Sentences with phrase «free library»

From mental health training to negotiation skills, you could have access to free libraries of courses or be sent to a top institute to learn new skills.

Residents may apply for free library cards at participating libraries.

Cell phone book clubs are not substitutes for the charms of Little Free Libraries or other book swaps, just tools to multiply the number of reading choices.

That means a relatively large number of people want an ePub supporting eReader so that they can get free library books.

It makes it easy to download free library ebooks.

You might also consider donating copies to less obvious places such as senior centers, hospitals, school libraries (if appropriate), and Little Free Libraries in your area.

The law requires local governments to set up public libraries in their districts, provide free library access, and organize public events.

Analysts welcomed the expansion of free library borrowing to handheld devices.

Kids can attend free sports clinics, free movies, free library events and free parks and recreation activities, to name a few.

Free library card applications can be downloaded 24/7 and taken to any local public library for processing.

Beyond the sharing of books and the promotion of literacy, these Little Free Libraries are also creating community.

Last month 3030 residents signed up for free library cards.

Amazon is NOT selling Kindles so that people can then read free library books on them.

OverDrive — The Kobo Aura One has OverDrive support built - in to easily download free library ebooks directly to the device without having to use a computer or other device.

McDonald's is also installing Little Free Libraries at Ronald McDonald Houses across Canada.

The two - year - old Maryland Biotechnology Center is part of that initiative; it aims to be a one - stop shop for life science companies moving to or already in the state, providing everything from free libraries with subscriptions to specialized and expensive information resources, to programs to train a skilled workforce, to expert advice.

Of course, Franklin also earned fame with other contributions such as creating the nation's first free library.

Fenton free library proposition passed 680 - 131.

A joint project with the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA), the boxes are known as Little Free Libraries where people can take, borrow or donate books in the spirit of community sharing.

Since the little free library installed at McCabe's Beach in Southold in 2016 has received positive feedback from beachgoers, the Southold Free Library will install two more, library director Caroline MacArthur said at Tuesday's Town Board work session.

As new Little Free Libraries started showing up around the Midwest, word - of - mouth marketing has carried the concept out into the broader world.

I also like the fact that Sony is marketing it to be supporting free library borrowing of all e-books, I much prefer borrowing all ebooks for free and legally than paying $ 10 per ebook or pirating them.

Edmeston free library proposition passed 128 - 46.

I prefer free libraries.

Talking Book and Braille Services (through Oregon State Library) provides free library materials and services to Oregonians who have trouble reading or holding a regular book.

Suzanne Myers Harold is the Outreach Coordinator for Libraries Reading Outreach in Clatstop County, where she coordinates the countywide Summer Reading program and promotes free library cards for rural youth.

Their Little Free Libraries non-profit venture was inspired by Andrew Carnegie's support of 2,509 free public libraries in the late 1800s / early 1900s; by Miss Lutie Sterns, a librarian whose «traveling little libraries» delivered books to 1,400 locations around Wisconsin during that same period of time; and the more recent «take a book leave a book» movement in cafes and public spaces.

We all know Google has their massive free library of books and recently launched Google eBooks.

I want free library books, guess they'll be ePUB.

Perched like a seagull between the beach and the Casino is a little white free library where my boys and I spend hours every day in the cold wind, reading Tintin and Guy de Maupassant and children's books, which I sometimes have to scramble back into English.

It will also work with Adobe DRM'd EPUB and PDF ebooks acquired from other sources, including free library ebooks.

NOTE: If you haven't checked out the Little Free Libraries project, I'd encourage you to click on the link and learn more — it's a tangible, feel good way to promote book reading in your own town, too!

Until hitting on Larry's site and these I was starved for reading material (and the Baen free library).

The Author Marketing Institute loves the idea of seeing Little Free Libraries popping up all over the world.

-- «Against free library e-book accessible at home (Justin Tomlinson) Most publishers do not want e-book lending in libraries (DJ) therefore it's better to charge to get them on board otherwise libraries are going to be left behind (JT) This would... more >

Fortunately Baen is an enlightened publisher and has had success selling non-DRM'd eBooks (and in fact offering up a significant free library), and Project Gutenberg obviously does as well, so I was able to finish the book I was in the middle of by transferring it to the new Kindle, along with a few others I had been planning on reading soon.

In the general public, even many of those who presumably have an interest in knowing about the availability of free library loans of e-books are not sure about the situation at their local library:

The Kindle was the last major holdout, but as of September 2011, Amazon's e-reader can be used to read free library loaners as well.

Little Free Libraries Take a book — or leave a book — at these little libraries scattered throughout the Golden Gate National Parks: Fort Mason (Great Meadow), Ocean Beach, Lands End, Presidio Main Post, Presidio Coastal Trail, Mountain Lake (Presidio), Crissy Field, Mori Point, the Marin Headlands, Roving Ranger.

It looks like Microsoft is adding Borderlands and Lord of the Fallen to Xbox Games With Gold free library.

AMAGANSETT FREE LIBRARY - «Art / History / Amagansett: Beyond the East End: Artist John Alexander in Conversation with Ruth Appelhof» takes place on Saturday from 6 to 7 p.m. John Alexander will discuss his artistic process with Executive Director of Guild Hall Ruth Appelhof.

Eleven Little Free Libraries placed in downtown Vancouver May 09, 2018 Students in Simon Fraser University's School for the Contemporary Arts have decorated 11...

The name, of course, is inspired by the Little Free Libraries which operate on the same concept of «give what you can, take what you need,» only with books.