Sentences with phrase «about library funding»

This past June, Legislature Chair Lynn Marinelli, in a column published in the Bee Group newspapers, addressed some questions and misperceptions about library funding in Erie County.

Just a few weeks ago, Legislature Chair Lynn Marinelli, in a column published in the Bee Group newspapers, addressed some questions and misperceptions about library funding in Erie County.

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Normally, my response to this is the one nobody wants to hear: put the money in a savings account or savings bond, check out a book about investing from the library, save more money while you read the book, and start investing once you have the $ 1000 minimum to open an account at a big mutual fund house like Schwab or Vanguard.

We were able to help fund a mobile library down there that helps about 30 kids stay in school for an entire year.

But after the Naperville City Council last week expressed concerns about the massive library plan that councilmen had signed on to earlier this month, funding may be even more scarce than previously believed.

As a social enterprise, one of our key activities, funded through our training income, is to share information about babywearing and about local groups, sling libraries and Babywearing Consultants.

We talk about how libraries use public funding — often to provide internet access to people who don't otherwise have it.

Our main focus is to not only raise funds for library programs, but to spread the word about the importance and value of our public libraries, and the numerous resources they make available to everyone.

The Brooklyn Public Library will receive $ 52 million from the sale, about $ 40 million of which will fund improvements at other branches, according to David Woloch, the library's executive vice president for external affairs.

The current situation with the TCDSB underlines the urgency for Ontario to formulate clear policies about the role of the school library and appropriate staffing and funding.

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.

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.

davidseeger — yes I fund a lot of info about them which was why i decided to publish with them, another thign to know is that they allow for your own ISBN and give you numbers of the main library distributors to contact.

Judi Moreillon & Teresa Starrett received funding to make a fabulous video of clips of school administrators talking about why school libraries matter on their campuses.

The second part of the report contains an analysis of surveys about the perceptions of school libraries, and the third part contains funding estimates for optimal library programs.

You can download e-Books from our public library in Nashville and there's a lot of conversation about how many times the book can be downloaded before the library has to buy it again from the publisher, but I think what's so important to remember, funding's being cut for everything.

While the discussions included talks about communities supporting their libraries both in terms of manpower and funding, there was no precise data on how much of any given library's staffing or budget should come from willing volunteers; the Society of Chief Librarians revealed data that showed 425 libraries were currently «community supported» or are planning to become supported by their local patrons, a 150 % increase over the current number of public libraries involved in volunteer support.

This session will bring together a privacy law professor who is thinking about a world without intellectual privacy, an academic librarian who worked with an ALA committee to create Library Privacy Guidelines for E-book Lending and Digital Content Vendors, and a public librarian working on a grant - funded project to help library professionals increase their knowledge of digital and data privacy concerns to better serve the patrons who access their library's technological resources

If he's worried about both bookstores and libraries like he says, shouldn't he be giving the money to the non-profit, government - funded, community institutions that are being squeezed by budget cuts...?»

Officials who make funding decisions need a clear understanding about the importance of certified school librarians and the school library program in instruction and student achievement.

The American Library Association (ALA) lobbies Congress for federal funds that go to libraries, and also has set up an internal working group to meet with publishers about their borrowing policies, said Alan Inouye, an ALA representative based in Washington.

While there are budgetary priorities that need to be advocated for in Washington DC, there are many states that lack complementary definitions in state statute about school libraries and librarians, as well as many states and Local Education Agencies (LEA) that have not been in the habit of funding programs or positions because there was no compelling reason in the law to do so.

Please contact your state senator to pass SB 6460, a critical bill for school libraries that will do two critical things: fix the funding formula to finally include accountability for school library spending, and require reporting and transparency by the OSPI about how they actually spend dedicated school library materials funds.

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.

USE the results of the NJ Study of School Libraries to inform and educate state and local policy makers, parents, teachers, and other members of your school community about the positive impact well - funded, well - staffed school library programs have on student achievement.

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(Some 15 % of library websites are optimized for mobile devices, according to the ALA's 2011 - 2012 Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study, while 7 % of libraries have developed smartphone apps for access to library services.54) Many patrons also said that they would like to have more staff members available to answer questions about e-books, similar to Apple's «Genius Bar.»

And as all 32 school districts contribute funds that include supporting the digital collection, the cost of the OverDrive library ends up being about 25 percent of what each district would have to spend independently.

HABRI maintains the world's largest online library of human - animal bond research and information; funds innovative research projects to scientifically document the health benefits of companion animals; and informs the public about human - animal bond research and the beneficial role of companion animals in society.

Founded by Petco, Zoetis, and the American Pet Products Association and supported by a growing number of organizations, the HABRI Foundation maintains the world's largest online library of human - animal bond research and information; to date has funded more than half a million dollars in innovative research projects to scientifically document the health benefits of companion animals; and informs the public about human - animal bond research and the beneficial role of companion animals in society.

Founded by sponsors Petco, the American Pet Products Association, and Zoetis, the HABRI Foundation maintains the world's largest online library of human - animal bond research and information; to date has funded more than half a million dollars in innovative research projects to scientifically document the health benefits of companion animals; and informs the public about human - animal bond research and the beneficial role of companion animals in society.

The Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI) maintains the world's largest online library of human - animal bond research and information; funds innovative research projects to scientifically document the health benefits of companion animals; and informs the public about human - animal bond research and the beneficial role of companion animals in society.

The HABRI Foundation maintains the world's largest online library of human - animal bond research and information; funds innovative research projects to demonstrate the health benefits of pets and other animals; informs the public about human - animal bond research; and advocates for public policies that support the beneficial role of pets in society.

Axelrod has also donated his extensive research library of books about African American artists to the Museum, as well as funds to support scholarship.

Interesting to me about these measures, and the arguments recited in opposition to them, are the parallels we see in discussions about funding of other libraries: law firm, university, public.

No matter how much organised trawling for preservation is done by national libraries, the Internet Archive or any other body with the capacity and funding to undertake this mammoth task, there will be a huge hole in records from about 1995 onwards.

Last year I made my views known to the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Law Foundation of Ontario, which donates funds to the law libraries in Ontario as well as the Minister of the Attorney General about being denied access to the John Sopinka Law Library at the Hamilton Court House for wanting to do my own legal research.

Eventually the government cut funding to the library, and difficult decisions had to be made about what was core to the organization as a whole, and one of them was that content aimed at external stakeholders was no longer core to its mandate.

That's in stark contrast to Stash, which almost makes up for its steep fee by providing a library of information about investing and the funds they've curated.

If you need to write a fund transfer but are not sure about how to tailor it according to its purpose, check out our library of Letter Templates to guide you on how to write formal fund transfers and different types of formal letters as well.