As one of the core values of librarianship, ‘Equality of access to recorded knowledge and information’ which involves ‘insuring that all library resources are accessible to all overcoming technological and monetary barriers to access’ goes hand in hand with democracy and freedom. I’ll just quote a little from their webpage on the subject:Įquity extends beyond equality…to deliberate and intentional efforts to create service delivery models that will make sure that community members have the resources they need…Libraries are major sources of information for society and they serve as guardians of the public’s access to information…Core values of the library community such as equal access to information, intellectual freedom, and the objective stewardship and provision of information must be preserved and strengthened, now more than ever…Access to materials, without prejudice, to every member of the community must also be assured. This is one of the major issues for the ALA (American Library Association), as they are about ensuring equitable access to library resources and services. There are a number of interesting themes there, especially when it comes to access to materials. Later she pays the High Bishop the highest currency, and he says that her parents will have to approve and says that she can come by and read whenever. In the show’s 12th episode, “Baptism and Divine Paradises,” Myne stumbles across the temple library but cannot enter because the only clergy are allowed inside. There is a large gap until the time that libraries re-appear. While Lutz wants to be a “traveling merchant,” Myne wants to be a librarian. A few episodes later, in “Forests and Clay Tablets,” Myne and her friend Lutz exchange their future dreams. In the first episode, “A World Without Books,” Myne is introduced as a librarian in her former life who liked all kinds of literature but an earthquake crushed her under a pile of books. Anyway, there’s a lot more going on in this episode and the series as a whole which related to libraries, which I’d like to talk about in this post.įor one, libraries are central to the anime itself. I mean, I had to write about a series where people literally ride on books through the sky in the opening, right! Ha. Last week, on Twitter, I penned a couple of tweets about an episode of Ascendance of A Bookworm, “Harvest Festivals and Staying Home,” where the protagonist, Myne (who wants to be a librarian), “ loudly declares she wants to reorganize all the books using a NDC (Nippon Decimal Classification) system, the Japanese version of the Dewey Decimal System.” She later explains this system to the priest, who has no idea what she is talking about because Melvil Dewey “doesn’t exist in this world,” and the “episode ends with an illustration of her lying a desk with books around her.” I further noted that while Myne is unable to organize all the books she wants since magic books are “off-limits,” she still makes her “mark on this society” and there are numerous parts in the episode which libraries could use to promote their value. ![]() Myne loudly declares she wants to reorganize the church library and she does so
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