The New Brunswick Public Library Service has received a donation of $100,000 to purchase new eBooks and downloadable audio books from the New Brunswick Public Libraries Foundation. “This gift allows our public libraries to offer the most up-to-date electronic resources to New Brunswickers,” said Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Minister Danny Soucy. “This collection enables the growing number of those who read using mobile devices to access new titles as well as eBooks and audio books already in demand.”
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By Gary price: Report: Further Investigation into 3D Printing/3D Scanning at Dalhousie U. Libraries: Case Study http://t.co/sUAbligoso via @infodocket
This paper will describe the author’s (Michael Groenendyk) own process in building and cataloging a collection of 3D models on the DalSpace servers at the Dalhousie University Libraries. This paper will then explore other methods for delivering 3D model content to library patrons, including 3D holograph and WebGL technologies. Following this 3D model repository discussion, this paper will describe how 3D printing technology, implemented as a service at the Dalhousie University Libraries in March of 2012, was used to deliver 3D model content to library patrons; the challenges faced in delivering this service; how this service was used; and finally how successful, overall, this service was. Via Karen du Toit 
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SAN FRANCISCO—Not everyone who spends all day, every day in the main branch of the San Francisco Public Library is down and out. Only mostly everyone...
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Reference and Services Trends in Public Libraries, 2012:
- Traditional reference work is less relevant to the needs of users Via Karen du Toit Delete the scoop?
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"For eight years, the Landa Gardens Conservancy, a nonprofit volunteer organization, has been working to make the library more than just a place to check out books.
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U.S. libraries of all types are turning more and more to social media and Web 2.0 applications and tools, using a wide range of applications to connect with customers. Via Judy O'Connell, Karen du Toit Delete the scoop?
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"American Libraries presents its list of the top 10 library news stories of 2011, covering digitization, privacy, copyright, advocacy, and much more." Youtube video edited by Greg Landgraf: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORJ_wQn6mjE Via Karen du Toit Delete the scoop?
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Here are some images from numerous resources that typify something unexpected in a library. They draw attention to libraries and open up the idea of "library" to new understanding and new customers... Via Karen du Toit, Patrick Provencher Delete the scoop?
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"[...]there are more than a few ways to kill a library. For example: √ Stop believing in the libraries mission. Do we really believe in the freedom to read, learn and discover? √ Spend less time with the board. The ideal public library board would meet 4 times per year and agrees with everything the CEO recommended. √ Stop talking to your customers. What do they know any way? And on the same topic, stop consulting staff. It is a huge time waster. √ Don’t worry about the future and how you will get there. Sustainability is not an issue with which libraries need to be concerned. After all, we’ve have survived for hundreds of years. √ Stop telling the library story. Everyone has heard our story. √ Accept that the library building is old and you don’t need to keep renovating, painting, and updating it. It is what it is. √ Accept that just like instant coffee killed the coffee bean, the e-book will kill the printed book. √ Stop promoting the product; everyone knows about literacy and lifelong learning. √ Stop empowering staff, and stop training them. They should come to us fully trained. √ Stop all this talk about innovation. It just makes for more work. √ And, for heaven’s sake, stop changing the rules and our traditions. It’s annoying!" Via Karen du Toit, Patrick Provencher Delete the scoop?
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RT @sallyheroes: "It appears that the number one thing patrons use the library for is (prepare yourself) books":
"[...] surprised they would select books when they have so many other things to choose from. I imagine he’s even more surprised to learn that something else patrons rate highly is personal interaction with the staff. No one disputes that technology has improved the library experience for the patron. You can search the catalog from home and access our subscribed databases. You can place your own holds, request your own interlibrary loan materials, download books to your own devices.The library is working towards self-checkout, presumably so you can conduct all your library business without ever having to interact with the staff...but for patrons, there’s more to the library than just the delivery of materials. They like human contact." Via Karen du Toit, Patrick Provencher Delete the scoop?
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by GatesFoundation: "One in three people in the U.S. do not have home access to the internet. See how libraries are transforming lives, by changing the way we connect." Via Karen du Toit Delete the scoop?
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Apps Libraries Need to Pay Attention to: - TeenBookFinder - Buckeye Stroll - Denver Public Library’s Creating Communities - Yelp - ScanJose.org - ShelvAR - Google Maps 6.0 - ideaflight.com - Popplet.com Via Karen du Toit Delete the scoop?
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