Sentences with phrase «while library collections»

While library collections were the top reason for library visits, interaction with the library staff and the ambience of libraries themselves drew the highest satisfaction ratings.

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The average number of e-books a larger library or consortium has in their collection is around 20,244, while medium sized libraries statistically had around 10,434 titles.

And finally, for those looking for a lighter read, Nora Ephron once more taps into the thoughts and concerns of «women of a certain age» with I Remember Nothing (Nov. 9), a follow - up to the major bestseller I Feel Bad About My Neck, while Vicki Myron returns to the subject of her beloved «small - town library cat» with Dewey's Nine Lives (Oct. 12), a collection of stories about and inspired by Dewey.

«We know there is a large demand for e-books in the library community, and that patron driven acquisition solutions are helping libraries preserve their budget while maintaining control over collection development processes,» said Dan Sheehan, Vice President and General Manager, Coutts Information Services, an Ingram company.

EBSCO's Demand - Driven Acquisition (DDA) program is a great collection development and acquisition model that helps libraries to preserve their budget while maintaining control over the collection development process.

Now, we need to somehow explain that while most of our reference collection lives on the first floor of the library, some of it is online and accessible through the catalog if you know the specific title of the work (since it's not like you could do a search for Roald Dahl in the catalog and have the Children's Literature Review pop up).

A regular OverDrive library user who also has a substantial Kindle book collection, several years ago Toronto Public Library announced it would be getting Amazon Kindle support — but it never has, even while many US libraries apparently did.

While library authorities are on the one hand trying every bit they can to boost member count, they are also on the lookout to increase the number of ebooks and audio books in their collection.

Young adult (YA) librarians who work in public libraries typically have a nonstop schedule of programs to run, volunteers to supervise and events to coordinate, while school librarians are busy developing curriculums and collections for the coming school year.

E-readers offer the library the ability to provide a wide variety of digital books while expanding their collections at a fraction of the cost of paper books (although they have those, too).

eResource Central bridges the gap between content providers and users, enabling libraries to manage and deliver e-resources seamlessly and cost - effectively, while also handling traditional collections with proven solutions used by more than 3,600 libraries worldwide.

eResource Central also offers economies of scale for customers, taking advantage of SirsiDynix's cloud environment and expertise to reduce the need to load and index e-resource collections locally while maintaining the library's ability to present staff and end users with a single discovery interface for all library resources.

While ebooks right now make up no more than just 2 percent of their total collection in some of the biggest libraries in the world, they have already shown their eagerness to adopt to the new emerging technology, something that they believe is akin to their basic survival itself.

While both devices let users lend books to friends and both platforms support library - lending, the Nook Tablet also supports the popular ePub format that's used in a number of other stores and free book collections.

So while libraries may have to purchase the books for their customers, customers like me, once I read something and liked it enough I went and purchased it for my own collection.

As we close in on the annual New Year's Twilight Zone marathon on the SyFy channel, I decided to delve into two collections of stories that I was fortunate enough to find in August while helping to sort donated books for my local library's annual book sale.

Netflix, while likely replacing many viewers DVD libraries, offers no tools for curation and no sense of collection apart from a to - watch list queue.

For the past two years or so, I have been pointing out that while magazine digital edition circulation has been stagnant (or even declining), and eBooks sales have been either falling (if you believe the major publishers) or else growing more slowly (when you take into account Amazon and self - publishing), something else has also been going on: library systems are moving toward digital collections.

Although almost 60 percent of respondents said that their library does not offer «alternative» ebooks, 20 percent now include ebooks from small and independent presses in their collections, while 14 percent offer e-originals and self - published content.

While working for Athens Regional Library System (ARLS), archivist Angela Stanley realized that the rich history of African Americans in her community wasn't well - reflected in the library's archival collection.

While Tulane continues to build a collection it intends to own in perpetuity, subscription services remain an attractive option for libraries in need of content that ages rapidly and is constantly evolving.

While the limited checkouts and renewal license fee structures offered can save libraries money in the short - term, collection specialists must be diligent about e-book collection management efforts to keep up renewals and with demand.

While very highly recommended, especially for community library Contemporary General Fiction collections, it should be noted for personal reading lists that «The Han Agent» is also available in a paperback edition and in a digital book format.»

While unreservedly recommended for community library collections, it should be noted for the personal reading lists of dedicated mystery buffs that «Rembrandt's Angel» is also available in digital book format.»

The 100 % Web - based AGent Software Platform is designed to help libraries manage their collections and services, while enabling their Patrons to easily search and access library resources.

Another librarian pointed out that while the local library system publicized its e-book collection on the library's website and social media accounts, these methods were best at reaching patrons who were already «plugged in» to the library's services:

While there is some controversy over whether or not digital preservation of ebooks is actually taking place, the preservation of print materials, and the digitization of other parts of library collections, is a constant priority.

Immerse yourself in the warm atmosphere, take a seat in our impressive library and leaf through the hotel records dating back to the 1930s, all while enjoying a whiskey or Armagnac from our remarkable collection.

Those last two are Cross-Buy compatible, with CounterSpy also being added to Plus subscribers» PS3 and PS4 collections, while OlliOlli 2 also comes to the PS4 library.

The Switch library is growing quickly and while we'll always keep this page updated with the best of the best, there are plenty more where these came from on our collection of the best Nintendo Switch games.

While other national libraries may continue to add the majority of traditional grey literature types to their collections, CISTI has moved in many cases to a just - in - time model of document supply for such document types as standards, patents and theses.

One of the essential ingredients of any successful library is a collection development policy that has been crafted to address the information needs of the library's clients while recognizing the constraints of budget and space.

By terms of such an arrangement, one or several libraries would identify themselves as having a complete collection of a specified legacy print item (say, the Lower Canada Reports, 1851 - 1867) and commit to keeping that collection in perpetuity, giving other libraries the option of disposing of their holdings of that title while ensuring at least one copy is retained and available to all.

Until we get there, there are ways to manage the size and cost of your print collection while seeking to meet firm goals of reducing library size.

While the copies of early (pre-1930) law reports and statutes in both academic and private (law firm) libraries are disintegrating from age and overuse, mint - condition copies of them will be preserved in Osgoode's special collections.

To address the financial challenges, our libraries have had to shed staff, collections and space, while the library - related responsibilities that used to be ours have been centralized in the main university library.

While the primary focus of the library and its reference department is to serve the research needs of members of the Mitchell Hamline School of Law campus community (students, faculty and staff), we are open to members of the general public who are doing legal research or using the government documents collection.

While Apple's music subscription services offer a lot of great features — streaming songs from your library or the Apple Music collection on any device, or rocking out to Beats 1 — they have some quirks, too.

Oversee and manage items from the library collection including books, periodicals, references, catalogs, magazines, etc. while proactively working to ensure loss prevention and increased media turnover.

While library staff scour various resources seeking items for the collection, it's not possible for us to find all responsible fatherhood resources out there.

While a critically important and highly recommended addition to community library collections, it should be noted for personal reading lists that Super Commuter Couples is also available in a Kindle edition ($ 8.99).»

Digital bookplates bear the name of the individual who is being honoured or remembered, as well as the name of the donor who has chosen to pay tribute, while supporting Western Libraries» collections at the same time, the university's website says.