Sentences with phrase «many rural libraries»

The 23 Library boards, representing the urban, suburban and rural libraries of Erie County, understand the district can be the key to long - term financial stability and sustainability.

In all cases, however, rural libraries significantly lag their counterparts in larger population areas.

Fewer than two - thirds of rural libraries report having access to information technology (IT) staff, far behind their counterparts.

First off, availability depends on where in the country you are: the ALA reports that while 92 percent of urban libraries offer the option to patrons, just 65 percent of rural libraries do.

In FY 2011, 46.4 % of all public libraries in the US were rural, according to page 2 of The State of Small and Rural Libraries in the United States

Circulation per capita in rural libraries was higher than average compared to the US overall.

Rural libraries take special note.

As a result, I've been able to give presentations at many rural libraries across the state, which are always grateful for the opportunity to have an author speak.

The needs of big - city libraries, intended for scholars and other researchers, not just the public at large, are rather different from those of small - town and rural libraries — especially in poorer communities.

For instance, what works at a small rural library might not work at a large library in a big city.

At each of these 4 very rural libraries, I gave talks on the novel's historic background, with the librarian's help did audiobook giveaways of my first novel.

Thank goodness for our rural library staff who assist me in downloading e-books.

Not exact matches

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.

The Erie County Department of Social Services is partnering with ACCESS of WNY, Literacy Buffalo, SACRA, Matt Urban Center, Rural Outreach Center, Community Concern of WNY, and the Erie County Public Libraries in Springville, Kenmore, Cheektowaga, and Akron to provide this service.

National initiatives like the National Broadband Plan, as well as grants for hardware and software in schools and libraries, can help address the essential - tools gap that persists in some rural and low - income areas.

Perhaps public libraries in rural and regional areas could be enhanced or built to this standard.

Online learning can also support rural students when shrinking budgets and strained resources limit access to libraries and other learning materials.

Other projects created during the class include an organization that will provide free public libraries in India; an online platform to help students make more informed decisions when applying to college; an app that gives students fun, game - based content that shows what real scientists are like; a cellphone - hosted service for rural teachers in the Philippines that provides direct training and tips; and a nonprofit that will train and employ parent liaisons to develop stronger bonds between families and middle schools in an effort to improve dropout rates.

The Vietnamese project brings books and the know - how to establish libraries to rural communities, while the project in Thailand aims to improve the integration of the Patani Malay minority by providing teaching in their own language.

Companies receiving federal subsidies for connecting rural homes and businesses would now be required to offer competitive rates to schools and libraries in their service areas.

Second, the telecom industry argued, self - provisioning could create perverse incentives for companies not to serve rural areas, by taking two of those communities» best potential customers (schools and libraries) off the private market.

«Even if you're in the most remote, rural area, it is [now] possible to get connectivity for your schools and libraries,» Wheeler said.

While in the Peace Corps she helped build the only library in the rural community.

The National School Boards Association applauds today's historic action by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to modernize the E-rate program and improve high - speed broadband connectivity for rural and remote schools and libraries across our great nation.

«Closing the school and library connectivity gap is a major, progressive step in ensuring that America's school - age students, particularly those in rural and remote communities, gain equitable access to Internet connectivity,» said Lucy Gettman, Deputy Associate Executive Director, Federal Advocacy & Public Policy, National School Boards Association.

Alexandria, Va., (Dec 11, 2014)- The National School Boards Association (NSBA) applauds today's historic action by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to modernize the E-rate program and improve high - speed broadband connectivity for rural and remote schools and libraries across our great nation.

The $ 28.7 million BadgerNet project will expand infrastructure for rural schools and libraries, via phone lines, throughout the State.

Programs cuts are happening in the areas of music, business, library, math, foreign language, speech, extracurricular, and many rural students get only core classes and some vocational education.

She is a current board member for the Rural School and Community Trust and a former board member for the National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training (NCTET), the Education and Libraries Network Coalition (EdLiNC), and the Organizations Concerned about Rural Education (OCRE).

This means that all schools large and small, urban and rural, public and private, brick and mortar or virtual, need to provide access to teaching expertise in the library as well as best resources, technologies and physical and virtual learning spaces to support learner needs as they evolve.

Suzanna grew up in rural South Carolina (really rural) and survived on her mother's library, local ghost stories, and the tall tales her father spun for his children's amusement.

In a finding that speaks to the vital role that libraries play, it was those libraries that serve rural communities that reported the highest book circulation numbers, largely due to the lack of bookstores in these communities and the unavailability of «one day delivery lockers» or Sunday delivery from online retailers.

Overall, libraries report technology improvements — including nearly ubiquitous public wi - fi, growing mobile resources and a leap in e-book access — but the ALA's 2014 Digital Inclusion Survey also documents digital differences among states and an urban / rural divide.

Kim Yerton Branch of the Humboldt County Library — Hoopa, CA Year: 2007 Amount: $ 10,000 Grant: National Award for Library Service As California's only joint county - tribal library on an Indian reservation, the Kim Yerton Branch of the Humboldt County Library has become a center for the rural community of Hoopa Valley, connecting thousands of residents of all ages with Native American reading materials, computer access and the prospect of a better life through literacy.

Immediately, this step resolves the concern from many librarians that a major city's rather large library system paying the same price as a more rural, «small town» library.

Urban and rural, modern and traditional, and secular and religious lifestyles are well represented in this worthwhile classroom and library addition.

Perhaps in having to travel further, rural people had «least access to libraries» but it appears they had a stronger desire to get to libraries and to take out books from libraries.

This is especially prevalent in rural Canada, where the bulk of public libraries reside.

Average visitation per capita at rural public libraries was 6.7 visits per year; the average visitation per capita at rural remote libraries was 7.6 visits per year.

Niles District Library is doing the Social Workers in Rural and Small Libraries project.

Observations of school library impact at two rural Ugandan schools.

Personally, I work for an isolated, rural public library system that serves a fairly homogeneous patron base.

Voices, an essay by Susan Rivers In the summer of 2014, I was in the library near my home in rural South Carolina.

According to Jeff Jankowski, owner and founder of hoopla digital — who has over 25 years of experience working with libraries — public libraries are an evergreen, reliable, and trusted channel, offering publishers over 12,000 outlets reaching urban, suburban and rural communities and serving a complete audience demographic.

We're in the process of running a pilot program with a group that will be entirely interacting through the API (the libraries involved include large metros, as well as small rural).

Massanutten Regional's seven library buildings are located mostly in two rural Virginia counties.

Rural and small - town libraries.

The library's new e-book collection will probably attract new academic patrons given the concentration of computer - savvy users at four universities and colleges located in the most rural area of western Virginia.

And because of the library cuts, many in the province — especially those in rural areas — will lose basic Internet access.»

And via improved WiFi availability and otherwise, we could make digital library books more accessible than now for students and others in high - poverty neighborhoods and remote rural areas — «book deserts,» as some call them.