George and Pat Griffiths are avid readers and make frequent visits to the Mead Public Library. But they're trying something new that could reduce their trips to the downtown library. They're going digital.
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Nina Martyris: From the well-thumbed – Danielle Steele – to the untouched classics, pictures posted by US journalists show the reading matter permitted in the world's most controversial prison Delete the scoop?
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Authors including Art Spiegelman and Mario Vargas Llosa send letter to Fifth Avenue library planning $300m restructuring... Delete the scoop?
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Toronto Public Library workers will vote Thursday on a tentative deal reached with the library board. Delete the scoop?
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During the Bosnian war, a small group of people risked their lives to rescue thousands of irreplaceable Islamic manuscripts: these pictures tell part of that extraordinary story... Delete the scoop?
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A few weeks ago we wrote about how libraries fit into the Occupy Wall Street movement. In the comments there was a discussion of emergency plans so I wanted to write a bit of an update on what h... Delete the scoop?
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Osceola County Commissioners voted Monday night to turn over control of the county's library system to a private, for-profit, company. Delete the scoop?
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You may be interested to know that the Hertfordshire Local and Libraries Cabinet Panel will be meeting this afternoon [7th December 2011] to discuss the future of the Schools’ Library Service. The discussion will be based around a report written by Andrew Bignell, (Head of Libraries, Culture and Learning) and Michele Murphy, (Principal Librarian: Customers & Communities) which reveals the financial position of the SLS and recommends that the service be closed at the end of March 2012. Delete the scoop?
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The Library of Congress will store public tweets, based on an agreement with Twitter. Delete the scoop?
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Each time a book is loaned out, the library pays the publisher a use fee – 18.5 kroner for new releases and 15 kroner for ebooks that are more than one year old. The more a title is borrowed, the lower the fee to the library. But to the patron, it’s free. Delete the scoop?
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“Food for Fines” returns to all branches of the Shasta Public Libraries. Bring a can of food to donate and wipe $1.00 off of outstanding library fines, up to $10 per customer. Donated food will be given to ... Delete the scoop?
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These days, libraries are branching out from books into entertainment, fitness and computer use, even as they struggle with shrinking tax revenue. Delete the scoop?
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Summary: Moore was in town for a signing of his new book at the Whiting... Delete the scoop?
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Ottawa's deliberate muzzling of federal librarians and archivists, a move which comes complete with a new code of conduct, jargon about "high-risk" activities, threats of discipline, and a hotline to rat out miscreants, is truly chilling. Delete the scoop?
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An e-gaming firm based in the Isle of Man comes forward with funding to keep the island's library service open for the next three years. Delete the scoop?
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The Mamata Banerjee government’s order, asking state libraries to purchase eight specified newspapers, has triggered outrage among citizens across the state. Delete the scoop?
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The 11 protesters that were led out of a building and into a police van Thursday night may have been the last patrons of the Detroit Public Library's Lincoln Branch. Delete the scoop?
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A highlight of 2011: The most exciting intellectual moment of 2011 for me was learning that People’s Libraries were at the heart of the various Occupy movement camps. The idea that knowledge and culture should be freely-available and widely-shared amongst those who want access to them is incredibly appealing. The spontaneous creation of these libraries against a backdrop of public library closures is a sign of hope. The destruction of nearly 3,000 books in the Zuccotti Park raid only reinforced the power of this idea. Delete the scoop?
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Unionized library workers on Wednesday rejected a proposed contract that would have boosted general wages by 1.5 percent in each of three years, while also increasing employees' health insurance contributions, town officials said Thursday. Delete the scoop?
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The government plans to improve libraries in primary and secondary schools, teaching colleges and universities with a view to providing quality services in the country. Delete the scoop?
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The library is in an enviable position of having as its mission the delivery of information and directing customers to exploring new ways to learn about new things. Delete the scoop?
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Across the country, library usage is up 45 per cent over the past decade, from 16.6 to 24.1 transactions on average per capita, according to a recent report prepared by Lumos Research for the Canadian Urban Libraries Council.
Much of that growth has been driven by digital information.
The use of electronic databases more than doubled, and Internet visits to library websites and catalogues grew five-fold in the period, according to the report. Delete the scoop?
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The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - news, weather, sports, Arctic Cam, lifestyles and more about living in Alaska's Interior... Delete the scoop?
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Libraries provide an anchor of stability for millions of Americans tightening their financial belts during these tough economic times. Delete the scoop?
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