Sentences with phrase «local public libraries as»

Many local public libraries as well as law libraries are actively involved in access to justice initiatives.

Adequate funding and modernization of local public libraries as well as K - 12 school libraries.

Not exact matches

Many dead retail spaces, Williamson says, will most likely morph into businesses that have community functions, such as apartments, public libraries, indoor farms, and refrigerated spaces for processing food for local restaurants or grocery stores.

It is important this revitalization filters down to the many smaller, but just as important, local public libraries.

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.

Other community groups, such as libraries, professional organizations, public health and safety agencies, the colleges and churches — all could contribute to helping local stations focus much more on their educational obligation to the community.

The heated debate over how government cuts have affected local councils, and campaigns to save local public services such as libraries has demonstrated how people are deeply engaged with what happens in their communities.

This card offers concessions on public transport, allows people to access services like the local leisure centre or library, and also functions as a proof - of - age.

State lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have the ability to borrow as much as $ 1.1 billion for projects to help local governments and public agencies, like libraries and fire departments.

Take Your Child to the Library Day was developed to spotlight libraries as vital community resources that enrich, enlighten and entertain — and to encourage adults and families to introduce children of all ages to their warm and friendly local public libraries, where everyone is always welcome to discover, learn and grow.

Amanda also served as the Director for Participatory Budgeting for Council District 30, where she spearheaded the allocation of over one million dollars in capital funds, as voted on by thousands of local residents, to improve public schools, libraries, and parks in the district.

As a child, my mom used to take me to the local public library for story time.

Many public libraries offer extra incentives to read, including stickers and pencils, and drawings for free tickets to local destinations such as Zoo Atlanta and the Georgia Aquarium.

Programs also receive public funds dedicated to youth serving activities through the Parks and Recreation department and local libraries, as well as grants through the federally funded 21st Century Community Learning Centers program.

Teachers can also encourage students and their parents to take advantage of local resources, such as public library reading programs.

As libraries and brick and mortar bookstores, both retail chain and independently owned, fight to stay relevant in the eyes of the reading public, store owners and stakeholders have had to become more creative and more unified in their efforts to entice customers to check out the local book scene.

This new venture will make it even easier for patrons to browse the ebook offerings in their local public libraries, as well as allow them to continue... [Read more...]

With libraries around the world coming under almost as much threat of demise as brick - and - mortar bookstores, one UK library system is taking legal action to fight back against proposed budget cuts in their county that will mean the planned closing of a number of local public libraries.

3M's Library System loves to show up at a packed conference and show off something new and innovative for the world of library ebook lending, such as at last year's ALA Conference when all the buzz was about the dedicated e-reader designed specifically to be checked out from local public libraries.

Public libraries have been teetering on the brink of extinction for years, a fact that doesn't seem likely to improve in the near future given the economic situations that lead local governments to take aim at the libraries as a primary target.

Once a reader eventually locates a book of interest, affiliate sales options are given, as well as information on borrowing the ebook from the user's local public library.

A number of industries and reading sectors, including the hospitality industry and public and academic libraries, have already turned to widespread digital access to support their customers, and this partnership can serve as a model for bridging local, state, national, and international coverage for digital readers.

Surveys over the years have shown a very interesting public viewpoint: even among consumers who respond that they rarely or never visit their local libraries, those same individuals still list access to public libraries as a critical need for communities.

As of today, Penguin has come back and told OverDrive it will allow its titles to be available to Kindle users, as well as the other e-reader device patrons who've been borrowing ebooks through their local public libraries all alonAs of today, Penguin has come back and told OverDrive it will allow its titles to be available to Kindle users, as well as the other e-reader device patrons who've been borrowing ebooks through their local public libraries all alonas well as the other e-reader device patrons who've been borrowing ebooks through their local public libraries all alonas the other e-reader device patrons who've been borrowing ebooks through their local public libraries all along.

The public libraries that participate in this pilot program will foster a greater understanding of local historical and cultural content, directing their communities to curated materials as well as a mass of relevant items in the DPLA and its associated collections.

Most public libraries are on the smaller side, most of them well inland, and their local demographics may differ considerably from ocean - side metropolises with large creative classes such as Boston or New York City.

William Sieghart's Independent Library Report urges «a reinvigoration of the library network», calling on Westminster to provide funding so local authorities can roll out Wi - Fi to every public library in England as part of a new national digital resource.

«Come Write In» provides libraries, bookstores, and other public spaces resources to facilitate writing events: promotional materials such as posters, window clings, and bookmarks (available for the price of shipping), access to a local NaNoWriMo liaison who can help organize events, and inclusion in a searchable public database of all participating organizations around the world.

That means it works with Project Gutenberg and other Web sites that contain free e-books, as well as electronic borrowing from the local public library.

In 1983, the Library Network Law was enacted establishing the New Jersey Library Network as a mechanism for academic, institutional, public, school and special libraries to cooperatively provide New Jersey residents with full and equal access to library materials, programs and information that might not otherwise be available in their local communities.

To expand the offerings of digital content to the public, some libraries have turned to mounting servers to host titles from midsized, small, and independent publishers as well as self - published works by local authors.

In the meantime, libraries can develop programs such as the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Public Library's Indie Ohio Anthology, powered by SELF - e, which collects self - published works by local library patrons and makes them available for lending.

Public libraries are feeling the pressure to showcase self - published works, and a great way to highlight this type of collection (available oftentimes digitally or as a print on demand title) is to showcase local authors.

Over time, as I learn more about my Kindle, they may become non-issues, just like the previous major block of not being able to borrow from my local public library.

Some might suggest options such as using the local public library for homework but this isn't workable for any duration of time.

I've picked stocks with mixed success before (US stocks outperformed S&P index, Canadian stocks under performed TSX index) and I heavily used ValueLine Investment Survey's screening tool (you local public library might have a subscription) as the first step in my research.

If you check your account balance or purchase some new shoes at your local public library, anyone who is also connected and who has the skills and know - how can see your information and use it as they see fit.

At public and private schools, scouting troops, special needs groups, local libraries, various community youth organizations as well as adult organizations, the Humane Society of Greater Miami teaches the young and old appropriate lessons about kindness to animals, empathy, responsible pet care and the causes and results of pet overpopulation.

It involves the branch courthouse libraries supporting local public library systems to deliver the info, as well as helping PLE publishers get distribution to libraries.

Don't forget to check with your local public library to see if they have this as part of their online subcriptions for their patrons.

In fact, one author has argued that academic libraries in small communities are more important to their local populations than academic libraries in large communities, as larger communities can support public libraries that fulfill their needs.»

As I mentioned above, I also recommend checking with your local public library to see what databases they offer access to.

For me, it also helps to treat the local public library or coffee shop as an «escape» I can go to a few days per week when working at home seems oppressive.

Utilize free or inexpensive services that provide career counseling and job search assistance such as college career offices, state Department of Labor offices or your local public library.

As public libraries are often vulnerable to local authority reorganisation or spending cuts, post-qualification positions can be difficult to get.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, other work - related experiences might include managing a local public library, serving as a technical service librarian, working as a media specialist at a high school or serving as an information professional at a law firm, hospital, museum or government agency.

Each workshop involves a local agency, such as the school district, police department, or public library.

Thrive coordinates the work of and provides technical assistance to the Early Learning Public Library Partnership by serving as a connector at the statewide and local level to ensure public libraries are full, essential partners in the early learning movement in Washington Public Library Partnership by serving as a connector at the statewide and local level to ensure public libraries are full, essential partners in the early learning movement in Washington public libraries are full, essential partners in the early learning movement in Washington state.