Sentences with phrase «digital public system»

The endowment's purchase of OverDrive, the biggest provider of public library e-books, could help kickstart a national digital public system.

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But as it and other digital «cryptocurrencies» have evolved, along with the public ledger system that makes up the blockchain, much of the bitcoin economy has been increasingly overtaken by big money — or by entrepreneurial prospectors who want to grab a piece of the bubblicious ICO phenomenon.

In an effort to continue capitalizing on this trend, WikiLeaks recently polled the public about implementing additional digital cash systems.

In China, this system will let the public buy a «digital» form of gold in tiny increments and go into participating banks and take possession of that gold.

The initiative is a synergy of two systems, a private digital ledger and the public ethereum blockchain behind cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin and litecoin.

At the event, which was hosted by the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law in New Haven, Powell highlighted three specific areas where blockchain technology is affecting change in regard to the Federal Reserve's «broad public policy objectives»: the creation of real - time payment systems, use of blockchain technology for clearing and settlement services, and the issuance of digital currencies by central banks.

Finally, we must fight to expand the non-commercial broadcast system that is made possible by the new digital spectrum to PBS stations, and fight off attempts to privatize what is left of public broadcasting.

Mr. Speaker, I am proud to report to this august House that after a few months of intense preparation, the Akufo - Addo Government has: • rolled out the destiny - changing free Senior High School policy across all public schools to ensure equal opportunities for every Ghanaian child • rolled - out the National Digital Property Addressing System to provide a unique address for all properties in Ghana • Launched the National Identification Scheme; and • Restored the teachers and nurses training allowances.

It is also why developments in the business of digital journalism matters for democracy, especially in countries like the U.S., where private sector media provide by far the largest share of news coverage of public affairs, because of the low levels of funding for public media — as commercial media organizations in many countries continue to lose revenue and lay off reporters because their legacy platforms (like print) grow less popular by the day, the future of the private media sector, an important part of our democratic systems, depends in part on its ability to find new business models and reinvent itself for a new century and new media world, online and elsewhere.

Event: Smart Cities: Bridging Physical and Digital Organiser: Amy O'Neill Date: 9 and 10 November 2012 (8 November is invitation only and not open to the public) Venue: Leeds City Museum, Millennium Square LS2 8BH Audience: General audience For more information: Smart Cities: Bridging Physical and Digital A short interview with project researcher Dr Andrew Hudson - Smith, Director and Reader in Digital Urban Systems Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL, is available at http://www.esrc.ac.uk/publications/audio/festival-2012-events.aspx.

Some of the technology - focused changes the Assembly pledged to implement include making the functionality of the legislature's bill - tracking system available to the public; creating a web portal that includes all information related to bills, including committee actions and evaluations by outside groups; the creation of a C - Span like legislative television channel; making the content of the legislative library searchable online and modernizing the Assembly's phone system to include digital voicemail boxes.

Digital infrastructure could improve society's public records repository and reinforce representative and participatory legal and governance systems

More recently, the involvement of China's systems scientists in designing the country's digital infrastructure has raised similar questions about whether the scientists are aiding the state at the expense of the public.

If digital learning is to advance beyond the pilot stage, it needs to work within the current system of public education, not against it.

The many adult interest groups that live off our public - education system are already doing their best to co-opt digital learning for their own ends, and to ensure that nobody uses it to threaten their power, membership, or revenue base.

That suite includes «public and private school choice,» which would be «a catalyst to improve the system»; better teacher training and evaluation; school evaluations based on student performance; and more digital learning.

Join Todd Wirt, assistant superintendent for academics with Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), N.C., and Carol Wetzel, senior director with Discovery Education, as they discuss the challenges WCPSS faced implementing Common Core State Standards across the district and how they determined the best way to scale professional development for its 11,000 teachers as they embarked on this digital and instructional journey.

Alexandria, VA (11/14/2012)-- Atlanta Public Schools (APS), serving more than 51,000 students in the greater Atlanta, Ga., metro area, has become the latest school system to select digital solutions from ASCD to meet their districtwide professional development goals.

We have examined STEM learning in the context of websites, apps, public television and radio series, digital badge systems, 3 - D movies and art education.

Kenzo Shibata taught high - school English in Chicago's public - school system for nearly a decade and pioneered digital labor organizing as part of the 2012 Chicago Teachers Union strike.

Bill Gates talked about «digital nervous systems» able to improve the quality and efficiency of public services and provide citizens with access to more knowledge in the «Information Age.»

The Digital Public Library of America announced today that it has received a $ 990,195 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to build upon its network of library professionals and organizations to pilot a national - scale training system for public libraPublic Library of America announced today that it has received a $ 990,195 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to build upon its network of library professionals and organizations to pilot a national - scale training system for public librapublic librarians.

3 million or more digital books circulated • Toronto Public Library (ON) +20 % (standalone library) • King County Library System (WA) +21 % (standalone library) • Wisconsin Public Library (WI) +11 % (consortia) • Greater Phoenix Digital Library (AZ) +12 % (consortia) • The Ohio Digital Library (OH) +15 % (condigital books circulated • Toronto Public Library (ON) +20 % (standalone library) • King County Library System (WA) +21 % (standalone library) • Wisconsin Public Library (WI) +11 % (consortia) • Greater Phoenix Digital Library (AZ) +12 % (consortia) • The Ohio Digital Library (OH) +15 % (conDigital Library (AZ) +12 % (consortia) • The Ohio Digital Library (OH) +15 % (conDigital Library (OH) +15 % (consortia)

-- Were at least open to the possibility of two national digital library systems in time, one public and one academic (no decision reached or expected at this point in the DPLA's evolution).

What's more, he could serve as a valued advisor to the endowment and the public and academic digital library systems that it helped finance.

America's K - 12 students would benefit handsomely from a well - stocked national digital library system blended in carefully with school libraries and public libraries.

«E Ink Mobius displays offer a unique solution for public information systems and other digital signage applications,» said Harit Doshi, E Ink's head of the signage business unit.

They pioneered the concept of a brand new lightning system has RGB colors and serious readers are enamoured with the ability to borrow and read digital content from public libraries that do business with Overdrive.

Hoopla digital has partnerships with more than 925 public library systems across North America including Austin Public Library, Los Angeles Public Library, Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Edmonton Public Library and Nashville Public Lipublic library systems across North America including Austin Public Library, Los Angeles Public Library, Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Edmonton Public Library and Nashville Public LiPublic Library, Los Angeles Public Library, Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Edmonton Public Library and Nashville Public LiPublic Library, Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Edmonton Public Library and Nashville Public LiPublic Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Edmonton Public Library and Nashville Public LiPublic Library and Nashville Public LiPublic Library.

Campbell County Public Library System / Lynchburg, VA Central Rappahannock Regional Library / Fredericksburg, VA * DIGITAL HOST Russell County Public Library / Lebanon, VA

However modern is the planned library, it is no replacement for two well - stocked and tightly intertwined national digital library systems, one public and one academic, serving up more books than Google and Amazon combined.

Of course, I hope that in time the DPLA will fork into two intertwined but separate national digital library systems — one academic, one public, with an advisory coordinating - committee.

At the same time, a national digital public library system could actually strengthen local libraries since local librarians could still play up the material most relevant to their patrons and could buy content from outside the national system.

So perhaps Buffett, Gates and other billionaires can themselves finance a new national endowment to help fund two separate but tightly intertwined national digital library systems — one public, one academic.

In my opinion, even the public digital system that LibraryCity proposes should not include «Public Library» in itspublic digital system that LibraryCity proposes should not include «Public Library» in itsPublic Library» in its name.

And, of course, it could help fund both a public digital system and the Digital Public Library of America or a DPLA - style academic spublic digital system and the Digital Public Library of America or a DPLA - style academic digital system and the Digital Public Library of America or a DPLA - style academic Digital Public Library of America or a DPLA - style academic sPublic Library of America or a DPLA - style academic system.

One educational arena that has been slow to adopt digital textbooks has been the public school sector for grades K through twelve, partly due to the technology required to utilize the textbooks, but also because of the mandated adoption of specific texts at the school system level, if not the state level.

hoopla digital has partnerships with more than 1,500 public library systems across North America including Boston Public Library, Free Library of Philadelphia, Chicago Public Library, San Francisco Public Library, Los Angeles Public Library, and Edmonton Public Lipublic library systems across North America including Boston Public Library, Free Library of Philadelphia, Chicago Public Library, San Francisco Public Library, Los Angeles Public Library, and Edmonton Public LiPublic Library, Free Library of Philadelphia, Chicago Public Library, San Francisco Public Library, Los Angeles Public Library, and Edmonton Public LiPublic Library, San Francisco Public Library, Los Angeles Public Library, and Edmonton Public LiPublic Library, Los Angeles Public Library, and Edmonton Public LiPublic Library, and Edmonton Public LiPublic Library.

These kiosks are also being installed near public transport systems, schools and anyone with a library card and a digital device can download books.

Interview (Starts at 13:34)-- OverDrive keeps improving and expanding its distribution system for e-books, audiobooks and other digital content, providing its network of 15,000 public libraries, schools and colleges worldwide with access to more than 650,000 titles.

I urge COSLA to pass a formal resolution in favor of such a genuine public digital library system (COSLA's national meeting will take place October 28 - 31).

One way to kick - start the public and academic digital systems might be for the endowment to purchase OverDrive, the biggest library e-book supplier, while relying on its acquisitions side for help in dealing with major publishers and while improving its electronic distribution system.

«Libraries play an important role in our civic and cultural life, and Sony believes that it's important to support public library systems as they expand their services and digital offerings, particularly eBooks,» said Phil Lubell, vice president for Sony's Reader business.

Bexar County, Texas, will be opening its first 100 percent digital public library system.

One way this issue is managed is by partnering with an e-book distributor such as OverDrive, which manages an array of digital content for 18,000 libraries and schools in 21 countries, including 15,000 in the United States.47 OverDrive generally charges public libraries a set fee for use of their checkout system, as well as a fee per title for patrons to borrow.48 The OverDrive catalog for libraries now includes 700,000 copyrighted e-book, audiobook, music, and video titles in 52 languages.

Funds from donations, a raffle, and profits from CD and digital sales will go towards projects aimed at improving Richmond's public school system.

Paul Kuniholm Pauper is a public artist who creates art embodying sculptural objects, often using a human as exhibition system, art using digital material, video and various time - based artwork.

In this role, she assists curators with acquisitions; oversees technical services staff handling ingest and processing; and coordinates with public service staff to design and implement access systems for born digital content.

Yet it also seems particularly odd to see research, as work that is ostensibly committed to the public interest, divided by opportunistic and altruistic tendencies, and riddled with password protection, digital rights management, and click - to - read open access systems.

[11] Rouhshi Low and Ernest Foo, «The Susceptibility of Digital Signatures to Fraud in the National Electronic Conveyancing System: An Analysis», Australian Property Law Journal, 17 (3)(2009), 303 - 325, comment, at 307, that «When the recipient receives the coded summary and the certificate, the recipient can use the CA's public key to verify the CA's signature on the certificate.