Sentences with phrase «for public library patrons»

EBSCO designed Explora following a series of user research studies with the goal of better assisting students in completing research and classroom assignments and providing a more intuitive search experience for public library patrons.

LibraryCity recognizes the current usefulness of paper books for public library patrons such as mothers reading to toddlers, as well as the countless other people for whom digital technology is not at present a complete solution.

The 3M e-readers were also on hand, devices that are designed for public library patrons who do not already have a digital reading enabled device to enjoy the convenience of ebook lending.

Not exact matches

For the second year in a row, the novel A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman is one of the most requested books by patrons of Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries.

Banners will be in all 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries for patrons to sign showing their commitment against bullying.

Banners will be in all 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries during the month of October for patrons to sign showing their commitment against bullying.

Over 751,000 public computer sessions and over 242,600 WiFi sessions were logged last year — meaning local library patrons rely on the technology provided by their libraries for the gathering of information.

The Library, one of the 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries, wishes to thank all of their patrons who patiently waited for the completion of repair work.

For more proof that the DPLA and typical public library patrons live on different planets, just look at the Alexa graph to the right — showing how how few people are now visiting the DPLA's Web site.

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.

In an era where public libraries are trying to meet the digital needs of their patrons, it seems that obstacles keep cropping up for... [Read more...]

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.

This new venture will make it even easier for patrons to browse the ebook offerings in their local public libraries, as well as allow them to continue... [Read more...]

Three public library systems in Minnesota, overseeing a total of twenty - five individual libraries, became the most recent of the eighty library systems across the country to benefit from 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service's help in utilizing ebook lending for their patrons.

OverDrive, one of the leading sources of loanable digital content for public and school libraries, was represented by Potash, who spoke about the statistics that show library patrons are more likely to purchase a title after having borrowed the ebook.

One of the polarizing issues in the U.S. ebook market right now is the conflict over public library access to ebook titles for lending, but we may be able to take a lesson from Libranda's new partnership with OverDrive to afford access to new and bestselling ebook titles to library patrons in Spain.

Writers are invited to come to the member libraries to actually write their content and can benefit from the expertise of the library staff for the process of writing and digitally publishing their work; at the same time, libraries stand to gain from increased patron use and attendance, as well as the furthering of the culture of public libraries.

The app was developed using open source software, giving public libraries around the country the ability to use the code to develop their own e-reader apps, and make borrowing free e-books easier for their patrons.

Priced at $ 99 and free from wifi connectivity or cameras, Playaway Launchpads are already in place in a number of public library systems for young patrons to borrow, including Baltimore County Public Library, Cambridge Public Library, Chicago Public Library and Nashville Public Lipublic library systems for young patrons to borrow, including Baltimore County Public Library, Cambridge Public Library, Chicago Public Library and Nashville Public LiPublic Library, Cambridge Public Library, Chicago Public Library and Nashville Public LiPublic Library, Chicago Public Library and Nashville Public LiPublic Library and Nashville Public LiPublic Library.

Essentially, the leadership finally expressed that it was fed up with the current upheaval in public library ebook lending, with different members of the Big Six publishing houses setting their own rules — from no lending of our new titles, to a book can only be borrowed a specific number of times, to no lending of any of our titles at all — it was chaos for the libraries and disappointment for their patrons.

Ingram Library Services, a leading provider of comprehensive services to public libraries, including access to over 16.5 M titles, has teamed up with ODILO, an internationally recognized leader and provider of technology and digital content for US libraries and schools, to expand the collections of multilingual eBooks and audiobooks for library patrons.

Last week we discussed the new «cost - per - circulation» (CPC) model for public libraries — in which they can make e-books available to patrons and pay the publisher per «loan» instead of paying fixed fees to «acquire» titles as if they were print books (the «pretend it's print» or PIP model).

«If selected via Library Journal's SELF - e curation process, the author's ebooks will become part of a unique discovery platform for participating public libraries across the United States that enables patrons to read ebooks on any device, at any time.

Unlike in the US where an author is only paid when a library purchases a particular title for lending from its catalog, under the UK law Public Lending Right, authors are compensated at each patron checkout, as well.

It turns out that the public wants more technology in libraries, with some of the most interesting concepts being GPS - navigation to their devices to help them locate content in the library quickly, as well as what Pew has coined as a technology «petting zoo,» where patrons can try out the latest technology and spend some time with it before buying it for themselves.

«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.»

3M Library Systems, creators of cloud - based ebook lending and a library - specific e-reader device for patron checkout, and OverDrive, the leading provider of ebooks, audio books, and downloads to over 18,000 public libraries, may be competitors in the services they provide, but they are united in the fact that their work is intended to increase the capabilities of public libraries to provide ebook lending services to patrons.

NJASL apologizes for any disappointment this may cause our reading fans and the many librarians proud to represent their students / patrons, school districts and public libraries.

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

Personally, I work for an isolated, rural public library system that serves a fairly homogeneous patron base.

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.»

Aptly named the Digital Public Library of America, or DPLA for for short, this library aims to become the national archive of content that is currently tucked away in libraries, museums, and universities around the country, accessible only to those patrons with the means to go to the physical location and who have the permission to access the contents.

This new venture is directed at taking away the barriers of reading for a lot of people, specifically public library patrons who are currently still at the whim of the publishers when it comes to ebook lending.

«Patrons are excited to have digital access to public library content; hoopla does a tremendous job of providing patrons with access to our entire backlist, and creates an opportunity for our titles to connect with new audiences.Patrons are excited to have digital access to public library content; hoopla does a tremendous job of providing patrons with access to our entire backlist, and creates an opportunity for our titles to connect with new audiences.patrons with access to our entire backlist, and creates an opportunity for our titles to connect with new audiences.»

Marketing and Social Media: A Primer for Public Libraries (October 9, 2014) Your patrons» desire for responsiveness and interaction on social media can be transformed into a dynamic marketing tool for your library.

Jones said library patrons can now also borrow from a list of some 34,000 mostly classic e-books that have in the public domain for years.

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

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.

This new capability would mean that library patrons who own one of the bestselling e-reader devices on the market would have the same access to public library digital lending that other device owners currently enjoy, ending the frustration for both patrons and librarians alike.

OverDrive is the leading source of ebook titles for over 15,000 public and school libraries who have adopted ebook - lending strategies for their patrons.

This new venture is directed at taking away the barriers to reading for a lot of people, specifically public library patrons who are currently still at the whim of the publishers when it comes to ebook lending.

OverDrive has long been a source of material for public libraries to loan to their patrons, but yesterday at the Beijing International Book Fair held in China the leading ebook service unveiled its greater access program for school libraries.

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Back in the day when I was a regular public library patron, publishers didn't just publish for the money either.

Rebecca Ranallo, the Internet and media service manager of the Cuyahoga County Public Library in Ohio, said that patrons gravitate toward her Boopsie - developed library app, which launched in April 2011, for convenience.

«A much stronger role for the library in the future of the book» US library digital patron - services provider BiblioBoard and Canadian online book - production specialist Pressbooks are forming a new partnership called Pressbooks Public, designed to let libraries offer e-book-publishing services to their local authors.

«Throughout my public library career I was hungry for data, most especially neutral, authoritative data that I could rely on,» said Barbara Genco, the project manager for Patron Profiles and a 34 - year veteran of the Brooklyn Public Lipublic library career I was hungry for data, most especially neutral, authoritative data that I could rely on,» said Barbara Genco, the project manager for Patron Profiles and a 34 - year veteran of the Brooklyn Public LiPublic Library.

Sacramento Public Library, led by director Rivkah Sass, became our first client for a new application of our technology, called Beanstack, that would apply our system for curating children's books in order to deliver personalized recommendations to library patrons.

Soon library patrons throughout the United States and United Kingdom will be able to access hundreds of digital magazines and newspapers for free through public libraries using the OverDrive platform.

In the «ABCs of eBook Discovery,» Head of Readers» Advisory for the Darien Public Library Stephanie Anderson sounded a note that would resound throughout the discussion when she said that these days, ebook discovery is more about patrons discovering the fact that their library HAS ebooks, and how to borrow and read them, than it is about discovering particular titles, and «does that count?»