Sentences with phrase «with library budgets»

The news is welcome as the latest stab at making pricing more compatible with library budgets.

With library budgets under constant pressure, this additional revenue stream can be a valuable way to enhance collections.

And with library budgets being slashed to embarrassingly low amounts and shelf space shrinking for already cash - strapped libraries, the chances of them taking a risk on an unheard of author were not very high.

With libraries budgets getting slashed by cities, online will be about the only way 9 - 5 workers can get library books.

Not exact matches

We love staying active and seeking out new experiences as a family in budget - friendly ways, so our trip to the Shedd started with a stop at our local library to pick up a Kids Museum Passport.

On Tuesday, the City Council approved the library's proposal for a 93,000 - square - foot facility on Park District - owned land at 95th Street and Cedar Glade near Frontier Park with a budget of $ 18.6 million.

Last month, the council surprised library officials with an action to reconsider its previous approval of an $ 18.6 million budget for a 93,000 - square - foot facility after questions were raised about book and equipment purchases.

Furthermore, with budget cuts hitting the prison system, there are frequently not enough prison officers to take prisoners to the library, leaving many inmates having to wait days before they can make a visit.

The library budget passed with 135 voting yes and 25 voting no.

Along with the expanded NYPD headcount, the budget includes funding for six - day library service around the city, parks workers, senior citizen services, a city bail fund, and other key items that were negotiated over the past months.

In 2004, County contributions comprised more than 85 % of the Library's operating and materials budgets with the balance made up of State operating aid, which has remained relatively stagnant, as well as library fines, fees and related income.

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Kellner — who has been stripped of his position as chairman of the Libraries Committee, banned from from working with interns, and docked of his staff budget as a result of the ethics committee findings — sent a formal notice of appeal to the committee requesting a public hearing on the matter.

«The Finance Committee will be fighting hard this budget season to secure [the funding] our library systems need for repairs, so they can match their exceptional programs with quality space,» said Ferreras.

The first phase is budgeted at $ 35 million, and the library has the money, with $ 10 million from the de Blasio administration, $ 2 million from the Brooklyn borough president's office and separate City Council appropriations and donations.

To address the situation proactively, this budget request contains groupings of service restoration proposals, starting with high impact restorations to allow current library locations to provide more effective public access and service and progressing through a series of service restorations that will pilot and ultimately expand alternate service provision models.

County funding of $ 23,040,190, combined with $ 2,637,731 in anticipated funding from New York State and $ 1,687,033 in other library revenue, brings the Library's 2015 proposed operating and grants budget to $ 27,364,854, a modest 1.8 % increase over the 2014 adopted budget.

A 2006 budget of $ 21.7 million can not restore or maintain every library in Erie County, but with economies and strategies the number of potential closings has been confined to 16.

County funding of $ 23,943,617, combined with funding from New York State of $ 2,227,239 in operating aid, use of $ 485,186 in Library fund balance, and $ 894,302 in other library revenue, brings the Library's 2017 proposed operating budget to $ 27,550,344; a modest 1.1 % increase over the 2016 Adopted Bbudget to $ 27,550,344; a modest 1.1 % increase over the 2016 Adopted BudgetBudget.

With the deadline for the state budget four weeks away, a push is on to block a proposed cut in state aid to libraries.

Galante said the library had done well with raising money through its Buy - A-Book Drive, but Peralta's grant was the largest and a boon at a time when the library has had to cut 70 percent of its book budget.

Faced with a $ 2 billion budget that falls short by at least $ 101 million, the district must cut spending on each school by 6 percent, leaving district leaders to strip some or all art, music, physical education and library programs from three out of four schools next fall.

Senator Suzi Oppenheimer (D - Mamaroneck) today joined with representatives of the Westchester Library System (WLS) and local library directors to call for the restoration of library funding in the NYS FY 2010 - 11 budget.

County funding of $ 23,474,134; combined with funding from New York State of $ 2,135,104 in operating and $ 655,994 in grants; use of $ 714,843 in Library fund balance; and $ 937,010 in other library revenue, brings the Library's 2016 proposed operating and grants budget to $ 27,917,085, a modest 2.1 % increase over the 2015 adopted budget.

You'd think it would've been easier on the budget if Stone had just paid for Oldman's cab fare to the library, but, then, the library wouldn't have provided Oldman with a tenth of the information about the man he was portraying that he ended up getting from his meeting with Oswald's widow, Marina.

With a unique, charming art style, addicting music, and intuitive yet challenging gameplay, Super Beat Sports is an easy recommendation for those looking for a budget - price addition to their Switch library.

However, they are becoming increasingly underused and underappreciated in education, with a survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) revealing that over a fifth of school staff said their school library budget has been cut by at least 40 per cent since 2010.

The new build library, located in Boondall, Queensland, was completed by architect m3architecture in April 2015 with a budget of $ 10.2 million.

With the similarities outlined above, it's not difficult to see why co-locating library and makerspace might be desirable, particularly considering budget constraints and a lack of available spaces in many schools.

Sadly, there are still many schools lacking a full - time certified librarian, a loss often resulting from budget cuts or a lack of vision, despite many studies correlating an increase in reading and test scores with a thriving library program.

Along with negotiating to get more digital rights management - free ePub and MP3 formats into the collection, they have Library bin, or «buy it now» options for patrons to buy eContent and support the library's collection budget.

«We understand that many libraries are facing budget cuts today, so by starting with a vast, continually growing collection like Government Complete and then supplementing with patron driven acquisition and perpetual archive — including expertly selected packs in critical areas — we help libraries affordably serve their patrons» needs in the most optimal way.»

With libraries around the world coming under almost as much threat of demise as brick - and - mortar bookstores, one UK library system is taking legal action to fight back against proposed budget cuts in their county that will mean the planned closing of a number of local public libraries.

While libraries are concerned with meeting their budgets and offering relevant content in a way that keeps patrons looking to their libraries for material, publishers have to ensure that their authors are compensated and that they continue to earn enough of a profit to keep their doors open.

They also charge more money than their competitors, which is why budget conscious libraries often deal with many different companies for more specialized content.

This addition brings the available number of titles in both magazines and newspapers to well over four thousand, a fact that has gained a lot of interest from hotels who seek to entice guests, libraries who are working within the constraints of ever - shrinking budgets, and other organizations with similar cost - effectiveness and engagement needs.

As it stands, libraries budget to purchase physical books for their shelves, and DPLA wants to ensure that there are no higher costs associated with providing the ebook edition of the book.

The lower tax bracket on physical titles might be one of the deciding factors when libraries, schools and academia are establishing book acquisition budgets, their dollar simply stretches further with print.

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«Along with school librarians, we also had non-librarians in attendance including Becky Landa, Director of 21st Century Learning for San Antonio Independent School District, who provided insight into district budget processes and timelines that many librarians without administrator library representation found invaluable.»

I do think putting some of a library's collection budget towards patron - driven acquisitions is an excellent idea and that's what we're experimenting with this semester with Ebook Library.

The problem with Random House's plan is that libraries don't have all that much silver to give them in this era of shrinking budgets.

Now, libraries are faced with an entirely new dilemma: how much of the budget should be spent on print titles and how much should be spent on ebooks?

Schools, libraries and corporate bodies are still going with print, because the digital editions are not budget friendly.

With independent bookstores closing at an alarming rate and even libraries facing door - shuttering budget cuts, authors have lost a lot of the champions who once sold books by hand, who knew the titles on their store shelves and recommended them to their customers.

Ultimately pilot projects are a great way for the publishers and libraries to promote a few titles in tandem with each other, but the high e-book prices to maintain a proper collection is draining the libraries budgets at an alarming rate.

New opportunities through periodical platforms like Next Issue, PressReader, and Zinio, as well as ebook catalogs through Freading, Boopsie, and Smashwords» unprecedented distribution agreement with OverDrive have meant that not only do libraries have options for providing relevant formats to their patrons, but they also have competitive choices that can lead to better budget options.

(If you want to do the more traditional stuff, libraries and bookstores, you're competing against traditional publishers with much bigger budgets and better connections.

The lower tax bracket on physical titles might be one of the deciding factors when libraries, schools and academia are establishing book acquisition budgets, it simply goes further with print.

Libraries have finite budgets and are unable to purchase enough copies to provide immediate access to his week's best sellers (unlike bookstores) and the hottest titles will, inevitably, be checked out with lengthy holds lists.