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In 2009, Nashville Mayor Karl Dean asked Nashville Public Library to take the lead in a new partnership between the public and school libraries, with NPL recommending specific steps to improve the school libraries, to foster resource sharing between the two institutions, and to improve student access to learning materials. 
What should a 21st century public library service look like? Voices for the Library needs your help. We want to create a manifesto for public libraries, a clear vision for what we ... 
Great news from Douglas County Libraries today, they have added 5 more publishers to their growing list of direct eBook suppliers. Douglas County hosts their own eBook content on an Adobe Content Server (ACS) and is able to purchase direct from hundreds of publishers, at a discount. Via Patrick Provencher 
A universal digital library is within reachLos Angeles TimesDigital libraries containing millions of out-of-print and public domain works would vastly expand the scope of research and education worldwide, extending access to millions of people in ... 
Have you checked out a book from your public library and read it on your iPad yet? You didn't know you could do that? It's possible for library patrons to borrow books from their public library, read them on the iPad's gorgeous ... 
“Status quo thinking is a race to the bottom,” he said. “The Anythink team took a good, hard look at themselves and the current state of libraries across the country and decided to take a bold, calculated risk in order to become something great,” Bellina added. “So far, it would appear that the risk to rebrand as Anythink was a far better option than the certainty of staying one of the least-funded and ignored library districts in Colorado. That calculation, while seemingly easy in retrospect, takes a great deal of courage and commitment.” 
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21% of Americans have read an e-book. The increasing availability of e-content is prompting some to read more than in the past and to prefer buying books to borrowing them. |
LEID Products Installs "Mini" Library at a Shell Gas Station in Madison County ...Houston ChronicleLEID Products, LLC., the leader in electronic locker and cabinet storage with biometric asset protection and control, today announced Madison County...
School Library Outreach. SUMMARY Twelve ways to expand the reach of the school library beyond its walls. A great library program requires that little bit more in order to thrive, not merely survive. On the Periphery? 
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is an initiative that has the goal to make the cultural and scientific heritage of humanity available, free of charge, to all. Where Google Books is caught up in an everlasting legal ... 
The Pop-Up fad is becoming popular, so why not label this a “pop-up” library? Everybody wants attention! Mack hopes it goes viral, I’m sure the young people on the street do also, and stuff like this often does. But at what cost to REAL libraries? What will this fad accomplish for making libraries relevant to the community? 
DC Public Schools Set to Axe Half of its School LibrariansSchool Library JournalAlthough the district mandates librarians in all schools, the requirement hasn't been enforced and it's "been years since school libraries in DC had adequate funding to... 
Public libraries are a major hub through which Americans gain access to e-books and other digital resources, but these institutions' role in the digital transition hasn't been made easy by the nation's recent economic troubles.
We’ve just started a new grassroots campaign targeted at libraries, readers and communities around the country. I want you to be among the first to add your names to the petition. Here’s the link: ebooksforlibraries.com New Trier budgeted $375,000 to put Apple's popular tablets in the hands of about 600 of its 4,200 students in the fall. If the program is successful over the next three years, administrators say it could be expanded by fall 2015 to include every student. Officials estimate the average family will save about $30 in book costs the first year, and about $60 the following year. Via Dave Brown 
"What was once an uneasy co-existence of print and digital has edged into a contentious gradual replacement, and libraries, confronted with dwindling patronage and shrinking budgets, saw the writing on the wall earlier than most." 
"To me, the concept of multidisciplinary librarianship means that the librarian takes elements from all applicable areas of study as they relate to librarianship, and combines them into a practice that takes advantage of those interrelations, interactions and synergies from all disciplines, not just two." |
