Sentences with phrase «less than the library»

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The ancient monks» most glorious libraries contained less information than the average smartphone.

The $ 52 million deal to redevelop the Brooklyn Heights library into a luxury condo tower, which City Hall awarded to a de Blasio pal who offered less money for the city - owned land than two other bidders, has attracted the attention of federal and city prosecutors, The Post has learned.

This «base budget» leaves county «Library Tax» support at 2007's $ 22.2 million, an amount that is still less than was provided for valuable library services 10 years ago.

«The millions of families who rely on the Queens Library services deserve nothing less than a world - class library system,» said Borough President KATZ.

Now the Library can refocus full energy back to where it matters most: our families — especially children and seniors — who rely on its services and deserve nothing less than a world - class library system.

Consortia of libraries and universities in the Netherlands, Finland, Austria, and the United Kingdom have all pushed for similar agreements, but have had to settle for less than they wanted.

The university library will cover any associated fees, she says, which administrators expect to be less expensive than the license agreement.

In addition, there has been an improvement in quality control, with our Libraries now meeting a 99 — 100 per cent pass rate and a reduction in sequencing lane failure rates to less than 5 per cent.

For less than the price of one standard yoga class, I have access to an unlimited library of professionally - lead practices.

If, and oh, I would love for an IF I could build a home, office, library, anything, I would be knocking on this talented couple's door in less than a millisecond!

Of course, 2011 will go down as Summit's final year as an independent studio; the company was recently acquired by fellow mini-major Lionsgate, a company that had less than half the domestic box office gross (and an even lower average Metascore) than Summit last year, but one that boasts a significant home video library as well as a decent presence in television.

While some games have had a tendency to sell better on Nintendo's handheld than other platforms, likely due in part to less competition from the smaller overall game library, Team Meat was still surprised by the numbers it saw.

These women inspired me to take a chance on a little idea and less than nine months later, we've established three libraries and have the plans in place to create two more.

That report, Dick and Jane Go to the Head of the Class, contends that data from those three studies indicate that students in schools with strong library media programs learn more and score higher on standardized tests than do their peers in schools with less adequate library facilities.

With less than two weeks to go until the arrival of Shakespeare Week (16 — 22 March 2015), museums, libraries, galleries and heritage attractions across the UK are getting ready to welcome primary schools and families for a whole host of free Shakespeare - inspired events and activities.

Less visible than the physical memorabilia, but just as influential, is the way the library chooses to reflect the president's life and the times he lived in.

A majority of schools received less funding for information resources last year than in 2008, according to the 2009 survey of school libraries by the Chicago - based American Association of School Llibraries by the Chicago - based American Association of School LibrariesLibraries.

For example, Keith Lance reports in the 2000 Colorado study, How School Librarians Help Kids Achieve Standards: «Schools with well - developed library media programs average 10 % to 15 % higher on fourth grade reading scores and 18 % higher on seventh grade reading scores than schools where libraries are less developed.

As you might expect, the number of school library media specialists in schools in the Former Abbott Districts is considerably worse than the state average, with less than one in two schools having a SLMS.

* in each public school having an enrollment of less than 300 students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education is required to employ, at a minimum, one half - time staff member who holds an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement; * in each public school having an enrollment of between 300 and 1,499 students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education is required to employ, at a minimum, one full - time staff member who holds an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement; and * in each public school having an enrollment of 1,500 or more students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education is required to employ, at a minimum, two full - time staff members who hold an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement.

a. (1) In each public school having an enrollment of less than 300 students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education shall employ, at a minimum, one half - time staff member who holds an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement.

Libraries, music rooms and science labs are each present in less than half of charter schools.

(1) in a secondary school having an enrollment of less than 100 students on October 15 of the prior school year, devote at least one period in each school day to school library work; (2) in a secondary school having an enrollment of between 100 and 299 students on October 15 of the prior school year, devote at least two periods in each school day to school library work; (3) in a secondary school having an enrollment of between 300 and 499 students on October 15 of the prior school year, devote at least one - half of each school day to school library work; (4) in a secondary school having an enrollment of between 500 and 699 students on October 15 of the prior school year, devote at least five periods in each school day to school library work; and (5) in a secondary school having an enrollment of 700 or more students on October 15 of the prior school year, devote the full school day to school library work.

Looking at my library, there are less than a handful of indie published books I paid more than $ 4.99 for.

Additionally, library users in this group are less likely than younger patrons to say their library use has decreased, and they are much more likely to say that various library services are very important to them and their family.

Over a half of surveyed libraries (56 %) spend less than 5 hours per week on social media.

Pew Research has said that less than 38 % are actually aware their library has a digital collection and only 6 % have actually borrowed one.

Looking specifically at technology use at libraries, we found that as a group, patrons under age 30 are more likely than older patrons to use libraries» computers and internet connections, but less likely to say these resources are very important to them and their families — particularly the youngest patrons, ages 16 - 17.

Despite their higher rates of library usage overall, younger Americans — particularly those under age 25 — continue to be less likely than older adults to say that if their local public library closed it would have a major impact on either them and their family or on their community.

Between the money paid for the property and the new library space, the cost came out to $ 211 per buildable square foot — less than the $ 270 average for development sites in north Brooklyn and $ 311 for land sales within a two - mile radius in the last two years, according to the study.

With print books, libraries have traditionally paid less than retail price for copies.

The only reason I haven't given 5 stars is because I had a heck of a time at the beginning putting my books on it - less than a quarter of my library had covers, the rest just wouldn't download the covers at all, so, in the end I had to download my entire library to my computer (which took forever I can tell you) and put them on my Kindle that way.

Readers can wirelessly shop the Kindle Store, download books in less than 60 seconds, automatically receive newspaper and magazine subscriptions, receive personal documents, and read from their library — now in over 100 countries and territories.

The key difference, of course, is that Smashwords» titles are on average far less cost prohibitive than traditionally published titles, making them a more enticing choice for libraries who want to provide their patrons with an abundance of content.

10 dollars is absolutely absurd when you can get them for free in physical form at a library, not to mention used books stores where they cost less than 3 dollars at times..

Michael, it may be true that Penguin's eBooks are much less expensive than Random House's titles, but Random House gives the libraries permanent access to its titles, while Penguin is essentially renting the eBooks to libraries for a year.

The other big publishers have been less than generous: HarperCollins» e-books «expire» after 26 uses, Hachette and Macmillan only make part of their list available, and others like Penguin and Simon & Schuster don't allow library lending at all.

Adds Nick Szegda of Menlo Park Library, «The difficulties in dealing with DRM software to get your «free» library eBook make it less attractive than it could be.

Since ebooks are checked out similarly to books (only the number of copies that the library owns can be «out» at a time), I think the publishers have less to worry about than they think.

If you're a voracious reader, you'll find that you'll spend a lot less money on your home library, and if you're a writer, you'll find that more people will be willing to pay $ 5 on an untested author than $ 15.

«For less than the average price of one hardcover bestseller, we've made the best digital library in the world available to every corner of India.

If profit is the problem, perhaps if the producers didn't price them so unreasonably high, we would be buying them instead of checking them out from the library for free — they will definitely make less money if no one buys them at all because they cost more than solid gold.

@August Wainwright Regarding the quote below, more for clarification than anything else, is it possible then, for an author with less than a set amount of reviews, to be part of ya'll's initial offering to libraries?

Built in Wi - Fi lets you start building your library anywhere with a wireless connection, holding up to 1,100 books, with most downloadable in less than a minute.

While most print books are available to libraries at a bit less than the discounted consumer cost at Amazon, these ebooks average five times the Amazon consumer price.

Random House has countered this claim saying, «Our publishing house, which is the only one of the Big Six to make its ebooks available without restriction for library lending, is setting the library ebook price with «far less definitive, encompassing circulation data» than the sell - through information used to determine retail pricing.»

E-books are less expensive than printed books especially if you enjoy reading much and need to refresh your library from time to time.

Applebaum said that the publishing house, which is the only one of the Big Six to make its ebooks available without restriction for library lending, is setting the library ebook price with «far less definitive, encompassing circulation data» than the sell - through information used to determine retail pricing.

The reason for the policy change is because research done last year shows that self - published materials were less likely than other categories of materials to be found in Canadian libraries and the CIP program was not considered useful.

In fact, I'll actually be moving slightly out of Indianapolis city proper and be donating to said library each year so I can still be a member for much less than 9.99 a month.