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Join representatives from NC LIVE, participating publishers, and member libraries who talk about the successes and challenges of heading out Into the great wide open world of ebooks!

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For a vast majority of the iTunes members who understandably may not have wanted U2 in their library, the download without consent was a bit disconcerting.
Library Board member Paul Nordhaus, who voted for the purchase, said he was «extremely disappointed» that a suitable arrangement could not be worked out with the Park District for use of the Central Park land for a joint library and community center.
I am proud of the ways you have made service a significant part of your life: as a boy scout, an alter server at our parish, with your religious education class (making lunches for those who are less fortunate in a nearby suburb), as a member of National Junior Honor Society at Keller, and volunteering with the Summer Learning Program at our neighborhood library.
This $ 9 million investment which includes the library, will enhance the quality of life for members of the 75 households who will be able to continue to live there independently, as well as the broader community which will have access to a valuable resource.
Van Bramer, who chairs the Council's cultural affairs committee, where the debate over library funding has largely been heard, reminded of the Council's budget priorities as final negotiations take place between the 51 - member legislative body and the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Now in its 15th year, Battle of the Books pairs participating library teams comprised of members who have each read five preselected books.
«We have been fighting for several years, as all of you know, to restore the funding that was cut from the libraries beginning in 2008,» said Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, who chaired the hearing, in his opening remarks.
City Council Members Brad Lander, Mark Levine, and Jimmy Van Bramer were among those who voiced their support for a $ 22 million increase in operating funding and $ 100 million of capital funding to New York City Public Libraries for restoring and maintaining the buildings.
Over time, members of the team have spoken with principals who are very eloquent in expressing the importance of the libraries in their schools to students, teachers, and to all in the learning community.
* in each public school having an enrollment of less than 300 students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education is required to employ, at a minimum, one half - time staff member who holds an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement; * in each public school having an enrollment of between 300 and 1,499 students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education is required to employ, at a minimum, one full - time staff member who holds an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement; and * in each public school having an enrollment of 1,500 or more students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education is required to employ, at a minimum, two full - time staff members who hold an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement.
a. (1) In each public school having an enrollment of less than 300 students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education shall employ, at a minimum, one half - time staff member who holds an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement.
If the members of the 108 Study Group who are on the «library side» want greater flexibility for libraries to lend digital works, they may want to try to get exemptions to the 1201 anti-hacking law for library lending proposed and approved.
A few staff members at the library decided to create a fake library patron called Chuck Finley, who «checked out» 2,361 book over nine months in an effort to boost the circulation stats of the library's classic books.
It will also help to build on the success of our eBook service by reaching those people who are unable to access library buildings or traditional books,» said Councillor Ellie Wilcox, Deputy Cabinet Member for Health and Communities.
People who live in homes with family members who have different accounts will be able to access their individual libraries of audiobooks.
This group — all of them surely members of any «Who's Who» list of digital content providers — and the organizations they represent will be a powerful voice for library eBook advocacy.
You might meet a local librarian who'll invite you to speak to a library group, or a member of a book club who'll do the same.
This important status comes down to seeking out the patrons who already take full advantage of their libraries and encouraging them to continue, while also reaching out to those members of the community who do not use the library.
The waters are further muddied in this case by ongoing fighting between the library board and local community members who want something done about both the computer use and the physical behavior that these critics say is directly tied to that computer use.
Members of the judging panel are all library professionals who work closely with adult readers, and the list of finalists and eventual winners reflect our expert judgment and insight.
She keeps the book in her personal library and allows family and close friends to borrow them with the agreement that they send in a review on the book as well OR donates them to a local library and encourages the patrons who are members of various Social medias (like Amazon) to give their own reviews.
Amazon's description: «[This book] brings together 30 chapters from librarians and academics across the United States who've served as: board members for library organizations; heads of special collections; state library consultants; directors of state library associations; outreach coordinators; archivists; researchers; presenters at conferences; and other positions.»
Who: United States Senator Ron Wyden, Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury, Multnomah County Commissioner Diane McKeel, Director of Libraries Vailey Oehlke, project partners, library patrons, community members.
He / she must also nominate a person who is a current member of ASLA, who is an active Alabama school librarian serving in a K - 12 school library program.
In addition, the bill requires the commissioner, in consultation with the State Librarian, to establish in - service training programs on information literacy instruction for school administrators, certified school library media specialists, and the teaching staff members who will provide the instruction on information literacy in each grade.
In - service training programs shall also be provided to the teaching staff members who will provide the instruction on information literacy in each grade, and shall allow the opportunity for collaboration among teachers and certified school library media specialists to advance information literacy in the kindergarten through grade 12 curriculum.
(3) In each public school having an enrollment of 1,500 or more students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education shall employ, at a minimum, two full - time staff members who hold an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement.
(2) In each public school having an enrollment of between 300 and 1,499 students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education shall employ, at a minimum, one full - time staff member who holds an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement.
Their election to Readium's representative board increases its geographic diversity, with members now based in France, Germany, Norway and the U.S., as well as its diversity of organization type, now ranging from leading digital publishing specialists to organizations who are among world's largest publishers, IT companies, telecom / ISPs, and public libraries.
If you're one of the millions of people who own an Amazon Kindle, you'll have noticed that there have recently been more free downloadable ebooks than every, especially for members of Amazon Prime, who have access to thousands of ebooks in the lending library.
Kindle Owners» Lending Library is a perk available to Amazon Prime members who own Kindles: They can borrow one ebook a month from a library of 615,038 titles.
The Mable Wyche Underwood Grant allows building - level library media specialists who are members in good standing of GLMA to develop, design, implement, or continue an ongoing program which promotes the use of the library media center in the instructional program.
It sounds like a great last - minute gift idea for family members who love reading books and share the same Kindle library.
The shortlisted authors and eventual winners reflect the expertise of a eight - member selection committee of library professionals from across the country who work closely with adult readers.
Nonetheless, Latinos who have ever used a library or have household members who have done so are more likely than whites to say that services libraries offer beyond book lending are important.
The Pew Research Center also canvassed some 2,067 library staff members in December 2012 who provided answers to open - ended questions that illustrated what new services they were implementing or considering.
Interestingly, Fastcase was already available to Massachusetts lawyers through the Social Law Library, a quasi-public law library that provides research services to lawyers throughout Massachusetts who sign up as dues - paying members.
The pro bono resource library is available to members who join the site.
Those who are members of CLA, AALL, SLA, and ABQLA (Quebec's public library association) all benefit from member level pricing.
How can library members and all who support the mission of 21st - century librarianship raise the profile and support of these timeless values and services, and ensure universal access to the universe of ideas in all our communities?
For the public librarian, any member of the public who walks into the library with an information need is a patron, customer, or user to be served.
In the year that followed, students, faculty, librarians, faculty from other schools, and members of the public debated whether an expensive new university library should be able to restrict access, and if so, who could be restricted.
I wanted to let you know that on December 31, 2011, Lexis pulled the plug on our «Lexis Thru Jenkins» program where solos and those with firms of 10 or fewer attorneys who are members of our library could search Lexis for 20 minutes a day.
The new name was designed to decouple the work, the identity, of AALL members from that professionals who play roles in libraries to that of those who work with legal information.
One (of many) benefits of being a member of the Toronto Association of Law Libraries (TALL) is getting access to their salary survey (published every 2 years or so, most recently in 2010, 2008, 2006, 2005 and 2003)(with a «shout out» here of thanks to colleague and blogger Brenda Wong who, with her committee, was in charge of helping to compile the most recent survey).
Prison libraries are truly unique, I realized, when one CALL member who works in a Canadian jail sent in the following testimonial:
And members of the public who want to look up what their lawyer or paralegal has to comply with have to pay $ 1500 or go to a public library in a large city, because their town doesn't have a copy.
Successfully defeating a preliminary injunction motion and obtaining summary judgment dismissing trade secrets claims against board members of a nonprofit library and archive who were sued in Colorado and Virginia by the Church of Scientology for copyright and trade secrets violations based upon posting of church materials to the Internet.
While the primary focus of the library and its reference department is to serve the research needs of members of the Mitchell Hamline School of Law campus community (students, faculty and staff), we are open to members of the general public who are doing legal research or using the government documents collection.
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