According to Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, there are more than 320,000 libraries worldwide, 73% of them located in developing countries. In many communities, public libraries are the only place where any person, regardless of education or skill level, can have access to information and the Internet free of charge.
This assignment focuses on the important role of libraries across the world.
Choose a specific library (public or university) from the list provided and produce an infographic poster of your chosen library to explain the following focus areas:
(1) Background
(2) Architectural style
(3) Special Facilities
(4) Technological Innovation
(5) Impact on the Society.
In conclusion, the poster should include at least 5 recommendations of what you would like to see in the American University of the Middle East (Kuwait library.
Poster Guidelines:
· The poster must be clearly presented and oriented in the “landscape” position
· The poster should appear on one page and done in MS Power Point, or Word.
· It should contain simple explanations in paragraphs or with bulleted text and images.
· It should include the references (APA Style)
List of selected libraries:
(1) The Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/
(2) The British Library http://www.bl.uk/
(3) Smithsonian Libraries http://library.si.edu/
(4) Boston Public Library http://www.bpl.org/
(5) New York Public Library http://www.nypl.org/
(6) Trinity College Library in Dublin Ireland https://www.tcd.ie/Library/
(7) Library of Alexandria http://www.bibalex.org/en/default
(8) Bodleian Library in Oxford UK http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley
(9) Yale University Beinecke Rare Book Library http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/
(10) Harvard University Library http://library.harvard.edu/
(11) Library of Alexandria https://www.bibalex.org/en/
(12) Russian State Library www.rsl.ru/en
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