?) Most of that he sold off some years ago in the mental and physical housecleaning that accompanied his decision to stop drinking. Then he went to lunch in France, somebody showed him some prints...
...light of these difficulties, filter software has the added disadvantage of being unnecessary. I am certain that no filter in the world would be a greater deterrent than the disapproval of Mrs. Beamer, the school librarian, when she sees a student with pornography on the screen. More generally, in today's society, those under 18 are exposed to a great number of influences outside the home; parents who have not prepared their children to face such influences without letting their hearts be "turned dark" cannot expect society to shield their virgin ears. The federal government does not need to interfere...
...story begins in 1996, when Spencer Elementary School teacher-librarian Terri Nalls had a problem. Her students, 92% of them low income, couldn't read a stop sign let alone a book. She wondered if Mike Brumby, who ran the Tift County Foundation for Educational Excellence, could help her buy a reading program called Accelerated Reader...
...library used to have flexible scheduling that allowed teachers to bring their classes and work on research projects, says seven-year librarian Laurie Cleveland...
...When books like this are taken, the break in the collection has a far-reaching impact on scholarship," Larsen Librarian of Harvard College Nancy M. Cline told The Boston Globe. "Its effect is worldwide...