Sentences with phrase «as library systems»

As library systems grow, they're increasingly turning to technology to manage the logistics of getting materials to patrons.

Eggan himself has a secondary affiliation at Columbia University, which makes it easier for him to access different parts of campus, such as the library system.

Cumberland County Commissioner, Vince DiFilippo, serves as the library system board's liaison with the county.

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Pinot's Palette has an ever - expanding master painting library with hundreds of amazing paintings to choose from, as well as a comprehensive technology system that makes booking parties and scheduling staff a breeze.

He went off to the library and scoured the U.S. Department of Commerce database of foreign companies for multinationals that had anything to do with phone systems and sent them each a letter soliciting them as customers and, more important, as agents for that country.

As one of nineteen members on the Queens Library's Board of Trustees, Mr. Koerner will be responsible for helping to oversee all aspects of the library system's strategy and operations in order to maximize efficiency and utility for all New Yorkers.

Six libraries in the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System each received 100 new children's picture and story books as a result of the gift from the Brownstone Book Fund, a private organization in New York City that promotes early reading and a love of books, encouraging parents and children to read together.

As previously mentioned, the restoration requests are grouped starting with the most urgently needed to prevent future library closings, and progressing through a series of service restorations that will allow the downsized Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System to meet continued high public demand for service at a modest cost.

The new libraries have already been opened for use in the respective schools with facilities such as new furniture, books, computer systems and internet facilities to improve the learning experience of the students, as well as solar powered inverters for consistent power.

On Saturday, February 1, Oz themed family programming will complement «Take Your Child to the Library Day» at the Central Library, as well as at other Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries throughout the 37 - member Library System.

Christine Bazan, director, Cheektowaga Public Libraries and Mark Weber, chairman of the Cheektowaga Library Board of Trustees welcomed Mary Ann Stiefvater, the PCC project coordinator representing the New York State Education Department; Thomas Mazur, Erie County legislator; Mary Holtz, Cheektowaga Town supervisor and Mary Jean Jakubowski, director, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System, as well as other dignitaries.

«As the Kindle, Nook, iPads and other reading devices become more and more popular, libraries have become the best resource for free downloadable books,» said Mary Jean Jakubowski, director, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System.

The volunteers will plan and host fundraising events and activities together with the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, in an effort to provide the Library Systems 37 branches with funds to underwrite programming for children and adults, as well as materials to support the nearly 15,000 Erie County residents who use the libraries daily.

Joined by library officials and fellow state lawmakers, Senator Kennedy announced the state has directed $ 617,970 in construction and improvement grants to the Downtown Central Library, as part of the overall award of $ 740,000 to a total of four libraries in the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System.

«As libraries continue to change, it is important for us to listen to community wants and needs,» said Mary Jean Jakubowski, director of the 37 - member Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System.

The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System has more than 3.2 million materials such as books, magazines, eBooks, CDs, DVDs and rare materials including popular, diverse and specialized collections which can be found throughout its 37 libraries and the Library on Wheels Bookmobile.

In addition, the card is accepted at some financial institutions to open bank accounts and functions as a library card in all three public library systems.

As you are aware, this past September, with the support of a super majority of contracting library Boards, the System Board of Trustees voted to move forward to create a Special Legislative District Public Library System.

The laundry list of recommendations went on to suggest a merger of the Brooklyn Public Library with other library systems as Adams believed «the public library system [in New York City] is not a proper working model» and how libraries have «suffered due to inconsistent and unpredictable funding streams.»

«I am extremely proud the Buffalo and Erie County Public Libraries are leading the way as an example of a library system that is helping kids stand up to bullying,» state Jakubowski.

I am proud to report the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System is recognized as a leading example of libraries that are helping kids stand up to bullying.»

This is a broader group as it includes the salary and benefit expense for all contracting member libraries outside Buffalo as they participate in the Centralized Human Resources (CHR) program as well as all operating expenses for Buffalo Branches, the Central Library, and system services.

Avella would also seek to see changes to all three of the city's public library systems, changing the City Charter to list executives at the Queens, Brooklyn and New York public libraries as public servants.

But there are ways to use reading as a system of creating a mental library, and after a few years, it becomes easy to slot papers onto your mental shelves.

Developing collaborative relationships with key university offices such as payroll, tax, human resources, library, and technology transfer is frequently necessary to overcoming systems - driven obstacles.

A key feature of the MIT system is that the scientists were able to create a «library» of many different materials and quickly evaluate their potential as delivery agents.

They identified AM404 as a potential antiviral agent by screening the National Institutes of Health Clinical Collection, a library of small molecules that have been used clinically in humans, using a high - throughput screening system.

This framework will then be used to demonstrate a library of devices such as waveguides, couplers, filters, amplifiers and modulators that will form the building blocks of integrated on - chip circuits, systems and sensors over an extended wavelength regime.

The MSC is a core facility providing the use of high throughput screening technology (HTS), as well as expertise and reagents, necessary for the screening of the library of small molecules for biologically active compounds in a variety of readout systems.

In the past, we introduced nanobodies as versatile superresolution labels and pioneered superresolution microscopy in yeast, where strain libraries with tags and mutations allow system - wide superresolution studies.

The system plays nearly the entire library of Nintendo 3DS games in 2D, as well as most Nintendo DS games.

Desperate for money, Mary takes a job as a clerk at the small branch library where Judy works, but is flummoxed by the complexities of the Dewey decimal system.

 All songs in the track pack will also be released as downloadable singles for the Xbox 360 for 160 Microsoft Points, PlayStation 3 system for $ 1.99 and Wii for 200 Wii Points each. In addition to the in - game music store and Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360, Xbox 360 owners can expand their Guitar Hero music library using the Guitar Hero VIP Pass Music Store.

Having these access control cards also has its other uses as well, such as controlling our lunch system and the borrowing of library books, but it is very much a way of ensuring the security and safety of everyone on site.

Besides connecting teachers through discussion forums and e-mail lists, the Learning Center contains thousands of free resources (including many webinars) and tools — such as a PD Indexer, portfolio system and personal library — to organize resources and keep a record of professional growth.

MyTeachingPartner - Secondary (MTP - S) is a coaching system that provides a library of videos showing effective teaching, as well as personalized Web - based feedback videos of teaching practice using the research - based CLASS - S scoring system to define effective student - teacher interactions (Allen et al., 2011).

One of the students» tasks would be to think of ways our school building was analogous to their assigned body function — for example, the nervous system group might see the elevator in our eight - story building as the spinal cord, the main office and library as the brain, and so on.

Led by advanced doctoral students, the supplement to orientation, which stands for «Graduate Research and IT Preparation,» homed in on technical research skills, such as how to navigate e-journals at Gutman Library and through the University - wide library system.

Microlearning online training libraries are remotely accessible, as well, due to the fact that they are safely stored on the Learning Management System.

This goes beyond our formal public school system to include community learning centers such as libraries and after - school clubs as well.

A number of school boards, libraries, and city councils have implemented such policies as part of a cultural boycott to protest the system of apartheid, or racial separation, the report notes.

The students also get behind - the - scenes opportunities at the university on a wide range of issues, such as how geographical information systems are being used in scientific research on urban education and where to find hidden secrets in the university libraries or museums.

Utilizing a sophisticated technology system to analyze student feedback against a large library of aggregate data, YouthTruth also consults and informs school leaders to make meaningful decisions on other hotbutton issues such as school safety, teacher professional development and classroom engagement.

The digital library will include professional development materials related to all components of the assessment system, such as scoring rubrics for performance tasks.

Libraries in the poorest schools as well as special education schools and alternative schools are less likely to have modernized catalogue and circulation systems.

Gardner provided leadership for statewide initiatives such as Texas» higher education planClosing the Gaps by 2015, the college and university electronic library resource sharing consortium, the Texas Accountability System for Higher Education, and the Texas Public Education Information Resource, which includes information on all students enrolled in Texas public schools, as well as public and private higher education institutions in Texas.

This is why we have free public schools, free public libraries, a free public internet and free public computer operating systems and programs such as the Linux operating system and the 64,000 free public software programs that come with it.

Professionals and families serving students with disabilities working with schools in our service area may reserve any items that are not labeled as «OURS ONLY» from the library system.

By a unanimous vote, the Board of Regents selected MaryEllen Elia, the recently fired superintendent of Hillsborough County, Florida, to head the New York State Education Department (NYSED) and serve as President of USNY which, in addition to overseeing the entire public K - 12 education system of 7000 schools, oversees more than 240 public and private universities, 7000 libraries, the state archives, special schools for the hearing and visually impaired, over 750,000 licensed professionals, and over 200,000 certified public school teachers.

If you look around our school on a typical afternoon, you will see sixth graders studying botany and history by planting tomatoes in our garden and building models of ancient aqueduct systems, third graders using research to design proposals for more diverse books in our libraries, and kindergartners buzzing as they return from interviewing local business owners in downtown Durham.