Sentences with phrase «public libraries across»

In addition to volunteer legal assistance at the centers, the Hawaii State Judiciary has also partnered with the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii and the Hawaii State Public Library System to make self - help interactive court forms software available at the Self - Help Centers and Access to Justice Rooms and public libraries across the state as well as online.
If selected via Library Journal's SELF - e curation process, the author's ebooks become part of a unique discovery platform for participating public libraries across the United States that enables patrons to read ebooks on any device, at any time.
I was surprised to learn that my book was found in about 10 public libraries across the country.
With the Sony Reader PRS - T2, you can borrow books from more than 15,000 public libraries across the country.
As people unwrap their new tablets and eReaders and begin to explore, the number of digital books borrowed from public libraries across the country will increase.
The heads of more than 4,000 public libraries across the UK have agreed to national digital standards, which include providing free internet access in every library, and the ability to join a library and renew and reserve items online.
Your library must participate in the lending program, but most public libraries across the country do.
hoopla digital partners with public libraries across North America to provide patrons with online and mobile access to the service's collection of more than 600,000 eBooks, audiobooks, comics, movies, TV shows, music, and more.
hoopla digital, Midwest Tape's category - creating service, partners with public libraries across North America to provide online and mobile access to thousands of movies, TV shows, videos, music and audiobooks.
«On behalf of public libraries across the country, we're speaking out on this important issue in the hope it will lead to more access to e-book content for all Canadians,» said Pilar Martinez, Chair of the Canadian Library Association's Ebook Task Force and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Edmonton Public Library.
Effective immediately, public libraries across the United States can acquire for their collections ebook editions of such beloved classic favorites and current bestsellers as The Great Gatsby, Steve Jobs, Doctor Sleep, Hard Choices, The Flamethrowers, The Light Between Oceans, The Perks of Being a Wallflower and the Mortal Instruments and Dork Diaries series.
«If selected via Library Journal's SELF - e curation process, the author's ebooks will become part of a unique discovery platform for participating public libraries across the United States that enables patrons to read ebooks on any device, at any time.
The Guide describes in detail eight types of licenses most used by public libraries across the world:
Library Journal has released the results of its 2014 survey, which tracks materials spending in public libraries across the country.
Hoopla Digital offers a service much like OverDrive that provides free access to digital content from public libraries across North America.
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.
CodeLagos will officially launch this April, with a roll out of coding centers across 350 public and private schools as well as public libraries across the State.

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With libraries across the nation having public Internet access, this kind of free education is available to almost everyone.
Being able to breastfeed in public I was able to get out and do chores, live my social life, entertain my older child at the park, museum or library, go out and have lunch with my husband, even travel across the ocean few times.
Maintaining access to public libraries is particularly needed by residents facing the challenges of coping with a struggling local and national economy who have increasingly turned to their public libraries for assistance, resulting in large increases in projected 2010 library use: visits rising 12 %, circulation rising 12 %, and public access computer use rising 92 % across the System vs. 2007 pre-recessionary levels.
First introduced in 1958, National Library Week is sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and recognized by public and school libraries across the country each year in April.
According to him, the upgrade of the public libraries in schools across the six education districts in the State was in line with the commitment of the present administration to expand access to knowledge for Lagosians.
On Tuesday, March 6, representatives from the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System will join their counterparts from across the state in Albany to meet with elected officials, thank them for their past support and encourage support of State funding for library operations.
Projects funded this year include numerous classroom upgrades, the creation of new media centers, library renovations, technology upgrades, playgrounds, auditorium renovations and other physical plant improvements in public schools across The Bronx.
Washington — About 350 librarians from across the country gathered here last week to urge members of Congress to avert the establishment of a «cultural and educational deficit» by continuing federal support for public and academic libraries.
According to ALA «NCES data reveals that approximately 8,830 public schools across the nation do not have a school library and for those schools that do have a library, nearly 17,000 schools do not have a full or part - time state - certified school librarian on staff.»
Tutor.com powers tutoring and homework help programs for the Department of Defense; school districts across the country; colleges and universities; the states of Alabama, Alaska, Louisiana, Montana, North Dakota and Rhode Island; and, the District of Columbia and thousands of public libraries.
ISKME supports innovative teaching and learning practices across the globe and is well known for its comprehensive digital public library of open education resources, OER Commons, and its impact on teacher professional learning.
As forecasted, OverDrive has begun analyzing the masses of data collected across its network of public and school libraries.
While promoting my first book, Sacrifice Fly, I have had the pleasure of visiting public libraries all across the country — if the country ended at Columbia, Missouri, that is.
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.
This cohort of libraries will also initiate a community of practice to sustain momentum and build expertise across thousands of other school and public US libraries.
«For this year's survey, we examined over $ 25 million in customer purchases aggregated across Smashwords retailers including Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble, the Smashwords.com store, Sony (now closed), Diesel (closed), Oyster, Scribd, Kobo, public libraries and others.»
Over the past 18 years, Dawson has traveled across the country (and back), photographing hundreds of public libraries.
Offering up a delightful visual feast — along with thought - provoking discussion about the vital role that libraries play in communities across the country — The Public Library deserves a prominent spot on the coffee table of any and every bibliophile.
A document by New Zealand's Association of Public Library Managers pinpoints the libraries» main obstacle, namely the DRM status the limits how many times a book can be borrowed, breaks down the compatibility across different devices, and forces a waiting period on ebooks, therefore treating them like their print counterparts.
The survey will seek to understand library patrons» use of digital resources and other services offered by public libraries, and will «examine the impact of digital consumption behaviors, including the adoption of new business models,» on library usage across America.
«We are keen to support public and school libraries,» Charlie Redmayne, Pottermore CEO, said in the press release, «and OverDrive, as one of the leading suppliers in this market, provides us with a global network that helps us achieve this, as well as encouraging the discovery of these amazing books across the world.»
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«From its inception, the Digital Public Library of America has partnered with libraries across America to help bring their riches to the country and the world,» said Dan Cohen, DPLA's Executive Director.
If successful at the New York Public Library and the Brooklyn Public Library — two of the country's largest library systems — Penguin said it could offer similar deals to libraries across the U.S., including school and university libraries.
Many larger libraries across the nation have lent e-books for years, usually through a cooperative arrangement with OverDrive, which provides digitally - scanned books to U.S. public libraries and schools.
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The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association, selected Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy in Jeffersopn, LA as one of the 16 public and school libraries from across the country to serve as official book groups for YALSA's Teens» Top Ten.
So everybody knows that if they want the book now they will have to buy it but if they are willing to go out of their way a bit (in the case of my local public library, across the market square from Waterstones) and wait (in the Amazon case, if I understand it right, wait until they've finished the book they are currently «borrowing» and any they have ahead in their «want to read» queue) then they can read it for free.
In 2014, 258 libraries across the nation earned three, four or five stars based on four per - capita measures: circulation, visits, program attendance and public Internet use on library computers.
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has selected 20 public and school libraries from across the country to serve as official book groups for YALSA's Teens» Top Ten.
For this year's survey, over $ 25 million in customer purchases aggregated across Smashwords retailers including Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble, the Smashwords.com store, Sony (now closed), Diesel (closed), Oyster, Scribd, Kobo, public libraries and others were examined.
ALA Midwinter has 8 - 12 thousand making up an attendance that includes library staff of all levels from across the country and the spectrum of librarians (public,...
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