Sentences with phrase «libraries a catalog of»

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«Many of our patrons have asked for one - on - one assistance to help them use their eReaders with the library's growing catalog of downloadables.

By cataloging and preserving historical endocrine literature and artifacts, the library plays an important role in the Society's mission to support the field of endocrinology.

The STIPS (Space Telescope Image Product Simulator) software produces simulated imaging data for complex wide - area astronomical scenes, based on user inputs, instrument models and library catalogs for a range of stellar and / or galactic populations.

The classic use of article references dates back to the era of library card catalogs when finding information was a laborious task.

Library: Catalog of the thousands of volumes in our library at Foundation headquarters.

Here are the T - shirts in my regular rotation: John Lennon portrait Hellfire and Dalmations T - shirt (i like puns and jokes) I Heart NY Lucky Duck (duck reclining swimming in pool) Never Forget (with a picture of a card catalog box from the library)

Three inserts cover the DVD: a unique redemption code and general directions for accessing the included UltraViolet stream of the film, your Sony Rewards code (part of a booklet advertising the book and other Sony products), and finally a PIN entitling you to 5 free song downloads at SonyMusicPass.com, an especially nice touch for those whose public libraries do not participate with Freegal and give you a few free downloads from the same limited Sony catalog every week.

Forecast: Fitting well into the recent trend of young adult dramas, «To the Bone» helps address the surprising lack of feature films about eating disorders, and should be an active catalog title in the Netflix library.

With a growing library of flicks like Bright and Mudbound (and First They Came for My Father and The Meyerowitz Stories and Okja and 1922 and a whole range of other movies) combined with the standup specials pouring forth from the streaming service and a hot new show once every couple months — to say nothing of the increasingly unimportant back catalog of Hollywood titles — it's hard to think of a better value for your dollar than the eleven bucks Netflix's streaming service runs you each month.

Echo Bridge Home Entertainment returns it to print next Tuesday as part of their ongoing use of the less familiar portions of the Miramax library they acquired to fuel their value - driven catalog output.

Kino's licensing deal with MGM (the current MGM entity, which is largely made up of United Artists productions; the grand old MGM studio library belongs to Warner) gives them access to the new high - definition masters from a portion of the catalog as well as access to elements to create new HD masters, plus access to select supplements from previous disc releases.

Our students are digital natives, born in an age where they use Google at the library instead of searching through a card catalog.

Following is a list of lizard books for students to search for in the library database or card catalog.

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.

After reviewing a textbook account of their historical topic, students were asked to catalog and critique resources found within the school media resource library.

Schools, networks and districts can use the Learning Navigator's robust catalog of K - 12 courses as a starting point to create a custom digital library that supports teachers to tailor instruction to individual student needs.

Starting today, authors with works in Draft2Digital's catalog of 50,000 + books can opt into Oyster's subscription service, Oyster Unlimited, which has more than a million titles in its library.

During the week of April 16, the Huntley Area Public Library and our partner libraries will be transitioning to a new library catalog.

For instance, in March 2012, nearly 60 percent of readers browsed — defined as exploring the catalog without a targeted search term — public library ebook collections to discover new content.

Here's where it gets interesting: Should no copies be available, patrons will be prompted to purchase a copy of the e-book from the library catalog.

Random House, which has made its full catalog available to libraries without lending caps, charges libraries up to three times the standard retail price of an e-book.

Library Directwill allow libraries to bundle books in Smashwords» catalog and select the books based on sales ranking; partnered with the new Pricing Manager which allows authors and publishers to set the prices that libraries will pay, even opting to make their titles free to libraries, the amount of ebook titles that libraries can offer to patrons will increase.

According to the same Pew report, 53 % of patrons surveyed think libraries need more ebooks, and another 42 % «definitely» believe libraries should move most of their catalogs and services to an online portal for patrons to use remotely (and additional 34 % think it's something libraries and patrons should at least consider).

According to the press release on the launch of this child - safe library environment, «The eReading Room is a safe environment for children, independent of the larger digital collection, yet easily accessible and fully integrated — seamlessly working with your existing catalog.

Today the Axis 360 platform now allows library patrons to have access to all library materials from the online catalog — whether physical or digital — and creates a convenient experience for borrowing and enjoying ebooks and digital audiobooks in the patron's favorite reading apps and on their device of choice.

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 makes being able to add the titles to the catalog quickly and then resell them to libraries, without a lull period of manually adding encryption.

Companies like OverDrive and 3M Library System work to offer the largest catalogs of content, the most seamless patron experiences, and the most support in terms of technology and taking some of the circulation tasks off the backs of the already stretched - thin library staff.

«This past year was a breakthrough year for libraries offering their readers anytime, anywhere access to their digital catalogs,» said Shannon Lichty, Director of Partner Services at OverDrive.

Publishers require that libraries use these artificially constrained eBook circulation rules to protect the value of their front list, perhaps 5 % of the overall catalog.

Tim McCall, Penguin's Vice President of Online Sales and Marketing, said, «Penguin is looking forward to making our catalog of ebooks available to Follett and to its school library customers.»

In order to maintain a current catalog of 10,000 e-book titles, libraries are forced to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The catch, of course, is the publisher can now shift the blame to the libraries for not purchasing the titles and expanding their lending catalogs.

Hoopla does business with over 800 libraries in the United States and has an extensive catalog of over 300,000 e-books.

OverDrive, the world's largest provider of digital content to academic and public libraries, announced a new partnership today that will increase its catalog of offered titles, specifically in key areas of business, science, and research.

While the struggle for a satisfactory condition continues in the world of ebook lending for public libraries, some companies are still managing to make progress with digital catalogs.

Much like the headache of licensing ebooks to libraries stateside, Japanese patrons and librarians have been frustrated by the lack of bestselling and new release content available for digital lending, for many of the same reasons that publishers in the US have balked at making their entire catalogs available to libraries, namely fears that print sales will decline.

In the United States over 95 % of libraries have an e-book catalog and according to the most recent Overdrive figures, they do business with 90 % of them.

«eBooks and audiobooks are serving more kids, young adults, travelers, students and readers of all genres of books than ever through innovative tools and expanded digital catalogs that our library partners offer.»

Once the book has been read (or heard, in the case of audiobooks), the member will be required to return it to the library where it will become part of the library's catalog.

71 % of readers who borrow ebooks use the library for ebook discovery and 40 % use the libraries ebook catalog for discovery.

Baker and Taylor have inked a new deal with publisher Macmillan to have their entire back catalog of 11,000 eBooks available for libraries.

Overdrive is developing a new solution called the cost - per - checkout (CPC) model that allows libraries to make available a supplier's entire catalog of titles, but only incur a charge when a user borrows a title.

According to Penguin vice president of online sales and marketing Tim McCall, Penguin's entire catalog, which is more than 15,000 books, will be made available to the libraries» patrons through the deal.

They currently have a catalog of 13,500 audiobook titles that they market to libraries and retail customers.

The first is Metadata API — which allows access catalog information such as title, author, description and title samples.The second is the Availability API — which provides unique title - availability information from library holdings including number of units or copies, units available for lending, number of copies on hold, etc..

One of the end results of these meetings is an agreement from Random House that it would support ebook lending of its catalog of titles, but that the price that libraries must pay for those books would have to increase.

With different choices and different publishers participating in content providers» catalogs, libraries find themselves with a good deal of leg work in order to provide the best value and best experience.

With the Enterprise Package, your book will be included in the Bookseller Catalog, the resource major retailers, wholesalers, libraries, bloggers and thousands of industry professionals use to search for new titles.

We are dedicated to a «world enlightened by reading» by delivering the industry's largest catalog of eBooks, audiobooks and other digital media to a growing network of 38,000 libraries and schools in 70 countries.