Sentences with phrase «library readers in»

VolunQuest invites foreign residents and visitors to participate as library readers in the primary public schools.

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As an avid reader, I always felt comfortable in libraries; but this library felt like the queen of them all.

Young readers in particular might want to find a place in their libraries for it.»

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.

• Educational institutions must provide auxiliary aids, such as readers in school libraries or interpreters for the deaf.

In the course of downsizing his library, a faithful reader would like to give away the issues of First Things he has received over the past decade.

«I just want to channel Chris Christie for a second and tell all of our 100,000 young readers who have those fines, get back into the library, enjoy this wonderful opportunity,» said Stringer, in a gently nudging, distinctly non-Christie fashion.

One reader will be randomly selected at each of the 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries in categories for Children / Teens, Classrooms and Adults.

The author, a Stanford University mathematician, talks his way into Italian research libraries in search of early manuscripts, photographs all 11 street signs on Via Leonardo Fibonacci in Florence and strives to cultivate a love for numbers in his readers.

I think this book can be an excellent addition in your cute family library, for very young readers.

Students who are re-emerging readers don't have the consistent habit or interest to read, and that has to be built, so being loaned a reading device means that an entire library is in their backpack at all times.

The novels about the amateur girl detective were not, in library officials» view, worthy of their young readers» time and attention.

Moving away from fiction, Guinness World Records 2016 is in eighth spot on the list of most borrowed nonfiction (all library users), and I Am Malala — the 2012 memoir of education activist Malala Yousafzai, aimed at readers aged 10 - 18 — is at number 10 in the list of most borrowed biographies.

Two years ago, when the three - year grant from the DeWitt Wallace - Reader's Digest Foundation ran out, the state of Connecticut kicked in another $ 1.2 million to buy books for elementary school library media centers.

Sullivan's bios are bound to motivate students to explore library and Internet resources to learn more about these important men and women, but the stories have great potential for serving an even higher purpose — for instilling in readers of all backgrounds the importance of discipline, pride, perseverance, and education!

It promotes reading by offering free access to a website with a video library of stories presented in Argentine Sign Language (LSA) by deaf readers.

Future targets include a pilot project to run the model in Syrian refugee communities in Jordan, and the development of a multilingual, online, training toolkit for readers wanting to start their own neighbourhood read - aloud library.

In the library, the entry point to reading is interest, and readers are encouraged to make their own choices.

Supplement your classroom library with additional copies of each nonfiction title in the Science Readers: Texas Edition: Grade 4 (Spanish) Kit.

Print or digital, from the school library or anywhere else, the latest bestseller or a perennial classic, with nearly 200,000 quizzes in the Accelerated Reader 360 database, choice is nearly limitless!

Some ideas to make reading appealing to adolescents include pairing classic literature with similarly themed young adult fiction; building a classroom library that addresses the curriculum and the needs of students; providing time for sustained silent reading; start book clubs; and using Venn diagrams, dinner party, and readers» theater techniques to explore issues in literature.

Keith Topping, a professor of educational and social research at Dundee University, analysed the reading habits and choices of almost a million primary and secondary school pupils in the UK using an online library tool called Accelerated Reader.

Her approach is simple yet provocative: affirm the reader in every student, allow students to choose their own books, carve out extra reading time, model authentic reading behaviors, discard timeworn reading assignments such as book reports and comprehension worksheets, and develop a classroom library filled with high - interest books.

Your boards will come in handy for me to come up with something new as a Paws 2 Read therapy team (going to libraries to encourage young children reading to therapy animals) for struggling readers.

The library is the only place in the school that truly helps build readers in a very different way than the classroom teacher.

Literacy Children develop their speaking, listening and emergent reader and emergent writer skills using many different materials and activities, in addition to our classroom library, throughout the day.

Out of those discussions, Morales pushed to expand MyOn, a digital library program piloted at Ramona, and Accelerated Reader, a comprehension assessment tool used in several schools, to all schools in the district.

She approaches history through a critical lens of both «builders and users» to understand the multifaceted roles of library actors (librarians, readers, technicians, administrators) to shape the meaning of libraries, popular education, and literacy in 20th century Vietnam.

Equally important, independent publishers are increasingly bypassing traditional publishing industry sales channels (mostly chain stores and libraries) in favor of marketing directly to readers, and to stores whose product lines are compatible with the subjects of their books.

Consider the outrages down in Miami where the libraries are faced with severe cutbacks that library supporters will never be able to beat off without support from readers of Lee Child, Danielle Steel and others loathed by literary purists.

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.

In fact, over the weekend I downloaded seven different readers to my iPad, including an Audible.com version that manages my audiobook library.

We chose to sit in on the panel «The Tipping Point: How eBooks Impact Libraries, Publishers and Readers» with Barbara Fister, Eli Neiburger and Steve Potash.

It's the latter that has prompted the UK government to legislate so that patrons in libraries can download digital editions to their ebook readers without libraries infringing copyright.

Whether looking for a book in the library, a local bookstore, or online, readers depend on good book metadata to find their next read.

First Chapter Plus publishes and distributes a monthly e-catalog, which includes the first chapters of print and digital books, mp3 clips of audio books plus all the essential information to thousands of opt - in subscribers such as libraries, book stores, media, readers, bloggers, and reviewers.

Tokyo's Chiyoda Public Library first started with renting out the actual readers, or in their case, tablets, that could only be used while in the library.

«From OverDrive's world headquarters in northeast Ohio to the 50 countries in which our library and school partners reside, we will continue to connect readers with books and institutions by supporting all users and all popular devices, while promoting open industry standard formats and best practices.

Today, Bilbary announced its first major US library partnership that will put ebooks in front of readers and much needed funding in library pockets.

If Overdrive developed its own cheap reader and allowed libraries to loan the devices out to patrons who did not have an e-reader or tablet, the company could win in more ways than one.

Overdrive is hoping to bring younger readers into the library to borrow digital books in innovative new ways.

An article for Mainichi.jp on the ups and down of digital library lending in Japan demonstrated some interesting parallels to what readers in other countries have faced when trying to shift into a digital lending mindset.

Staff created this program to reach out to library customers and provide readers advisory focused on «hidden gems» in the eBook collection.

Libraries on the other hand are paying $ 72 for Between The World And Me: Notes On The First 150 Years In America by Ta - nehisi Coates, whereas Amazon charges the reader $ 9.99.

He spoke to us about the new Overdrive Read HTML5 reader and how it is now officially going live in a staggered release to all participating libraries that use the company's digital content distribution system.

Our Well Read columnist writes:» If you are a regular reader of BookPage (or even an occasional one), chances are you are also someone who has spent a fair amount of time in a library.

EBLIDA President, Klaus - Peter Böttger, declared that «Libraries (and public libraries in particular) have a major public interest mission in developing a strong and vibrant reading culture that forms nations of readers and a Europe of readerLibraries (and public libraries in particular) have a major public interest mission in developing a strong and vibrant reading culture that forms nations of readers and a Europe of readerlibraries in particular) have a major public interest mission in developing a strong and vibrant reading culture that forms nations of readers and a Europe of readers».

Earlier this year, digital content distributor OverDrive partnered with publisher Sourcebooks in an experiment aimed at establishing concrete data on how readers respond in terms of book borrows and book sales to digital titles they check out from their libraries.

Its innovative technologies streamline the access and convenience of e-books, which will help shape how millions of readers and students enjoy e-books from OverDrive's network of thousands of libraries, schools and booksellers in over 20 countries.»

The main reasons why the comics are going to experience a price increase this April is because physical copies of these books will finally come with a «free» digital copy of the same issue, allowing readers to maintain a physical collection alongside building a digital library of books, an avenue of comics reading that's become steadily more popular than physical books in recent years.