Sentences with phrase «by libraries serving»

There's no way this gap is made up either through the «promotional» effect or by libraries serving people who wouldn't otherwise buy books.

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In those pre-social media days, families gathered at a local library serving as a communications center and waited by fax machines for lists of injured who had been transported to hospitals.

From Origen's hope that salvation will eventually be received by all, to Karl Rahner's assertion that other religions can serve as pointers to Christ, to Clark Pinnock's biblical case for a more optimistic view of salvation, I've found that tucked away in the dusty corners of Christian libraries is a wealth of scholarship on the subject.

Thank you to the Mario Batali Foundation for donating another library that will be utilized by 325 children served by the Head Start program at our Spring Valley school,» concludes Rory Sipp, executive director, Acelero Clark County.

After months of meetings and a lot of brainstorming in between, Naperville Park District board members determined this week that their programming needs and long - term goals would be best served by building a permanent site on a 95th Street recreation campus rather than leasing space inside a proposed $ 18.6 million library scheduled to be built nearby.

«Former President Olusegun Obasanjo would serve public interest by making a voluntary disclosure of every single donation, particularly large donations, to his newly launched presidential library.

Amanda also served as the Director for Participatory Budgeting for Council District 30, where she spearheaded the allocation of over one million dollars in capital funds, as voted on by thousands of local residents, to improve public schools, libraries, and parks in the district.

A hashtag for your school library can be a call to action by serving as an invitation for others in your school community to participate in telling your library's story.

He served as vice president of Broadband Media Applications at Microsoft and as president and CEO of Continuum Productions (now Corbis), a company founded by Bill Gates to pioneer the creation of large digital libraries.

The office serves as a resource and information center by offering current job listings, a career resource library, informational handouts, a semi-monthly job bulletin, individual counseling sessions, as well as workshops on career planning and job - search skills.

«Our focus is to make the resources of the New York Public Library more readily findable and usable by the communities we serve,» says library representative Jennifer Lam.

Second, the telecom industry argued, self - provisioning could create perverse incentives for companies not to serve rural areas, by taking two of those communities» best potential customers (schools and libraries) off the private market.

We are here to say it is not acceptable for the wealthiest country in the world to be cutting millions of dollars from schools serving our neediest students; to be cutting teachers by the tens of thousands, to be eliminating art, music, PE, counselors, nurses, librarians, and libraries (where they weren't already gone, as in California); to be increasing class sizes to 40 or 50 in Los Angeles and Detroit.

By a unanimous vote, the Board of Regents selected MaryEllen Elia, the recently fired superintendent of Hillsborough County, Florida, to head the New York State Education Department (NYSED) and serve as President of USNY which, in addition to overseeing the entire public K - 12 education system of 7000 schools, oversees more than 240 public and private universities, 7000 libraries, the state archives, special schools for the hearing and visually impaired, over 750,000 licensed professionals, and over 200,000 certified public school teachers.

«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.»

This program will serve a twofold purpose, first in offering libraries and their patrons even more ebook content for lending programs, and second in terms of helping indie authors in the process of getting their books discovered by a larger public audience.

The recognition showcases libraries that are serving their communities by using new and innovative methods, including mobile apps, open - source software, and crowd - sourced media.

A large - scale digital repository of content shared by more than 80 library partners, HathiTrust serves as both a secure and trusted repository of content.

B.B. Comer Memorial Library — Sylacauga, AL Year: 2000 Amount: Grant: National Award for Library Service The B.B. Comer Memorial Library in Sylacauga, Alabama was founded in 1936 by community organizations and has since evolved into a public library serving parts of four counties with «cradle to grave» programs and services.

«The population of adults without a high school diploma is as high as 60 percent in some of the geographic areas served by our library system,» says John Szabo, the City Librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library, which serves over four million people.

Inaugurated by Sir Robert Swan, who has the unique distinction of being the first to set foot on both poles, the ebase serves as a digital library that is equipped with computers and tablet devices where local readers can visit to surf the net, watch videos, or read books.

That's very interesting and surprising but logical, audio books can serve as a very relaxing source of entertainment after a hard days work heading back home on the train or during unscheduled recess in the morning at school when the library hasnt opened yet, it's also a good way of winding down when the children have been put to bed and you just need an hour by yourself in the couch without a noisy tv with advertisements interrupting the welcome calm of evening.

Academic Complete was recently named Library Journal «s «Best E-Book Database,» among other accolades and awards, and serves its member libraries and institutions by offering a catalog of more than 80,000 titles which are available for unlimited access by multiple users simultaneously through ebrary's subscription model.

You would be better served by approaching groups that support your local libraries and talk to them about the digital age if they are not aware of it.

All of this expansion serves to help libraries worldwide in their efforts to bring current digital content to their patrons, furthering the climate of digital publishing by enabling an ebook lending model that meets the publishers» and the consumers» needs.

Library Ideas was founded in 2008 by a group of publishing executives with decades of experience serving the needs of libraries.

The endowment that Rothman has envisioned would not only create a side - by - side entity like the DPLA that actually served the digital content needs of the typical reader, but also still helped libraries keep their doors open as vital parts of their communities.

NJASL believes that every student in every school in New Jersey deserves to be served by a resource - rich school library program that is staffed by a State certified full - time School Library Media Specialist in order to enhance learning and fully prepare students to excel in college and the workplace.

Every student in every school in New Jersey is served by a certified full time school library media

This powerful infographic from the New Jersey Association of School Librarians (NJASL) conveys the gaps in student research skills and the roles served by modern school library programs.

A record number of libraries each served over 1 million digital books to their local communities last year, led by astronomical growth at Toronto Public Library (which reached 4.6 million digital checkouts), Los Angeles Public Library (3.7 million) and the National Library Board of Singapore (1.5 million).

The good news is that this is really a mature market now (both Amazon and B&N offer «over one million» titles in their libraries) and between library lending, friend - to - friend lending, public domain books, and the sheer inevitability of e-books-as-the-future, you'll be well served by a number of products on the market — you'll just probably be best served by Amazon.

America's libraries have always served as the «people's university» by providing access to reading materials and educational opportunity for the millions who want to read and learn but can not afford to buy the books they need.

Smashwords now distributes ebooks to libraries served by 3M Cloud Library, Axis 360, and OverDrive.»

Circulation of library materials is one of the primary indicators used by libraries to evaluate their success in serving the public.

Circulation made its best showing at libraries serving populations under 10,000, where growth averaged 2.5 %; libraries serving populations of 100,000 to 499,999 saw circulation tumble by 2 % overall.

DVDs / Blu - rays are popular in libraries of every size, though by location they do best in suburban libraries; interestingly, they take the biggest chunk of the materials budget at smaller libraries serving populations of 10,000 to 25,999.

Although libraries of the future will be much more digitally focused, their primary function may be to act as community centers, which serve patrons by offering a variety of resources and diverse programming.

This does make buying books on the go hard, though - which can be diluted as an issue by having Calibre serve your library over the internet.

About Polaris Library Systems Polaris Library Systems is a leading library automation software company, earning the highest customer satisfaction ratings by focusing on one goal: helping librarians serve their communities.

With Axis 360 and Blio, libraries can more inclusively serve their whole community, by opening up a world of new content to blind and sighted people alike.»

Academic libraries serving colleges, universities and other institutes of higher learning tend to have a broader definition of ebooks than public libraries, notes the third annual «2012 Survey of Ebook Usage in U.S. Academic Libraries,» sponsored by Ebooks on Elibraries serving colleges, universities and other institutes of higher learning tend to have a broader definition of ebooks than public libraries, notes the third annual «2012 Survey of Ebook Usage in U.S. Academic Libraries,» sponsored by Ebooks on Elibraries, notes the third annual «2012 Survey of Ebook Usage in U.S. Academic Libraries,» sponsored by Ebooks on ELibraries,» sponsored by Ebooks on EBSCOhost.

When asked if they impose any limit on public libraries in consortia by size of population served, each responded that it does not.

The OverDrive integration will allow for the checkout of ebooks from within Millennium or Sierra without jumping to the OverDrive interface; the June rollout of Decision Center, the company's new data - driven collection management tool that will compete with collectionHQ's product; a wave of hiring backed by the new investors, which has already increased the staff by 20 so far this year and will add another 40 by the end of the year (mostly in development and support), according to Massana, pushing the company past 400 employees; the creation of five «library relations managers» who serve as customer advocates at III; the complete integration of SkyRiver Technology Solutions into III along with the termination of SkyRiver's suit against OCLC on March 4.

Mangan and Stephens receive 2016 Bechtel Fellowship David Shannon to open the 2016 ALSC National Institute Thousands to join free ALA Youth Media Awards webcast ALSC selects Meredith Steiner as 2016 Emerging Leader Esposito, Sexton, Shea and Wilson receive 2016 Penguin Young Readers Group Award ALSC offers ten Building STEAM with Día mini-grants ALSC now accepting applications for 2016 Bookapalooza Program New edition of Competencies for Librarians Serving Children in Public Libraries available ALSC enhances creativity programming in 79 libraries with Curiosity Creates Grants ALSC applauds American Academy of Pediatrics» screen time guidelines ALSC now accepting applications for 2016 ALSC / Candlewick Press «Light the Way» Grant Registration open for the 2016 ALSC National Institute More Great Websites for Kids selected by ALSC ALSC now accepting applications for 2016 Baker & Taylor Summer Reading Grant ALSC now accepting applications for 2016 Maureen Hayes Author / Illustrator Award $ 7,500 Curiosity Creates Grant from ALSC Babies Need Words Every Day to bridge the word gap ALSC now accepting applications for 2016 Penguin Young Readers Group Award ALSC now accepting applications for 2016 Bechtel Fellowship Santa Barbara Public Library System chosen as site for 2016 Arbuthnot Lecture ALSC names eight more Great Websites for Kids ALSC announces winners of 2015 Bound to Stay Bound Books, Melcher Scholarships Applications being sought for 2016 ALSC Bill Morris Seminar Orsburn elected 2016 - 2017 ALSC president ALSC Releases white paper: «Media Mentorship in Libraries Serving Youth» Libraries celebrate diversity, promote multicultural literacy ALSC releases 2015 Summer Reading list ALSC Invites E-book Submissions for the 2016 Mildred L. Batchelder Award The 2015 guide to the Newbery and Caldecott awards ALSC announces 2015 preconference speakers ALSC invites applications for 2016 Arbuthnot Lecture with Pat Mora ALSC names 2015 Notable Children's Books ALSC announces 2015 Notable Children's Recordings ALSC announces 2015 Notable Children's Videos Arizona, California libraries win 2015 Bookapalooza Program Melissa Sweet to keynote 2015 ALSC Charlemae Rollins President's Program Registration open for Spring 2015 ALSC online courses Tickets available for 2015 Arbuthnot Lecture featuring Brian Selznick ALSC to host Online Day of Diversity Forum ALSC Launches Advocacy Button Campaign Putnam County Library receives 2015 Light the Way grant American Library Association announces 2015 youth media award winners Live Oak Media wins 2015 Odyssey Award for «H.Libraries available ALSC enhances creativity programming in 79 libraries with Curiosity Creates Grants ALSC applauds American Academy of Pediatrics» screen time guidelines ALSC now accepting applications for 2016 ALSC / Candlewick Press «Light the Way» Grant Registration open for the 2016 ALSC National Institute More Great Websites for Kids selected by ALSC ALSC now accepting applications for 2016 Baker & Taylor Summer Reading Grant ALSC now accepting applications for 2016 Maureen Hayes Author / Illustrator Award $ 7,500 Curiosity Creates Grant from ALSC Babies Need Words Every Day to bridge the word gap ALSC now accepting applications for 2016 Penguin Young Readers Group Award ALSC now accepting applications for 2016 Bechtel Fellowship Santa Barbara Public Library System chosen as site for 2016 Arbuthnot Lecture ALSC names eight more Great Websites for Kids ALSC announces winners of 2015 Bound to Stay Bound Books, Melcher Scholarships Applications being sought for 2016 ALSC Bill Morris Seminar Orsburn elected 2016 - 2017 ALSC president ALSC Releases white paper: «Media Mentorship in Libraries Serving Youth» Libraries celebrate diversity, promote multicultural literacy ALSC releases 2015 Summer Reading list ALSC Invites E-book Submissions for the 2016 Mildred L. Batchelder Award The 2015 guide to the Newbery and Caldecott awards ALSC announces 2015 preconference speakers ALSC invites applications for 2016 Arbuthnot Lecture with Pat Mora ALSC names 2015 Notable Children's Books ALSC announces 2015 Notable Children's Recordings ALSC announces 2015 Notable Children's Videos Arizona, California libraries win 2015 Bookapalooza Program Melissa Sweet to keynote 2015 ALSC Charlemae Rollins President's Program Registration open for Spring 2015 ALSC online courses Tickets available for 2015 Arbuthnot Lecture featuring Brian Selznick ALSC to host Online Day of Diversity Forum ALSC Launches Advocacy Button Campaign Putnam County Library receives 2015 Light the Way grant American Library Association announces 2015 youth media award winners Live Oak Media wins 2015 Odyssey Award for «H.libraries with Curiosity Creates Grants ALSC applauds American Academy of Pediatrics» screen time guidelines ALSC now accepting applications for 2016 ALSC / Candlewick Press «Light the Way» Grant Registration open for the 2016 ALSC National Institute More Great Websites for Kids selected by ALSC ALSC now accepting applications for 2016 Baker & Taylor Summer Reading Grant ALSC now accepting applications for 2016 Maureen Hayes Author / Illustrator Award $ 7,500 Curiosity Creates Grant from ALSC Babies Need Words Every Day to bridge the word gap ALSC now accepting applications for 2016 Penguin Young Readers Group Award ALSC now accepting applications for 2016 Bechtel Fellowship Santa Barbara Public Library System chosen as site for 2016 Arbuthnot Lecture ALSC names eight more Great Websites for Kids ALSC announces winners of 2015 Bound to Stay Bound Books, Melcher Scholarships Applications being sought for 2016 ALSC Bill Morris Seminar Orsburn elected 2016 - 2017 ALSC president ALSC Releases white paper: «Media Mentorship in Libraries Serving Youth» Libraries celebrate diversity, promote multicultural literacy ALSC releases 2015 Summer Reading list ALSC Invites E-book Submissions for the 2016 Mildred L. Batchelder Award The 2015 guide to the Newbery and Caldecott awards ALSC announces 2015 preconference speakers ALSC invites applications for 2016 Arbuthnot Lecture with Pat Mora ALSC names 2015 Notable Children's Books ALSC announces 2015 Notable Children's Recordings ALSC announces 2015 Notable Children's Videos Arizona, California libraries win 2015 Bookapalooza Program Melissa Sweet to keynote 2015 ALSC Charlemae Rollins President's Program Registration open for Spring 2015 ALSC online courses Tickets available for 2015 Arbuthnot Lecture featuring Brian Selznick ALSC to host Online Day of Diversity Forum ALSC Launches Advocacy Button Campaign Putnam County Library receives 2015 Light the Way grant American Library Association announces 2015 youth media award winners Live Oak Media wins 2015 Odyssey Award for «H.Libraries Serving Youth» Libraries celebrate diversity, promote multicultural literacy ALSC releases 2015 Summer Reading list ALSC Invites E-book Submissions for the 2016 Mildred L. Batchelder Award The 2015 guide to the Newbery and Caldecott awards ALSC announces 2015 preconference speakers ALSC invites applications for 2016 Arbuthnot Lecture with Pat Mora ALSC names 2015 Notable Children's Books ALSC announces 2015 Notable Children's Recordings ALSC announces 2015 Notable Children's Videos Arizona, California libraries win 2015 Bookapalooza Program Melissa Sweet to keynote 2015 ALSC Charlemae Rollins President's Program Registration open for Spring 2015 ALSC online courses Tickets available for 2015 Arbuthnot Lecture featuring Brian Selznick ALSC to host Online Day of Diversity Forum ALSC Launches Advocacy Button Campaign Putnam County Library receives 2015 Light the Way grant American Library Association announces 2015 youth media award winners Live Oak Media wins 2015 Odyssey Award for «H.Libraries celebrate diversity, promote multicultural literacy ALSC releases 2015 Summer Reading list ALSC Invites E-book Submissions for the 2016 Mildred L. Batchelder Award The 2015 guide to the Newbery and Caldecott awards ALSC announces 2015 preconference speakers ALSC invites applications for 2016 Arbuthnot Lecture with Pat Mora ALSC names 2015 Notable Children's Books ALSC announces 2015 Notable Children's Recordings ALSC announces 2015 Notable Children's Videos Arizona, California libraries win 2015 Bookapalooza Program Melissa Sweet to keynote 2015 ALSC Charlemae Rollins President's Program Registration open for Spring 2015 ALSC online courses Tickets available for 2015 Arbuthnot Lecture featuring Brian Selznick ALSC to host Online Day of Diversity Forum ALSC Launches Advocacy Button Campaign Putnam County Library receives 2015 Light the Way grant American Library Association announces 2015 youth media award winners Live Oak Media wins 2015 Odyssey Award for «H.libraries win 2015 Bookapalooza Program Melissa Sweet to keynote 2015 ALSC Charlemae Rollins President's Program Registration open for Spring 2015 ALSC online courses Tickets available for 2015 Arbuthnot Lecture featuring Brian Selznick ALSC to host Online Day of Diversity Forum ALSC Launches Advocacy Button Campaign Putnam County Library receives 2015 Light the Way grant American Library Association announces 2015 youth media award winners Live Oak Media wins 2015 Odyssey Award for «H.O.R.S.E..

A new survey by Pew Research Center shows that 76 % of adults say libraries serve the learning and educational needs of their communities either «very well» (37 %) or «pretty well» (39 %).

In 2015, our authors and publishers can expect to see continuous improvements across every part of our business, including: New distribution and merchandising tools that make your books more discoverable and desirable by readers New price management tools that give our authors and publishers more granular control over pricing in multiple currencies and territories New retailer additions to the Smashwords distribution network serving retailers and libraries Improved, more intuitive sales reporting An upgraded Meatgrinder to improve the ease and capabilities of our flagship ebook conversion tool Improved search for the Smashwords retail store... and some fun surprises that will set the stage for even greater things to come.

In 2006, we were able to better serve our community's pet - owning families by opening the Caryl Gates Gluck Resource Center — a 30,000 square - foot companion animal resource center complete with creative kenneling for homeless pets, classroom, resource library, more than a mile of wooded walking trails and more.

Resort facilities include two restaurants / bars serving Tropical World Cuisine created by a team of award winning chefs, the Kai Belté spa, mountain bike facility with Cannondale bikes and 12 miles of private trails, the 42 ft sailing yacht, boutiques, library and art gallery.

• Zodiac Cruising • Chef - prepared meals with complimentary wine with dinner • Bar staffed by a professional bartender serving a selection of soft drinks, juices, liquors, spirits, and beer which can be charged to your shipboard account • The Club • Lounge • Polar library • Lecture theatre • Plenty of deck space for observation