Sentences with phrase «from library shelves»

As Nick says, most large Canadian law libraries has stopped subscribing to all but the US Sup Ct reporters, and there will in the near future be a purge of the print volumes from library shelves.

The authors of Numerical Recipes, indeed, claim in particular that «If all scientific papers whose results are in doubt because of bad (random number generation programs) were to disappear from library shelves, there would be a gap on each shelf about as big as your fist.»

Everyday Dress Up by Selina Alko — We grabbed this from the library shelf when my eldest was a toddler and all my girls have loved this story of a girl who dresses up as great women in history.

When all else fails, students should still have a grasp of «old fashioned» research that entails physically searching for, obtaining and reading material from a library shelf.

Not exact matches

It is true that some more adventurous reader and investigator, lecturing here in future, may unearth from the shelves of libraries documents that will make a more delectable and curious entertainment to listen to than mine.

I don't even buy cookbooks anymore - all the recipes are on line, or I check the books out from the library and copy down the few recipes that i like - but I took the gamble that yours would truly be worth owning and having on the shelf.

At the library the other day Melany picked a CD off the shelf of the library, I brought it home to find the audio CD from the cartoon movie Curious George of all things.

Yesterday, I withdrew about 200 reference books from the shelves and the library database.

And then, Liesel sneaks through the window of the mayor's house, «borrowing» books from the ample shelves of his library.

In addition to this, there are off - the - shelf or OTS eLearning libraries of desktop specific or device agnostic ready - to - use courses / and videos on a wide range of topics ranging from Management, Finance, Sales & Negotiation to Soft Skills, IT Skills, and beyond.

Secretary of Education Thomas K. Gilhool, who had placed on public - library shelves several reports analyzing results from the Test for Essential Learning and Literacy Skills, withdrew a report ranking districts from 1 to 500 after superintendents who previewed it convinced him that a «gross numerical ranking was simply not significant statistically,» said Timothy Potts, a spokesman for the Secretary.

In Baltimore, library coordinator Della Curtis keeps examples of outdated books from the county's school libraries on a «shelf of shame.»

For example, it is not sufficient for a student to simply know that the online catalog is a database of the materials in the library media center, if a student can not go from the computer to the shelves and locate the materials.

So, the reason for buying an ebook even if it's available to borrow from the library is the same reason you would want to buy a print book rather than check it out — you want to re-read it or you want to have your copy — whether physically on the bookshelf in your home or on the shelf of your ereader.

I've been flattered that many libraries have multiple copies of the book, and I hope they continue the trend and stack the shelves with a few copies of Crooked Numbers, my second book in the Raymond Donne series, published in October 2013 from St. Martin's / Minotaur Books.

Same here, I use Goodreads primarily to sort all of what Ihave to read (books owned, on a shelf) and things I'm interested in that I might get from the library or download.

From a librarian who chooses the books that sit on the shelves in Arapahoe County libraries, it's definitely a must - attend.

While many school districts and libraries have a policy honoring parents» wishes that their own children be given alternate assignments for class readings that conflict with their morals or religious beliefs, in far too many instances schools cave in to parental outrage and simply remove a book from class reading lists; when the angry mob gets loud enough or politicians up for re-election on the «family values» ticket need to make some noise, they've even resorted to pulling the access to the book, removing it from school and public libraries and classroom borrow shelves.

Deeper Goodreads Integration — Goodreads on Kindle now allows you to easily share your reading progress updates, add books from your Kindle library to your Goodreads shelves, and see your friends» updates, ratings and reviews when looking at a book on Goodreads.

Teenagers get most of their book recommendations by word of mouth from their peers, or from book blogs, but mostly from looking on library shelves.

Additionally, libraries that need to move items across multiple floors or buildings can now benefit from a new transportation system that will help get items back on the shelf.

While millenials are busy helping libraries rack up the numbers they need to keep their doors open, Pew uncovered some other demographic statistics about who is actually coming in the doors or checking out their books from the virtual shelves.

They hauled books from the shelves, flipped through the pages, and tossed them to the floor until an entire library of legal volumes lay with cracked spines across the Oriental rug.

«Amy and her secretary removed every single book from the shelves of the middle school's library prior to the start of Banned Books Week,» said Rebecca Hunt, award committee chair.

So on one chilly November afternoon, I'd finally pulled down a dusty volume of Bret Harte stories from a shelf at my local public library.

This morning Joyce Valenza shared an interesting article from the Washington Post, «As Demand for E-books soars, Libraries struggle to fill their Digital Shelves» which is an excellent summary of the issues facing libraries when implementing Overdrive and other e-book sLibraries struggle to fill their Digital Shelves» which is an excellent summary of the issues facing libraries when implementing Overdrive and other e-book slibraries when implementing Overdrive and other e-book solutions.

A checked out audiobook appears in one shelf, no matter which library you checked it out from (another OD minor irritation).

From a business perspective, the more accessible ebooks that libraries have on their shelves, the more patrons they'll attract, and that will cause libraries to push publishers to produce more accessible content... and so on.

Another product, developed by StackMap LLC, provides users with mobile directions to books shelved within libraries, and is linked directly from the library's OPAC search results.

Designed for the couple in Montreal, the home library with shelves made entirely from recycled wood and threaded metal rods suspended to the joists.

Books from Stanton's 5,000 - volume library on the Channel Islands and ranch records line shelves above the desk.

Of course, saying you're going to conquer your Steam library or the stack of unopened games on your shelf is quite different from actually accomplishing it.

Books began to vanish from the library's shelves; the history of the world was disappearing before her and the reasons for this occurrence were shrouded in mystery.

Her paintings often resemble mazes, cities seen in profile or from high above or even library shelves in what seems to be an allegory to a never - ending search for Knowledge or the Absolute.

Many students, scholars, and followers of Judd's work might not have the opportunity to visit the physical library in Marfa, but they can now see it from anywhere in the world, exactly as if they were standing in front of the shelves.»

For this exhibition, Artists» Work Classification was loaned from Manchester City Library together with all the books it shares a shelf with according to the indexing system used by this library.

It's freely available from public libraries, whose kiddies shelves are crammed with a huge array of these books, popularised by the BBC «comedy» series, as well as an abundance of Global Warming propaganda.

A library shelf differs from a shelf in a bookshop because it has no commercial imperative behind it, no publisher pushing a title, no bookseller holding saleable stock, no shop assistant displaying attractive book jackets.

I have been concerned for some time about the rush to remove «little used» books from the public library shelves.

I was in an Oxfam shop yesterday and saw a shelf full of law books from someone's private library, including 10 pristine copies of various Selden series volumes.

Then we outfitted our library to enable wireless connections (those pesky shelves of books keep blocking the signal in the furthest reaches of the library); now we are dealing with the desire to print from a wireless connection.

Thus, for instance, there's a letter by Charles Bukowski written to a reader who had told him that the library in Nijmegen had removed one of his books from their shelves, and a 1909 letter from Okhil Chandra Sen written to the railway office in West Bengal detailing the disastrous consequence of the lack of toilets on the trains, which letter was the stimulus needed to introduce those conveniences on Indian trains.

I once received the donation of a table and chairs from my Director, who needed the space in his outer office for more library shelves: our central library was to be cancelled!

Anyone from the public can come into our library and consult a printed book on the library shelves.

And Dick Gosse's research on Limitation of Actions (although published in 1969) only stopped being missing from most library shelves when the jurisprudence applying the Limitations Act, 2002 settled down.

• Read and make shelves straight to maintain alpha and numeric order and look • Provide information relevant to public service and answer queries • Retrieve items from the book drop • Access and providing books and data on need basis • Set up carts • Assist the librarian with work pertinent to inventory and reserves • Help patrons in locating information (books, periodicals, CDs and newsreels) • Order new books from vendors and replace torn books with new copies • Stamp existing borrowers» cards and issue new ones • Schedule use of library for interest groups for book talks etc. • Perform other clerical duties

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Introduced a «library» feature at Readings where customers can read and return books while remaining inside the bookstore facility • Increased sales of underselling books by ensuring appropriate shelf space • Suggested improvements in the inventory system and managed to convert the entire system from paper to electronic form, thereby reducing paperwork • Singlehandedly managed the stall display for the store at the International Book Fair 2010

I have a couple rooms I would LOVE some help with and actually have a small budget to do the work I have a library that is freshly painted but needs the shelves and a window seat built in and some chairs placed... I have an upstairs living room that needs new furniture and wall paint because it is the friend entertainment center for 2 teenage girls and one wants an updated look (she just got a new dresser, desk and chair for her bedroom from maru at urbanfarmgirl, to give you an idea of her clean style) and then I have the longest running project ever, the laundry room, that needs beadboard, a painted wood floor and a work area for momma.