Sentences with phrase «library positions in»

In 2010, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel planned to save money by eradicating almost three hundred vacant library positions in his city, as well as cutting the staff through lay - offs of an additional 284 existing employees.

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We are in the position of a little child, entering a huge library whose walls are covered to the ceiling with books in many different tongues.

The people who built liberal Protestant institutions such as national mission agencies, local churches, colleges, universities, social reform agencies and public libraries in the rural heartland were people secure in their social position who assumed a leadership role in society and whose sense of social responsibility was born of religious conviction.

How terribly sad... we have fallen so far that we find ourselves in the ridiculous position of propping up the oft - injured and rarely inspirational Jack Wiltshire... what's next, extending Walcott, Welbeck and Ramsey... can't you see that these players have nothing to do with winning and all to do with providing recognizable names to the plastic fans who frequent our overgrown library of a stadium... it's high time we rid this club of one of the worlds most incompetent and unsuccessful owners (look it up) and our fragile and spineless manager (much like our club) who can't bring in the best talent because he knows he can't live up to expectations that come with players of that ilk... think about it, he couldn't even handle Sanchez, who was largely a periphery character in Barcelona

It has been a very historic library in the State and with the transformation that has been done, I have no doubt that this library will be assuming a landmark position where all kinds of people can come here to enjoy the benefit.

«As a native New Yorker, I know how important libraries are for families across our city, and I'm honored to now be in a position to help make them work even better for Queens» Mr. Koerner said.

Restructuring library services to this lower funding level would result in major curtailment in access to public library service, with reduced open hours system - wide and the loss of over 100 full - time equivalent (FTE) positions.

However, at the time the Library Board adopted its 2011 budget, the County was considering a proposal supported by the County Executive to provide $ 3 million in one - time funding to allow the library, in 2011, to retain most of the open hours that would have otherwise been eliminated, preserving an estimated 65 - 70 FTE positions.

The B&ECPL offers positions in librarianship as well as those outside of traditional library service.

An attorney for the library, Daniel Kurtz, said he is «not in a position to comment» because he hasn't seen the lawsuit or discussed it with his client.

We may be living in an information age, but New York City's public school students are being cheated out of the skills they need to evaluate, process and analyze information because school libraries and librarian positions are drastically underfunded, UFT Assistant Secretary Robert Astrowsky told a City Council hearing on May 6.

Lawyers for six former trustees suing to get their positions back after they were kicked out by Mayor de Blasio and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz revealed in court papers the library has retained a high - powered former federal judge to probe leaks that led to a series of stories in The News about library director Thomas Galante's $ 392,000 salary and his free - spending ways.

Junior positions are typically advertised in New Scientist, as well as the trade press, including Scrip (which can often be found in university libraries).

The implications of this deduplication requirement, as pointed out by Ng et al, are that the maximum read depth for any given position in the genome is twice the read length for single - end libraries.

However, its satisfying challenge, incredible boss fights, awesome soundtrack, and unique gameplay that allows you to position satellites which provide additional fire make it an experience that any shmup fan should have in their gaming library.

HEADLINE: Strong Libraries Improve Student Achievement Last month, site - based management teams at 11 elementary schools in Kalamazoo, Michigan, chose to cut their budgets for the 2000 - 2001 school year by eliminating the position of school librarian.

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This vital assistance helps community - based teams build their own internal capacity to develop intervention strategies and materials, specify hypotheses to be tested, conduct rigorous evaluations, participate in a shared data library that serves all FOI projects, and be well - positioned for scalability if their intervention is found to be effective.

Library deans, directors, and unit heads, along with those reporting to them in positions like associate university librarian or assistant library dean

The Millburn Township Board of Education is proposing to eliminate school library media specialist positions while increasing the number of schools in its proposed budget for the upcoming 2017/2018 school year (Consolidated Budget FY 2017 - 18, page 11).

The other two memos review the limits on using staff with non-traditional backgrounds in counseling or library media related roles since both of these positions require specific degrees or endorsements.

Libraries are uniquely positioned to continue to build programs and partnerships that bridge the divide between schools and homes and provide educational services to every person in the community.

They have not put their library customers in a position of unanticipated change but have offered a fairly steady path of automation products.

In other words, book publishers and distributors are jockeying for position in the school library ebook market and there are no clear winnerIn other words, book publishers and distributors are jockeying for position in the school library ebook market and there are no clear winnerin the school library ebook market and there are no clear winners.

I would say that libraries that lend out digital books do not directly hinder online retailers that sell the books, because they are not in the position to buy them anyways.

«Libraries are ideally positioned to help everyone in our communities get up to speed.

Overdrive is in the perfect position, having a well developed back - end system developed for libraries that agree to tap into its ecosystem of audiobooks and ebooks.

The company is in a unique position in that it offers a purely digital service with no real tangible product related to said libraries.

Although I admire Amazon for its culture of innovation and superb customer service, I do not consider it beneficial either for society (readers) or any of the entities involved in the book industry (publishers, bookstores, libraries, etc.) to allow one company to take on such a leading position in the cultural world and be able to determine its future at its own whim.

So if you can position your book so that it's a «the only» title — the only book on cooking whole meals in a fondue pot, the only book on how to have a six - figure career without ever leaving your house, the only book on how the world might have been different if JFK hadn't been shot — you have a strong shot at library sales.

I also served in a middle - management position, not just at CPL and SPL, but also at several middle - sized public libraries, which gave me the opportunity to observe library board meetings on a regular basis, and interact with the boards of trustees at some of those institutions.

** In «Beating the Odds: Building a Publishing Maker Culture,» Peter Brantley sees the library's ebook position as improving, through persistence, p.r., and hard negotiating.

This is an excellent resource for positioning library professionals to serve in diverse communities as well as increasing the diversity within the profession.

They sorely need it, as Overdrive has usurped their position in the marketplace by offering everything Recorded Books does, but providing a very slick UI and backend tools for libraries to manage and purchase collections.

In a project supported by the EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme, Barbara Szczepanska, Project Manager has been at the forefront in defining the library copyright position, building the evidence base, and ensuring that librarians participated fully in the consultationIn a project supported by the EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme, Barbara Szczepanska, Project Manager has been at the forefront in defining the library copyright position, building the evidence base, and ensuring that librarians participated fully in the consultationin defining the library copyright position, building the evidence base, and ensuring that librarians participated fully in the consultationin the consultations.

Your book is positioned, prepared, read and sold in by many layers of representatives, at the publishing company — editorial, publicity, design, marketing and sales, printers, shipping, and then in the marketplace with press, book retailers, library buyers and more.

His efforts at his first library position at the Loveland, Colorado Public Library (beginning in 1994) resulted in the first broadband Internet connection and public access computers for the library.

Obviously, small libraries have a finite budget and are not in a position to pay a ton of money for books patrons want to borrow.

«We are proud of our position as a leader in this industry and will continue innovating to provide the best service possible for both library patrons and staff members.»

It has been announced that up to 12 schools in the Atlanta Public School System have been targeted for the elimination of a full - time school library position within the next year.

The PA's position statement, delivered by Faber & Faber CEO Stephen Page, instead erred in presenting an easily countered red herring — the apparent inability of libraries to manage geographical lending restrictions — to justify the restriction that free ebook downloads by patrons must be made from within the library building.

In a brief statement, Random House officials said that for now the company was «maintaining its current policy regarding digital library sales,» but added it is «actively reviewing» that position.

The Millburn Township Board of Education is proposing to eliminate school library media specialist positions while increasing the number of schools in its proposed budget for the upcoming 2017/2018 school year (Consolidated Budget FY 2017 - 18, page 11).

When Penguin announced last week that it was disabling library ebook lending on the Kindle and pulling its latest ebook titles from all library lending platforms, libraries and readers took the hit, but to some observers they were collateral damage in a fight between publishers and Amazon about the control of publishers» titles... Indeed, Penguin's move suggests that the publishing industry's long - simmering concern over Amazon's dominant position and its aggressive new ventures in the ebook market are coming to a boil.

However, figuring out who the library supervisor is in a given district can be a real challenge because of the multiplicity of titles under which the position exists.

While there are budgetary priorities that need to be advocated for in Washington DC, there are many states that lack complementary definitions in state statute about school libraries and librarians, as well as many states and Local Education Agencies (LEA) that have not been in the habit of funding programs or positions because there was no compelling reason in the law to do so.

George Tramountanas: Marvel started to make their back library available online in a way that was smart and affordable with the (somewhat ironically titled) DCU — Digital Comics Unlimited. The demand for this became readily apparent to all, as Marvel's servers crashed from the tons of fans visiting the service on its first few days. While there are still gaping holes in the library, Marvel has done a good job of positioning themselves for the 21st century with the DCU.

The Georgia Library Media Association (GLMA), the statewide organization of school librarians, and EveryLibrary, a national library advocacy organization, are partnering for a joint campaign focused on restoring school librarian positions in APS.

The positions are being eliminated — I believe because of the lack of direct data within our school or district that shows what we do has an impact on student achievement, even though dozens of studies show that we do, such as the Keith Curry Lance studies in Colorado (http://www.lrs.org/documents/lmcstudies/CO/CO2brochure.pdf): «Schools with well - developed library media programs average 10 - 15 % / 18 % higher reading scores.»

EveryLibrary and the Illinois School library Media Association (ISLMA) announce a joint advocacy pilot - project focused on restoring school librarian positions and school library programs and collections budgets in certain schools and districts across Illinois.