Sentences with phrase «provided by public libraries»

The bipartisan Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act also authorizes adult education and literacy activities provided by public libraries as an allowable statewide employment and training activity.

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The share of funds available to the 37 public libraries in Erie County is supplemented by $ 664,117, with funds provided on a 50 % match of eligible project components.

«By providing free resources such as downloadable eBooks and music, WiFi, public computers, technology classes, materials and lessons for English - language learners, health fairs and programs for job seekers, libraries and librarians are transforming our community each and every day.»

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;

The Cheektowaga Public Library PCC was one of thirty libraries in the state funded with a $ 244,517 grant provided by the New York State Library Broadband Technology Program funded through the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The impact and services provided by Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries is significant.

Over 751,000 public computer sessions and over 242,600 WiFi sessions were logged last year — meaning local library patrons rely on the technology provided by their libraries for the gathering of information.

«Few may have noticed that after Hurricane Harvey, her foundation and the Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries provided a combined $ 2 million for resources, supplies and books at schools and public libraries disrupted by the storm Libraries provided a combined $ 2 million for resources, supplies and books at schools and public libraries disrupted by the storm libraries disrupted by the storm disaster.

Gardner provided leadership for statewide initiatives such as Texas» higher education planClosing the Gaps by 2015, the college and university electronic library resource sharing consortium, the Texas Accountability System for Higher Education, and the Texas Public Education Information Resource, which includes information on all students enrolled in Texas public schools, as well as public and private higher education institutions in Public Education Information Resource, which includes information on all students enrolled in Texas public schools, as well as public and private higher education institutions in public schools, as well as public and private higher education institutions in public and private higher education institutions in Texas.

BCPS's library programs at the school level have designed and delivered innovative initiatives that provide experiential learning, twenty - first - century skill development, and literacy projects through the grants awarded each year by the Education Foundation of Baltimore County Public Schools partners.

The E-rate program was developed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and its subsidiary, the Universal Services Administrative Committee (USAC), to provide federal funding to K - 12 schools and public libraries across the country.

Donating bitcoin directly to Milwaukee Public Library Foundation provides donors the opportunity to recommend how the contribution is used by the library.

Among the study findings: * 98 % of libraries provide free public access to Wi - Fi, up from 89 % in 2012; * 98 % provide technology training, ranging from internet safety and privacy to coding to using social media; * 98 % provide assistance completing online government forms; * 97 % provide online homework help; * 95 % offer workforce development training programs; * 90 % offer e-books, up from 76 % in 2012; * 56 % offer health and wellness programs regarding developing healthy lifestyles; * 50 % offer entrepreneurship and small business development programs; and * Average number of computers provided by libraries is now 20, up from 16 in 2012

You can borrow e-books from many public libraries in the United States, but the process is clunky — because it entails using a system provided by a third party, Overdrive — and you can't read them on a Kindle device or any of the Kindle apps.

The main purpose of our new report, «Ebook Licensing Guide for Public Libraries and Publishers,» resulting from the collaboration between Publishing Perspectives, the leading international book publishing news and opinion magazine; Bookwire, a platform specializing in the worldwide distribution of more than 100,000 ebooks and audiobooks of more than 1.000 publishers from around the world, and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development of digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world with a broader insight into the numerous opportunities offered by new ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those models.

Libraries can build stronger communities by partnering with law enforcement agencies to encourage engagement and more effective approaches to public safety, while providing library services to those who need them most.

E-book platform OverDrive, which enables distribution of digital materials to libraries, schools, and retailers around the world, has partnered with self - publishing service Smashwords to provide public library patrons with access to two hundred thousand titles by eighty thousand different independent authors.

HAPLR 1.0 used data provided by 9,000 public libraries in the United States to create comparative rankings.

Strong School Libraries Build Strong Students Created by the AASL Legislation Committee, this infographic is freely available for download by members of the media and general public provided no alterations are made and that the posting is for education, noncommercial purposes only.

Promotional support is provided by Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Yelp.com and Scottsdale, Glendale, Mesa, and Phoenix Public Libraries.

By the same token, I'm tempted to argue, the drive for open access to research and scholarship should gain a similar uptick in support — as we seek to flip subscription journals to open access, with research libraries providing the same support — as we realize how vital public access is today to empirical findings and scholarly analysis.

As part of my investigation into this matter (which took place at a public library due to an Internet outage), I navigated past the not one, not two, but three separate warning pages provided by the AFA telling me that I was about to «view pornographic material sold by the Sears company.»

Being the primary cultural and scientific institutions for providing information as a public good, libraries play a crucial role to build bridges to books and information by helping people to learn new skills, to discover history and culture or to access remote research findings.

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The Newmarket and Aurora libraries are standing strong with the message sent out by the Ontario and Canadian library associations that it is the duty of public libraries to uphold Canada's Bill of Rights and Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by providing access to all expressions of knowledge, creativity and intellectual activity.

County law libraries in Washington State were established in 1919 by RCW 27.24 to provide access to legal information to the courts and the bar, and also to the public in counties that have the staff available to assist the public.

On the one hand, open access databases of books and articles, many of which are provided by academic libraries, dramatically increase public access to academic libraries» holdings.

By January 1, 2013, every obligated organization that is a public library must provide access to or arrange for the provision of access to accessible materials where they exist.

At the same time, if you do not have a device which you receive Internet service, you can always participate in our Traffic School Riverside course by borrowing a friend or family member computer, going to your local library, Internet café, or anywhere there are public computers that also provide Internet access.

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.