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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.   |
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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. |
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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. |
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April 28, 2015
Barbie E. Keiser |
National Library Week 2015 Celebrates Unlimited Possibilities @ Your Library The American Library Association provides libraries with marketing collateral (e.g., posters, sample press releases, badges, and images for promotion on social media) and programming ideas. |
D-Lib
April 2006
Bonita Wilson |
Change and the Need for Innovation Numerous challenges face libraries and other information organizations in this time of rapid change in both technology and culture. |
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June 21, 2010 |
IMLS Launches National Campaign to Promote Community Engagement The national campaign, Making the Learning Connection, is intended to help communities assess their needs and contribute to a shared vision for 21st century learning. |
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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." |
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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. |
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November 2000 |
Libraries Receive Grants to Digitize Resources The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the federal agency that lends support to the nation's museums and libraries, has announced the recipients of its Library Preservation and Digitization Grants... |
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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. |
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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. |
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April 19, 2012 |
New Multimedia Tools Help Museums, Libraries Support 21st Century Skills The Institute of Museum and Library Services revamped the webpage for its Museums, Libraries, and 21 st Century Skills initiative. Museums and libraries visiting the page will now be able organize 21 st-century skills workshops in their communities. |
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November 15, 2010 |
Urban Libraries Seek Local Governments as Partners in Sustainability The Council's latest research report profiles how a strategic and successful relationship between the public library and the local government can be formed in order to accomplish sustainability for a community. |
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March 27, 2014 |
Upcoming Meetings Discuss IMLS Funding IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Services) will host a series of daylong meetings with library stakeholders to discuss IMLS' funding strategies |
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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. |
D-Lib
Sep/Oct 2014 |
In Brief and In the News Higher education, library groups release Net Neutrality Principles... ALA applauds Congress for passing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act... Finalists announced for the Digital Preservation Awards 2014... |
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. |
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July 29, 2014 |
ALA Survey Reveals Statistics on Technology in Libraries The survey found that almost 100% of U.S. public libraries provide workforce development training programs, online resources for finding jobs, and other technology skills training. |
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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 24, 2011
Theresa Cramer |
New Study: Libraries Embrace Digital Content in Face of Budget Constraints At the very time that library budgets were being slashed, demand for the services provided by these institutions was increasing in the communities they served. Libraries have had to reprioritize and get creative with budgets. |
Information Today
December 22, 2008 |
Pilot Grant Program to Improve Internet Connections in Public Libraries The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a pilot initiative designed to help public libraries in seven states secure faster internet connections so more people can access a full range of online applications and opportunities. |
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September 5, 2013 |
Polaris Streamlines ILS Migration Quality assurance and new structure for the implementations team helped Polaris Library Systems streamline its integrated library system migration process. |
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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
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. |
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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. |
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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
June 6, 2011 |
OCLC Web-scale Management Services on Target for July 1 Release In addition to the 32 committed libraries in the U.S., BIBSYS, the Norwegian library consortium signed an agreement with OCLC to base its new library management system on Web-scale Management Services, which will include management tools for more than 100 libraries in Norway. |
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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. |
D-Lib
January 2000
Bonita Wilson |
Editorial Stepping back to look at the purpose of digital libraries. |
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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. |
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October 20, 2011 |
Pew Research Center Unveils New Initiative on Libraries in Digital Age The Pew Research Center announced plans to study how the role of public libraries is changing in the digital age and how library patrons' needs and expectations are shifting. |
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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. |
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June 11, 2015 |
Ratings and Reviews Come to Boopsie Mobile App Boopsie for Libraries will add rating and reviewing capabilities to its mobile platform. |
Information Today
September 15, 2015 |
Zepheira Steps Up Its Linked Data Initiative for Public Libraries Based on the Libhub Initiative Early Adopter program of 12 libraries in the U.S. and Canada, the Experimenter Program is designed to build awareness of linked data through education and training. |
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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. |
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 21, 2008 |
Digital Bookmobile to Launch National Tour The inaugural event will allow readers of all ages to experience digital audiobook, ebook, music, and video downloads from their public libraries. |
Information Today
July 22, 2014 |
OCLC Gets Grant to Promote Early Literacy in Public Libraries OCLC's project will increase libraries' awareness of the new service model and help library staff members and administrators support their early literacy services. |
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In Brief and In the News Harnessing the Cognitive Surplus of the Nation by Crowdsourcing... Medieval Electronic Scholarly Alliance receives implementation funding from the Mellon Foundation... Content from European National and Research Libraries Now Available through New Portal for Researchers... |
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
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. |
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? |
Information Today
August 6, 2009 |
Open Library Environment Project Draft Final Report Available The resulting OLE platform is predicated on service-oriented architecture and a community-source model of development and governance. |
Information Today
April 18, 2013 |
New OCLC Registry Service Shines a Spotlight on Libraries OCLC announced that libraries can increase their visibility on the web by registering basic local information with the OCLC Library Spotlight program, a free service that works with popular web services to promote libraries. |
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April 16, 2015 |
3M Cloud Library Expands Into the U.K. and Australia To support its entry into the new markets, 3M will supply dedicated sales and support resources across the U.K. and Australia. |
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March 12, 2012 |
CIVICTechnologies Launches CommunityConnect CommunityConnect is a SaaS solution that helps public libraries knowledgeably allocate money for resources, services, and collection development by predicting people's needs and interests, neighborhood by neighborhood. |
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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 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
June 27, 2011
Barbie E. Keiser |
EPA Releases Its National Library Network Strategic Plan FY2012-2014 This is a 3-year strategic plan which addresses four key areas -- EPA library network governance, services, collections (electronic and physical), and communications outreach and training. |
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October 30, 2014 |
ARL Produces Statistics Publications The Association of Research Libraries rolled out three publications that describe library statistics. |
