Sentences with phrase «platform for libraries»

It launched an ebook lending platform for libraries — in 2002.

Maura Marx, acting director of IMLS, said, «We support work toward a national digital platform for libraries, and we believe that open, shared e-content solutions such as Library Simplified have the potential to be an important part of that platform.

OverDrive (www.overdrive.com), the leading eBook and audiobook platform for libraries and schools, announced today that circulation of eBooks, audiobooks and other digital media increased 33 % in 2014 to 137 million checkouts, while web traffic and discoverability similarly increased, especially on mobile devices.

With Readium SDK, Library Simplified is building a commercial - grade, open ebook reading platform for libraries, and «wrangling the different back - end systems and content repositories — OverDrive, 3M [Cloud Library], Axis 360 from Baker & Taylor — as our acquisitions modules,» English said.

According to OverDrive, the leading eBook platform for libraries and schools, Monday, June 29, 2015 saw a new single - day milestone of 500,535 digital titles borrowed.

Reading With Pictures founder Josh Elder, who has partnered with iVerse on the venture, described it as a «zero cost, zero risk» platform for libraries, explaining that participating libraries would only be charged on a per checkout basis.

Baker & Taylor intends to launch Acoustik as part of the Axis 360 digital media platform for libraries.

OverDrive is the leading digital reading platform for libraries and schools worldwide.

Used by many of the country's top public, K - 12 school and academic libraries, Axis 360 offers a fully accessible platform for library users to find, check out and read digital titles on their phones, tablets and ereader devices.

Digital comics Rob Salkowitz takes a look at the issues surrounding digital comics platforms for libraries and discusses one possible solution, iVerse's Comics Plus Library Edition.

It is recommended that authors donate the books that will build your platform for library patrons to enhance your discoverability and maximize sales later.

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Our industry - leading library distribution reaches OverDrive (world's largest library ebook platform serving 20,000 + libraries), Baker & Taylor Axis 360, Tolino, Gardners (Askews & Holts and Browns Books for Students), Bibliotheca CloudLibrary (3,000 public libraries) and Odilo (2,100 public libraries in North America, South America and Europe).

This revolutionary MS platform introduces an entirely new industrial design and is comprised of customized models, each fully - loaded with improved, easy to use software, methods and libraries custom - designed for targeted customer applications.

Now, says Palfrey, we just need capital: a modern - day Carnegie to help preserve libraries as digital platforms for ideas.

We evaluated four independent library preparation methods and two sequencing platforms (9)(table S1) for our first batch of 15 inactivated EVD samples from 12 patients.

Also, some of the software libraries for those things that we, and others, are building — our software platform, people are downloading it.

PsychoGenics leverages its sophisticated Cube technology platforms and broad capabilities to partner with pharmaceutical, biotechnology and not - for - profit research entities to screen diverse compound libraries and discover valuable new therapies for the CNS market.

NGI Uppsala (SNP&SEQ Technology) platform has developed a novel approach for quick and cost effective whole genome bisulphite sequencing (WGBS) library preparation.

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University researchers have received a $ 555,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support development and evaluation of a unique online platform for gathering, curating and sharing Native American library and archive collections nationwide.

The RC is equally determined that technological platforms, and optimized, responsive resources (compound libraries, databases, biological resources) are available for its talented scientists.

The 23 libraries treated with damage repair were screened for complexity and endogenous DNA on an Illumina MiSeq platform in Harvard in collaboration with David Reich (Supplementary Table 1).

Content aggregation platform for public, academic and professional libraries around the world.

Raven Travel Studios clearly has a lot of love for classic 16 - bit platform games, but can its old school platform homage to Super Ghouls»n' Ghosts possibly live up to the source material or even stand up to the best among the current Switch library?

The Wii U had a modest game library to put it politely, but on any platform Tropical Freeze would've been a contender for one of the best platformers of a generation — or even as one of the best of its generation period.

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.

With Spotlight, parents are texted a link to a personalized video that provides context about their child's report card, such as a history of the child's performance in core subjects, areas for growth, and recommendations to further support the child's learning — like attending the local library's reading group or using a free online math platform.

Its mission is to help teachers grow to improve outcomes for all students, and 1 million education leaders already use the award - winning website, best - in - class video library of teacher practice, and professional development platform to improve both teacher development and student outcomes.

Our state - of - the - art virtual platform built for schools, colleges, libraries and higher education.

When built in the right manner and delivered via platforms offering the right set of capabilities for storing, embedding, managing, tracking and searching for content, you can gain the dual benefits of effective upfront learning, and a resource library offering performance support long after the initial training.

PD In Focus platform offers a rich library of on - demand video content for educators» collaborative professional development.

-- Greater selection of middle school - level titles in the platform's online library — Lexile ® measure for every text in the library — In - program annotation tool to aid reading comprehension and text analysis — Distinction in Blast writing prompt options for middle and high school discussions, plus new topic themes — Mobile device application for short form writing practice — Customization option for rubrics — More informative home page

LDC's online professional learning platform and curriculum library include nationally vetted and calibrated curriculum, as well as disciplinary student work rubrics developed by the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning and Equity (SCALE).

Libraries use different systems for ebook lending, many of which don't communicate effectively with one another — so if a publisher chooses one platform over another, many libraries will have to do without their titles in electroLibraries use different systems for ebook lending, many of which don't communicate effectively with one another — so if a publisher chooses one platform over another, many libraries will have to do without their titles in electrolibraries will have to do without their titles in electronic form.

For over two years, Amazon has been building and introducing a wide selection of free «Buy Once, Read Everywhere» Kindle apps for iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Mac, PC, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Android - based devices that let customers read and sync their reading library, bookmarks, notes, and highlights with the device or platform of their choiFor over two years, Amazon has been building and introducing a wide selection of free «Buy Once, Read Everywhere» Kindle apps for iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Mac, PC, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Android - based devices that let customers read and sync their reading library, bookmarks, notes, and highlights with the device or platform of their choifor iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Mac, PC, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Android - based devices that let customers read and sync their reading library, bookmarks, notes, and highlights with the device or platform of their choice.

Kindle for the Web joins Amazon's wide selection of free reading apps for iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Mac, PC, BlackBerry and Android - based devices that let customers read and sync their reading library, bookmarks, notes, and highlights with the device or platform of their choice.

Publishers should allocate unique, separate ISBNs to each available format and platform for the benefit of standard identification in the supply chain by retailers, distributors, libraries, bibliographic databases, sales reporting etc..

Cork University Press has signed a deal to join the University Press Contents Consortium (UPCC) an academic digital publishing and reading platform for the worldwide library community.

Today the Axis 360 platform now allows library patrons to have access to all library materials from the online catalog — whether physical or digital — and creates a convenient experience for borrowing and enjoying ebooks and digital audiobooks in the patron's favorite reading apps and on their device of choice.

Starting today the platform will be available for schools and libraries via a new relationship with an established partner Whitehots.

Ebook distribution platform Smashwords, one of the top retailers for self - published and digitally published works, unveiled a new program today that will make it even easier and more lucrative for libraries to put indie authors» titles in the devices of digital reading patrons.

As library ebook lending for both academic and public institutions continues to make steady progress, libraries are finally able to «shop» the competition to provide the best user experience for their patrons, the largest catalogs of bestselling titles, and investigate the available features of different platforms.

Kobo is giving $ 5.00 to libraries for every customer they refer to the platform as part of a new program.

The funds were appropriated by the General Assembly in response to a report by the Department of Consumer Protection which recommended, in light of the high cost libraries pay for eBooks, that the state develop its own eBook Platform.

An agreement announced today between ebook distributor and self - publishing platform Smashwords and OverDrive, the largest provider of digital content to public and school libraries, is going to give self - published authors one of the few remaining pieces in the publishing puzzle, namely the ability for libraries to... [Read more...]

The ProQuest ebooks team will be employing a consultative, step - by - step launch for the new platform, working closely with libraries to ensure a seamless transition for all ebrary and EBL customers and users.»

Zinio currently offers 5500 through their own platform, but only 900 of these are available to purchase for schools and libraries.

The new platform will focus on a better experience for library patrons — especially with regard to the device compatibility — as well as easing some of the workload on librarians.

OverDrive is proud to be the industry - leading digital reading platform for more than 40,000 libraries & schools worldwide.

In fact, we strongly encourage authors to consider donating some of their books to libraries for the platform - building benefit, because market data strongly indicates that libraries are incredibly powerful sources of author discovery for library patrons, and library patrons buy a lot of books.

Do you believe that libraries are important for book and author discovery, and do you believe that library borrows yield platform - building benefit that has value to you not measured by your theoretical earnings per borrow (if your book is borrowed only once ever, then your earnings per borrow = the price you sold the book at.