Sentences with phrase «of public library service»

The event took place last fall in Kansas City, when the Library was selected from nearly 300 submissions in 10 categories that show the value and impact of public library service.

of 1997 on the protection of cultural property and museum - type institutions, the provision of public library services and culture, the Library is a special national research library.

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Churches who provide 3 meals a day, You see the beauty of an historical place like the Vatican, preserving history in its art work amd library but are unaware of the services it provides behind the scenes away from the eyes of the public.

The waqfs were created for a great variety of services, such as the building and upkeep of water conduits, fountains, wells, roads, sidewalks, bridges, kitchens for the distribution of free meals, guest houses, homes for widows, schools, libraries, mosques, tekkes, cemeteries, open — air places for prayer, caravansaries to lodge full caravans of men and animals, clock - rooms for telling time, bakeries for distributing bread and cakes to the poor, dispensaries, hospitals, public baths, shaded land on the roadside.

His accomplishments in his island paradise service to the crown (1846 - 54) range from establishing the postal system, creating the first library and public education system on the island, to having piped water delivered to Port of Spain, the capital.

In New Lenox, the Public Library District is seeking voter approval of a 13 - cent increase in its tax rate to restore hours of service at the library that were cut after a proposed 15 - cent tax rate increase was rejected in November.

It is the sweeping nature of the public services affected - including courts, libraries council services and driving test centres - which marks today out as being unusual, however.

Libraries and other public services that may otherwise have closed have been saved because of public pressure, even if cuts need to be made.

The impasse means a range of public services including libraries, courts and schools are expected to be hit in the mass walkout this Wednesday.

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.

«Prisoners have access to the same public library service as the rest of us, and can buy books through the prison shop.

In December 2010, she introduced a private member's bill before Parliament that would amend the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 to broaden the scope of the general duty of library authorities so as to include a duty to provide related cultural facilities alongside the library service.

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.

This June, officials added $ 43 million in funding for New York City's three public library systems to the fiscal year 2016 budget, allowing for expansion of branch operating hours and a return to six - day service for the first time in nearly a decade.

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.

As previously mentioned, the restoration requests are grouped starting with the most urgently needed to prevent future library closings, and progressing through a series of service restorations that will allow the downsized Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System to meet continued high public demand for service at a modestPublic Library System to meet continued high public demand for service at a modestpublic demand for service at a modest cost.

These proposals are grouped, starting with the most urgently needed to prevent future library closings, and progressing through a series of service restorations that will allow the downsized Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System to meet continued high public demand for service at a cost that would still be down to approximately what the taxpayers provided inPublic Library System to meet continued high public demand for service at a cost that would still be down to approximately what the taxpayers provided inpublic demand for service at a cost that would still be down to approximately what the taxpayers provided in 1999.

RFID provides the opportunity to use technology to improve public service and assist staff, whose numbers have been reduced by previous years» budget cuts, in meeting the demand from heavy patron usage of library services;

For more information about Battle of the Books and all of the free library services, materials, programs and events, visit your neighborhood Buffalo & Erie County Public Library or go to the website at www.BuffaloLib.org.

For more information about all of the free library services, materials, programs and events, visit your neighborhood Buffalo & Erie County Public Library or our website at: www.BuffaloLib.org, Follow us on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/buffalolibrary.central#!.

For every $ 1 received in public funding from Erie County, Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries return a minimum of $ 6.29 in services back to the commpublic funding from Erie County, Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries return a minimum of $ 6.29 in services back to the commPublic Libraries return a minimum of $ 6.29 in services back to the community.

At noon, NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, Queens Library President Dennis Walcott, Brooklyn Public Library President Linda Johnson, New York Public Library President Tony Marx, and Councilmen Andy King and Costa Constantinides announce permanent baselining of city funding for 6 - day library service, Broadway Library, 40 - 20 Broadway, Queens.

«I look forward to working with all of Hampshire County Council's Members in serving the county's 1.3 million residents over this next Administration period — delivering important public services; from education, roads, highways and social care for vulnerable children and adults, to access to the countryside and libraries.»

1836 marked the beginning of continuous public library service in Western New York when the Young Men's Association (YMA) was created to acquire books of permanent or lasting value for its members.

To address the situation proactively, this budget request contains groupings of service restoration proposals, starting with high impact restorations to allow current library locations to provide more effective public access and service and progressing through a series of service restorations that will pilot and ultimately expand alternate service provision models.

Two - thirds of Americans put the benefits of libraries at the top of the list of public services as compared to schools, roads and parks.

Like most public library systems in America, the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library (B&ECPL) has a long history of developing and implementing strategic plans of sepublic library systems in America, the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library (B&ECPL) has a long history of developing and implementing strategic plans of sePublic Library (B&ECPL) has a long history of developing and implementing strategic plans of service.

He outlined some of the government's policies in promoting French, which include introduction of French in a number of professional and technical - oriented universities, provision of resources in public libraries to enable learning of French with a degree of autonomy, celebration by the University of Ghana of Francophone Day with seminars and conferences to create awareness of the language, and initial talks with French TV stations to extend their broadcasting services to Ghana.

The first phase would convert 51 % of the Library's collection housed in the Central, Buffalo branch and Amherst Libraries using funds from an Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority (ECFSA) efficiency grant, which would provide the opportunity to use technology to improve public service and achieve staffing savings realized as attrition occurs.

Buffalo and Erie County Public Library CENTRAL LIBRARY 2017 - 2021 Plan of Service was approved by the New York State Education Department — Division of Library Development on November 16, 2016.

Under the administration proposal, all K - 12 public, private, and parochial schools, as well as public libraries, would receive a basic package of services for free.

said Bill Derry, supervisor of library media services for public schools in New Haven, Connecticut.

The National Library Power Program promotes the creation of new public elementary school and middle school library programs that improve the quality of services for children.

There is a clash of ideas occurring in education right now between those who believe that public education is not only a fundamental right but a vital public service, akin to the public provision of police, fire protection, parks, and public libraries, and those who believe that the private sector is always superior to the public sector.

Privatization of libraries, hospitals, prisons, and other basic services had long been hailed by those on the political right, but how could one persuade entire communities to hand over their children and their public schools to private sector corporations, some of which hoped to turn a profit off their children, in order to reward their shareholders?

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Many thanks to my host, Halifax Regional School Board library consultant Donna Gillespie, and to Halifax Public Library children's services librarian Heather Doepner for taking us on a marvellous tour of the central library.

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Preventing summer slide is most effective when community organizations — including schools, public libraries, community centers, parent groups, social service agencies, and others — work together to encourage kids to read, make reading fun, and to reach families about the importance of reading over the summer.

There are lots of community services like public libraries that provide these kinds of services for kids.

Walt Crawford, Director and Managing Editor of the PALINET Leadership Network Paul Takala, Manager of Electronic Services, Hamilton Public Library Anita Brooks Kirkland, Consultant, ITS, K - 12 Libraries, Waterloo Region District School Board

Tutor.com's award - winning tutoring service is now available through thousands of public and virtual schools, public libraries and private corporations.

Mark Ray, Director, Instructional Technology & Library Services, Vancouver Public Schools, WA Librarian, provocateur, and blog author Mark Ray recognized the natural intersection between libraries and technology and advocated for the inclusion of strong digital citizenship efforts into his district's strategic plan.

Sinquefield's taxation proposals would necessitate cuts in the state's provision of services many people take for granted as part of living in a modern, civil society: public education, public libraries, and other public goods.

* 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.

Digital newspapers and magazines have also grown in popularity, possibly in relation to the unreliable options flooding social media; OverDrive reported on its growth of digital content yesterday, citing the convenience of access to news through public library portals as a chief patron service.

OverDrive, one of the nation's leading ebook lending platforms that supplies the ebook titles to school and public libraries that offer digital lending services, will once again be bringing its tractor - trailer bookmobile on the road, this time attending this weekend's National Book Festival in Washington,... [Read more...]

The essence of the pilot is to carry out real - time, real - world research into the impact of eBook lending in public libraries on authors, publishers and on the library service so that a suitable and sustainable model.

Three public library systems in Minnesota, overseeing a total of twenty - five individual libraries, became the most recent of the eighty library systems across the country to benefit from 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service's help in utilizing ebook lending for their patrons.