Sentences with phrase «about libraries of the future»

We saw a lot about Libraries of the Future, including Darien Library which was very much part of the buzz at the conference.

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I had to go to the library to find a book on beginner's mind, the Internet still being a thing of the future, and I learned that what he expected from me was an attitude of openness, a lack of preconceived ideas about how things had to be, and a wealth of questions that started with, «what if» and «why not.»

Whatever his intentions, whatever history will say about his papacy, whatever the future standing of Amoris Laetitia in the library of papal statements — it was Pope Francis who started the conversation.

That led her to the library, researching birth, watching «The Business of Being Born» and thinking about her future birth plans.

The possibilities are wide open, as you'll see in this playlist of videos about the future of libraries.

Too often, the debate about the future of libraries centers around paper vs. eBooks or physical vs. digital.

We think about the future of the library because we have libraries on most school campuses; they have been a central, if not iconic part of the school landscape for centuries.

In exploring the relationship between the school library and school makerspace, it's not difficult to see why conversations about the growth of makerspaces are often tied to the conversation about the future of libraries.

All you have to do is take a look at our informative model research library below to learn more about each of the Nissan models currently available here at Continental Motors, as well as upcoming models that will be joining the lineup in the future.

More specifically, though, Smith is concerned about the fate of public libraries in her native Britain, where, as in parts of the U.S., funding cuts have made the future of these venerable and necessary institutions tenuous.

This means that many people have a stake in the future of libraries, and as the digital age advances, there is much discussion about where they are headed.

We are excited about traveling across the country in the next few months and speaking to librarians in dozens of states about building a better future for funding libraries through political organizing and action.

Whether we want to face it or not, we owe it to our patrons and the future of our libraries to learn as much as we can about this stuff so that we can make decisions that best serve the patrons and the institution.

KP: There's been a lot of talk in the library world about the future of libraries: Do they have a future?

JAMES LARUE writes, speaks, and consults about leadership and organizational development, and the future of libraries.

MR. FRANK SESNOJoining me in the studio to talk about the current and future role of e-books at our nation's libraries and maybe the future of libraries themselves, Jeremy Greenfield of F+W Media's Digital Book World, Carrie Russell with The American Library Association, Allan Adler of the Association of American Publishers and, by phone from Portland, Oregon, Vailey Oehlke, she's director of libraries for Multnomah County Library.

In a telephone interview, Potash talked about the planned acquisition, the potential benefits for US libraries, his future with OverDrive, and the advantages of joining a company consistently ranked by Forbes as one of the top 20 most innovative worldwide.

I wrote my previous article about e-books and libraries in response to an article by my colleague Thad McIlroy on his Future of Publishing site.

While today's announcement is only a first step, we look forward to the release of more details about the pilot and continuing work together to bring even more Macmillan e-titles to libraries in the future.

At this well - programmed conference, I was exposed to and am still absorbing so much more about libraries, digital preservation, scholarly publishing, international markets, metadata, and the future of the web and the world.

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book - and publishing - related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News In Face of NEA Cuts, Small Presses Worry About Their Futures (Publishers Weekly) Librarians Vow to Fight Trump on Funding Cuts to libraries.

A documentary about the role of New York branch libraries play in the lives of community members, as well as the struggle for the future of New York's branch libraries, by Julie Dressner and Jesse Hicks.

The final story — «Upwardly Mobile», about a mobile library — was chosen for inclusion in Change the Ending, an anthology of flash fiction about the future of public life.

If library borrowers worry about ending up in jail for their fines, sites like Audible.com and podcasters may become the future of lending.

There has been much discussion about the future of school libraries and the importance of school libraries with certified school librarians.

«Looking ahead, we are continuing to talk about our future plans for ebook and digital audiobook availability for library lending with a number of partners providing these services,» said Erica Glass, in a prepared statement.

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She shares her concerns about the effect of this NSA scrutiny in the announcement of her nomination as a 2015 Library Journal Mover and Shaker: ``... surveillance is not only counter to the ideals of a democratic society, it's detrimental to the future of libraries.»

Lest you think it is a post of criticisms about publishing and IT, the bulk of her blog post actually explains why the library field is slow to change: like the slow - moving loris, we have evolved to move cautiously to ensure information (books) are properly stored so they are retained for the future.

The benefit that I gained, while participating with Jason Wilson and Gary Rodrigues in a session on the future of legal publishing at the Canadian Association of Law Libraries annual conference, was in learning more about the broad range of issues that both concerned and excited law librarians in their relationships with the major law publishers.

While vital to the future of this newspaper, given how advertising support is moving from newspapers to Facebook and Google (itself an interesting development in the commercial discourse of democratic life), the scholarly library subscription had not been about purchasing exclusive access to a private good.

The major agenda item was a discussion about the way lawyers do research and the impact of that on how we will provide library resources in the future.

Both libraries, which are open to the public and attorneys alike, will significantly be downsized in the near future for a savings of about $ 120,000, and their librarians will be reassigned to other court duties, said Michael Arnold, trial court administrator for the Morris - Sussex court vicinage.

Speaking with Games Industry International, President of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils - Aime, addressed the Wii U's current anemic library of games while guaranteeing that everything is about to get «dramatically better» in the near future:

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