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Libraries in the News

Libraries in the News. Plagiarism at CBS. Side by side analysis from http://www.rawstory.com. On March 15, Jeffery Zaslow published an article in the Wall Street Journal about children’s declining use of libraries in the internet age.

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Libraries in the News

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  1. Libraries in the News

  2. Plagiarism at CBS Side by side analysis from http://www.rawstory.com

  3. On March 15, Jeffery Zaslow published an article in the Wall Street Journal about children’s declining use of libraries in the internet age. On April 4, Katie Couric posted a video essay about the declining use of libraries on CBS.com. On April 10, CBS news producer Melissa McNamara, who wrote the copy for Katie Couric, was fired from her job for plagiarism.

  4. Is this plagiarism?

  5. COURIC: "For kids today, the library is more removed from their lives. It's a last-ditch place to go if they need to find something out." WSJ: "The library is more removed from their lives," says Sabra Steinsiek, a retired librarian in Albuquerque, N.M. "It's a last-ditch place to go if they need to find something out."

  6. COURIC: Sure, children still like libraries, but books aren't the draw. WSJ: Sure, there are still library-loving children, but books aren't necessarily the draw.

  7. COURIC: A recent study found kids use libraries more for DVDs, story hours and computers than for checking out books. WSJ: Suburban kids, especially, often use libraries more for DVDs, story hours and computers, because their parents buy them books, according to a 2005 study by the Association for Library Service to Children.

  8. COURIC: Many kids skip the library altogether and head for the store. Sales of juvenile books rose 60 percent from 2002 to 2005. It's an encouraging sign that kids value reading... WSJ: Many kids, of course, skip the library and head right for the store. Sales of hardcover juvenile books rose 60% from 2002 to 2005, to $3.6 billion. Yes, that's an encouraging sign that kids still value books.

  9. COURIC: ...but many tech-savvy kids never experience the joy of using the library's shelves as a place to discover new worlds. WSJ: But many tech-savvy kids never experience the library as a place for serendipitous discovery.

  10. COURIC: And students are arriving in college unable to navigate libraries with a Dewey Decimal System many have never used. WSJ: Meanwhile, with most teens turning first and foremost to the Internet for schoolwork, students are arriving in college unable to navigate libraries.

  11. Did the producer plagiarize from the Wall Street Journal article? Did she deserve to lose her job?

  12. From the Couric & Co. Website at CBS News online: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/04/04/couricandco/entry2647072.shtml April 4, 2007 Editor's Note Posted by Greg KandraCorrection: The April 4 Notebook was based on a "Moving On" column by Jeffrey Zaslow that ran in The Wall Street Journal on March 15 with the headline, "Of the Places You'll Go, Is the Library Still One of Them?" Much of the material in the Notebook came from Mr. Zaslow, and we should have acknowledged that at the top of our piece. We offer our sincere apologies for the omission.

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