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Information Today April 15, 2014 Barbie E. Keiser |
National Library Week 2014: Lives Change @ Your Library The United States has celebrated National Library Week during the second week of April (aka School Library Month) since 1958. This year, it's being celebrated April 13-19, with author Judy Blume serving as honorary chair. |
Information Today April 9, 2015 |
Gale and EveryLibrary Raise Awareness of Library Resources Gale and EveryLibrary partnered for a media campaign designed to increase awareness of libraries' importance in economic development and their role in the discovery of information. |
Information Today August 26, 2010 |
"Geek the Library" Campaign Now Available to All U.S. Libraries The campaign is designed to highlight the vital role of public libraries in today's challenging economic environment and to increase local library support. |
Information Today April 25, 2013 Nancy K. Herther |
Simon & Schuster Joins `Big 6' in Moving Ebooks Into Libraries On April 15, 2013, Simon & Schuster became the last of the "Big Six" (now actually five with the merger of Random House and Penguin) publishers to dip their toes into the waters of ebook sales to libraries. |
Information Today April 4, 2011 Paula J. Hane |
Library Ebook Lending Under Attack The options libraries have are poor and our customers are frustrated. There are numerous restrictions on lending, device incompatibilities, proprietary systems, interface issues, privacy issues, and more. |
Information Today March 5, 2007 |
ProQuest CSA's Marketing Toolkit for Public Libraries Makes Its Debut ProQuest CSA just launched a free Library Marketing Toolkit for public librarians, who are facing many challenges today. |
Information Today July 7, 2011 Paula J. Hane |
Ebook Developments Were HOT at ALA At the recent American Library Association Annual conference, it's clear that librarians are focused on embracing the expanding digital world and specifically on providing ebooks as part of library services. |
ONLINE Nov./Dec. 2006 Marydee Ojala |
The HomePage - Perspectives, Perceptions, and Periscopes Librarians share the same perspective when naming their type of library. Perceptions of libraries, however, differ, depending on perspective. |
Information Today April 17, 2008 |
ALA Releases `The State of America's Libraries' Report Libraries of all kinds continue to be "engines of learning, literacy, and economic development in communities nationwide." |
Information Today June 18, 2012 |
Credo Reference Launches Literati Public Literati Public, developed in close partnership with public librarians, is a highly customizable solution that promotes the mission of public libraries by combining Credo's content with newly developed platform technology. |
Information Today October 10, 2011 |
OCLC's Geek the Library Campaign Receives Additional Funding OCLC's Geek the Library community awareness campaign, piloted in 2009 and 2010 and now available to all U.S. public libraries, received an additional grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. |
Information Today July 9, 2012 Paula J. Hane |
The Challenging Landscape of Ebooks in Libraries The overall growth in digital content of all kinds, and in particular, the growing importance and acceptance of ebooks, has clearly presented great opportunities for libraries, as well as plenty of challenges. |
Information Today September 22, 2015 Nancy K. Herther |
Libraries Find Creative Ways to Color Outside the Lines This is the second year that all types of libraries reached out "to their communities in new and engaging ways," with the shared event Outside the Lines. |
Information Today July 23, 2015 |
Innovative Publishes Report on Libraries and the Web Innovative released a survey report of 4,000-plus academic library users in the U.K. |
Searcher April 2012 Steve Coffman |
Feature: The Decline and Fall of the Library Empire The past 30 years of library history is littered with projects and plans and sometimes just dreams of ways the library might play a more pivotal role in the digital revolution that continues to transform the information landscape around us. |
Information Today July 1, 2014 Nancy K. Herther |
Libraries Continue to Battle for Fair Access to Ebooks Academic and special libraries have found comparatively fewer problems in gaining access to ebooks for their clients than school and public libraries. |
Information Today |
Sony Announces Inaugural Participants in Reader Library Program The program will provide participating libraries with in-house training on digital reading devices, educational materials to help librarians and patrons learn more about ebooks, and digital reading devices for library staff use and patron demonstrations. |
Information Today February 11, 2002 Rebecca Lenzini |
Washington's Governor Proposes Closing State Library to Save Money The governor's office in the state of Washington has proposed closing the Washington State Library by this October. This move is part of an effort to reduce overall state spending by more than $500 million to solve a $1.2 billion shortfall in Washington's biennial budget... |
Information Today March 28, 2013 |
EveryoneOn Launches to Promote Digital Literacy March 21, 2013 marked the launch of Everyone On -- a national campaign to promote the importance of digital literacy skills and increase access to computer and internet training. |
Information Today February 6, 2014 |
3M Cloud Library Launches in Canada and Debuts Automation Tool 3M announced that the 3M Cloud Library ebook lending system from 3M Library Systems is now available in Canada. |
Information Today January 22, 2015 |
Taylor & Francis Group Wants to Hear Library Voices Taylor & Francis Group will collect libraries' stories as a way to share practices and experiences that can benefit libraries. |
Information Today April 16, 2012 |
OverDrive to Preview Library Ebook Data at London Book Fair Data from OverDrive's global library network to be made available to participating libraries and publishers includes information about ebook and digital audiobook title circulation, book demand and holds, as well as web traffic and general demographics. |
Information Today December 17, 2009 |
Gale Announces New iPhone Application for Library Research AccessMyLibrary, an advocacy program, is a portal from the internet to libraries, allowing web searchers to find what they need by connecting them to their local libraries. |
Information Today November 17, 2011 |
New Resources From NoveList to Connect Library Patrons to Services The NoveList website and a corresponding Facebook page have been designed to help librarians connect their patrons to more books and more library services. |
Searcher October 2003 Marylaine Block |
How Librarians Can Manage the Unintended Consequences of the Internet The unrestrained freedom of the Net has caused conservative organizations and staid, sober lawmakers to view libraries as pornography parlors and librarians as corrupters of youth. As a result, librarians have borne the brunt of an astonishing amount of ill-advised and unconstitutional legislation. |
Information Today June 2, 2015 |
3M Cloud Library Provides Enhancements for Patrons and Librarians They will offer a redesigned web patron interface for easier browsing and the ability for librarians to reclassify ebooks' age ranges. |
Entrepreneur November 2006 Nichole L. Torres |
Beyond the Books Take advantage of the business resources your local library has to offer. |
Information Today March 17, 2015 |
TLC Displays Reading Levels in Its ILS Products The Library Corp. added Reading Level Integration to its Library*Solution and Library*Solution for Schools. |
Information Today January 14, 2016 |
EBSCO Gives Libraries Incentives to Step Toward Solar EBSCO Information Services created a grant initiative (totaling $150,000) to help libraries adopt solar power. |
Information Today April 14, 2011 |
ALA Releases 'The State of America's Libraries, 2011' The Great Recession may have come to an end, but hard-pressed Americans continue to turn to their local libraries for help in finding a job or launching their own business. This is one trend listed in the report. |
Information Today September 16, 2014 |
Outside the Lines Encourages Creativity and Innovation in Libraries More than 135 libraries in the U.S. and Canada agreed to sponsor creative outreach and community engagement events and campaigns that show libraries' relevance in their communities. |
Information Today May 20, 2014 Barbie E. Keiser |
Give Your Library the Edge The Edge Initiative is a toolkit designed to help public libraries "demonstrate how their work adds value and supports strong outcomes" in the communities they serve. |
Information Today February 12, 2007 Barbie E. Keiser |
EPA Libraries: Where Do They Stand Now? Much has transpired in the year since our last NewsBreak concerning the closure of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency libraries. |
D-Lib September 2006 Choi & Rasmussen |
What Is Needed to Educate Future Digital Librarians: A Study of Current Practice and Staffing Patterns in Academic and Research Libraries Digital libraries are the future of academic and research institutions, and digital professionals will be required to have more breadth and depth of knowledge and skills across the dimensions of traditional library knowledge, technology, and human relations. |
Information Today February 21, 2006 Barbie E. Keiser |
Will Budget Constraints Sound a Death Knell for EPA Libraries? President Bush's American Competitive Initiative would cut $2 million that supports a network of 27 libraries. How will the work of the libraries' staffs change if these proposed budget cuts are approved? |
Information Today August 13, 2012 |
ALA Releases Report on Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries The report, which was created by the ALA Digital Content and Libraries Working Group, suggests opportunities for publishers to showcase content through public libraries. |
Information Today June 10, 2002 Barbara Quint |
QuestionPoint Marks New Era in Virtual Reference QuestionPoint stems from an arrangement between the Library of Congress' Public Service Collections Directorate and OCLC to provide libraries with access to a growing collaborative network of reference librarians in the U.S. and around the world. |
Information Today September 14, 2009 |
IMLS Grant Will Help Libraries Help the Unemployed Job seekers have packed libraries around the country during recent months, searching online job sites, building resumes, making use of a wide range of other employment services and resources. More help is on the way. |
Information Today July 21, 2008 Barbara Quint |
Voters and Public Library Funding: An OCLC Market Research Report Public libraries are in trouble. Costs and demands for their services continue to rise, while revenue and support for maintaining, much less increasing, financial support continue to sink. |
D-Lib June 2000 Diane Nester Kresh |
Offering High Quality Reference Service on the Web Today's researchers need to find quickly information that is usable, relevant, authoritative and verifiable. To meet that need, libraries must adapt our traditional strengths of acquiring, describing, and serving information to an environment that is not bound by time or physical place... |
Information Today February 3, 2015 |
ALA Educates Libraries About the E-rate Program The American Library Association launched the Got E-rate? initiative, which encourages library leaders to apply for internet discounts as part of the E-rate program. |
Information Today October 1, 2013 Brandi Scardilli |
Who's Who in Ebooks Just as books don't magically appear on library shelves, ebooks don't automatically pop up in a library's online catalog. Librarians work with ebook vendors to get econtent into the hands, or rather, onto the e-readers, of their patrons. |
D-Lib Nov/Dec 2011 Michalis Gerolimos |
Academic Libraries on Facebook: An Analysis of Users' Comments This paper examines users' comments on the Facebook pages of 20 American academic libraries and subdivides them into 22 categories. |
Information Today July 23, 2013 |
IMLS and ALA Offer Health Insurance Resources The Institute of Museum and Library Services teamed up with the American Library Association to offer resources on health insurance issues for libraries before enrollment for the Affordable Care Act begins on Oct. 1, 2013. |
Information Today June 25, 2012 |
Penguin Group Launches Library Lending Pilot Program Penguin Group, The New York Public Library, and 3M Library Systems announced a pilot project that will make Penguin eBooks available to patrons of both The New York Public Library and the Brooklyn Public Library. |
Information Today August 18, 2008 |
WebJunction Launches New Social Learning Site OCLC announced that WebJunction, the online learning community for librarians and library staff, has launched a new social and learning experience |
Information Today October 31, 2013 |
LPC Debuts Library Publishing Directory The Library Publishing Coalition published the first edition of its Library Publishing Directory, which provides an overview of the publishing activities of 115 academic and research libraries. |
Information Today May 16, 2005 Barbara Quint |
Library Collections Linked on Google Scholar for Free The Google Scholar project has responded to the complaints of many academic and research librarians by expanding its usefulness for campus-based users. Any library using OpenURLs and meeting Google Scholar's conditions can join the program. |
Information Today September 17, 2015 |
Boopsie Reviews Its 2Q 2015 Accomplishments Boopsie for Libraries shared its most recent milestones: It has signed 12 new library clients in multiple library markets. |
D-Lib June 2008 |
A New Website Devoted to Envisioning the Future of Libraries In an information world in which Google apparently offers us everything, what place is there for the traditional, and even the digital, library? |