Sentences with phrase «demand library of titles»

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Now, in 2006, with reduced hours, fewer staff to carry the load, curtailed programs and services and far too few new titles to satisfy the demand of library users, there is no wiggle room left.

«In 2006, with reduced hours, fewer staff to carry the load, curtailed programs and service and far too few new titles to satisfy the demands of library users, we have simply exhausted all avenues,» said B&ECPL Board Chair Rebecca Pordum.

«eBooks is one of our strongest growth areas with high demand from libraries and their patrons and we will continue to make a significant investment to assemble a deep offering of titles for the libraries we serve.»

The essence of this service is to utilize Demand - Driven Acquisition that will allow libraries to display thousands of e-book titles and only pay when users borrow the e-book.

As libraries are responsible for their own check - out systems for digital copies, libraries have the power to purchase and own as little as a single copy of a title, while having the option to decide to purchase additional copies if the demand is greater.

With Ingram's print - on - demand service, a retailer can order a physical title through Ingram Book Company, of which IngramSpark is a part, and the order prints, ships, and arrives to the customer, store, or library within a few days.

OverDrive, which provides a full catalog of ebooks for public and school libraries to lend their patrons to over 15,000 libraries, was stunned this week when Penguin Group demanded that all of their titles be pulled from OverDrive's catalog, claiming that it had «security concerns.»

At this point, the ideal arrangement would be the ability to license any title for perpetual access and to license the same title for a set number of circulations or a set time period, combining the library's need to build its collection and to meet current popular demand.

Q: If libraries stock up on ebooks of a title to meet peak demand, can they later sell ebooks as demand eventually slackens?

Although, with a fancy enough API, you could set up some sort of on - demand purchase system where the libraries display the meta info in their catalog, but wait to buy a title until a patron actually wants to borrow it.

@Ryan Petty Q: If libraries stock up on ebooks of a title to meet peak demand, can they later sell ebooks as demand eventually slackens?

George Tramountanas: Marvel started to make their back library available online in a way that was smart and affordable with the (somewhat ironically titled) DCU — Digital Comics Unlimited. The demand for this became readily apparent to all, as Marvel's servers crashed from the tons of fans visiting the service on its first few days. While there are still gaping holes in the library, Marvel has done a good job of positioning themselves for the 21st century with the DCU.

When asked to select factors that were deterring patrons from checking out more ebooks, the top three complaints were long wait times, a limited selection of titles, and in - demand titles that are completely unavailable to libraries.

Libraries are now facing increased demand and a reduced pool of titles.

SEBASTOPOL, Calif. — October 31, 2011 — Safari ® Books Online (www.safaribooksonline.com), the leading on - demand digital library for technology, digital media and business professionals, today announced that it will expand its offering of titles from independent publisher Berrett - Koehler in its online digital library.

Digital Microfilm: By making over 100 U.S. and Canadian titles available online with Digital Archive News, ProQuest helps make Newspaper full page image content more widely accessible for library patrons without the resource demands for library storage space and upkeep of reader equipment.

Public libraries are feeling the pressure to showcase self - published works, and a great way to highlight this type of collection (available oftentimes digitally or as a print on demand title) is to showcase local authors.

In its November decision to not allow library lending of its new titles (via any vendor), Penguin had initially also targeted OverDrive's relationship with Amazon as a particular concern, which led the company to demand that OverDrive disable the «Get for Kindle» functionality for all Penguin ebooks.

At the moment there's quite a few other review copies sitting in my Steam library demanding attention (Blackguards 2, The Book of Unwritten Tales 2, Grim Fandango Remastered) that take precedence over a title I've bought, and with its current performance I almost don't want to review Dying Light.

The open platform Shield will support 4K HDR casting via Nvidia GameStream, and allow gamers to access on - demand PC games, including Ubisoft's catalog of AAA titles, as well as the vast library of new Android games.

Microsoft has announced the launch of Xbox Game Pass, a subscription service that offers a large library of Xbox One and Xbox 360 titles on an effective on - demand basis.

Microsoft is rounding out the year by adding a bunch of games to Xbox Game Pass, a service that allows you on demand access to a library of titles.