Sentences with phrase «academic library patrons»

This access may be easily taken for granted by academic library patrons, and therefore simply not a focus for publishers.

Not exact matches

As library ebook lending for both academic and public institutions continues to make steady progress, libraries are finally able to «shop» the competition to provide the best user experience for their patrons, the largest catalogs of bestselling titles, and investigate the available features of different platforms.

They were inspired by a talk given by academic and author David Vinjamuri at the 2013 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, where he noted that libraries were paying $ 84 for books that patrons could buy for $ 14.

Academic libraries can prioritize critical information to search, order and deliver more content to more patrons.

And the fact that libraries often can't get eBook packages / options that provide the content our patrons want (especially in academic libraries).

This is exciting news not only for patrons who may wish to enjoy Japanese - language titles, but also for OverDrive's academic and K12 library partners.

«Our long term aim is to help public and academic libraries provide ebooks to their patrons and to make available the widest possible collection of ebooks from all over the world.

«We are pleased to add tens of thousands of new e-book titles to our MyiLibrary platform for more public and academic libraries, and their patrons to enjoy.»

That university probably has more resources for academic journals, but may or may not allow public library patrons to use those resources.

This library partnership meets the need for digital content from libraries whose users and patrons are still clamoring for relevant academic digital content.

Patron - driven acquisition (PDA) is one of the most talked - about models for acquiring ebooks in academic libraries.

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

The library's new e-book collection will probably attract new academic patrons given the concentration of computer - savvy users at four universities and colleges located in the most rural area of western Virginia.

Rather, its focus is on the digitization and open access to historical and archival documents, making it a great tool for researchers and academic institutions, but of little day - to - day importance in the lives of typical public library patrons.

Polaris Library Systems, a trusted provider of technology solutions for academic, private and public libraries, will employ OverDrive's Discovery APIs and Circulation APIs (application programming interfaces) to create a more desirable, seamless patron experience for libraries with an OverDrive e-content subscription.

Established in 2003, Polaris Library Systems provides academic, private and public libraries with an integrated library system that boosts productivity, improves patron satisfaction and transforms how libraries connect, communicate and collaborate with their communities in the modern world.

As we turn our efforts to respond to patron demand and begin buying more e-books, and with only a small number of e-book vendors (mostly academic) allowing for any sort of ILL, the more our book collections go digital, the less we will be able to loan to other libraries or borrow from other libraries.

And if they are catering to academic communities keeping up with those rapidly changing disciplines, providing access to patrons at the point of need by leasing rather than owning content makes sense for those libraries.

EBL offered the best selection of titles for academic libraries, although some patrons complained that they had trouble finding downloaded ebooks on their devices.

First, there are compelling arguments not only for admitting but also for excluding the public; second, academic libraries admit or exclude the public based on their individual circumstances, such as budget, staffing level, and location, that is, whether the sheer number of people in the community using the academic library threatens to overwhelm the primary patrons the library has been created to serve.

The case law seems to suggest that, rather than deciding public access policies based solely on considerations of the public or private nature of their universities, the amount of public funding received, or their library's depository status, librarians can consider the individual characteristics of their own universities — the university's mission, their patrons» needs, their financial circumstances, and the place they see for their academic library in the larger community.

Academic and law libraries struggle to be able to pay for the journals they need, often taxing their patrons to augment their funding.