Sentences with phrase «public library directors»

The only two public library directors on the DPLA board are from big - city systems on the coasts.

OverDrive, working with many of our public library directors, has offered buy - it - now service, alongside ebooks and digital audio books, as early as four or five years ago.

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Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr., along with the directors of the Mid York Library System, Jervis and Utica Public Libraries and Oneida Nation Representative Ray Halbritter, announced today that nearly $ 50,000 in... Read more

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Library Director Mary Jean Jakubowski said, «The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library is extremely pleased to share these magnificent, one - of - a-kind rare artifacts from the UB Libraries with a wider audience and very excited to welcome the thousands coming to town for the Gaelic Games.

«Our 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries and the Library on Wheels Bookmobile offer opportunities and resources for personal growth and lifelong learning,» said Library Director Mary Jean Jakubowski.

«We are so pleased the Nickel City Professionals have selected the Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries as their organization of choice to promote and fundraise for,» said Library Director Mary Jean Jakubowski.

Christine Bazan, director, Cheektowaga Public Libraries and Mark Weber, chairman of the Cheektowaga Library Board of Trustees welcomed Mary Ann Stiefvater, the PCC project coordinator representing the New York State Education Department; Thomas Mazur, Erie County legislator; Mary Holtz, Cheektowaga Town supervisor and Mary Jean Jakubowski, director, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System, as well as other dignitaries.

«As the Kindle, Nook, iPads and other reading devices become more and more popular, libraries have become the best resource for free downloadable books,» said Mary Jean Jakubowski, director, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System.

«We believe a library card is the smartest card in your wallet,» said Mary Jean Jakubowski, director of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System.

«As libraries continue to change, it is important for us to listen to community wants and needs,» said Mary Jean Jakubowski, director of the 37 - member Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System.

Jack Connors, chairman, Board of Trustees, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library and Library System Director Mary Jean Jakubowski expressed their appreciation, stating: On behalf of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System we want to thank Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz for recommending an increase of $ 415,867 * to libraries in his 2014 proposed budget through funds generated by growth in the equalized full value property tax base.

Library System Director Mary Jean Jakubowski expressed her appreciation, stating: On behalf of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System we want to thank Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz for recommending a county funding increase of $ 451,766 (2.0 %) to libraries in his 2015 proposed budget through funds generated by growth in the equalized full value property tax base so there is no increase in the property tax rate.

Elizabeth Dailey, director of the Onondaga County Public Library, said the library would have used its $ 7,000 grant to pay for subscriptions to electronic databases, including one called «Reference USA,» a database of business phone numbers and addresses.

«Libraries offer a welcoming atmosphere to explore, discover and create,» said Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System Director Mary Jean Jakubowski.

Attendees at today's kickoff included: City of Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Buffalo Public Schools Interim Superintendent Donald Ogilvie, SUNY Trustee Dr. Eunice Lewin, University at Buffalo President Dr. Satish K. Tripathi, SUNY Buffalo State President Dr. Katherine Conway - Turner, Erie Community College President Jack Quinn, Regional Economic Development Council Co-Chair, businessman and developer Howard Zemsky, Staff Scientist Mwita Phelps of Life Technologies / Thermo Fisher Scientific, Director of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Libraries Mary Jean Jakubowski, Dr. Norma J. Nowak, Director of Science and Technology, UB's NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, as well as a number of invited guests, including elected leaders, teachers and students.

Amanda also served as the Director for Participatory Budgeting for Council District 30, where she spearheaded the allocation of over one million dollars in capital funds, as voted on by thousands of local residents, to improve public schools, libraries, and parks in the district.

The impetus behind creating an after - school system in Providence started with the mayor, David N. Cicilline, who jump - started the process by bringing together all middle school principals, directors of city recreation centers, and the heads of the public libraries.

Kathy Schrock has been a school district Director of Technology, an instructional technology specialist, and a middle school, academic, museum, and public library librarian.

Developed by Harvard Institutes for Higher Education Senior Director, Joseph Zolner, American Library Association President, Maureen Sullivan, and Tufts University President Emeritus, Lawrence Bacow, Library Leadership in a Digital Age brought together faculty experts, policy makers and public and higher education library leaders to discuss the current state and future direction of the profession.

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

«Closing the school and library connectivity gap is a major, progressive step in ensuring that America's school - age students, particularly those in rural and remote communities, gain equitable access to Internet connectivity,» said Lucy Gettman, Deputy Associate Executive Director, Federal Advocacy & Public Policy, National School Boards Association.

The City Manager and Department directors (including fire, police, environmental services, public works, finance, community development, human resources, information technology, recreation, parks, arts, and library) presented to students in grades two and four.

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.

«Today's public libraries already offer tens of thousands of best - selling digital audiobooks and videos in every category,» said Karen Estrovich, OverDrive's Director of Collection Development.

«It is encouraging to see growth in the resources available through our nation's public libraries, but the improvements are uneven, and there is more work to be done,» said Larra Clark, deputy director of the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy.

We strongly believe that public libraries are ideally positioned to help people share their stories with their neighbors,» said Steven Potter, Library Director and C.E.O. at Mid-Continent Public Lipublic libraries are ideally positioned to help people share their stories with their neighbors,» said Steven Potter, Library Director and C.E.O. at Mid-Continent Public LiPublic Library.

Co-moderated by the ALA's Digital Content Working Group (DCWG) co-chairs, Carolyn Anthony, director of the Skokie (Ill.) Public Library, and Erika Linke, associate dean of libraries and director of Research and Academic Services, Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, this session featured Yoav Lorch, CEO of TotalBoox, and Odilo's Rodrigo Rodriguez, CEO, and Katie Klossner, senior marketing manager for North America and Alibraries and director of Research and Academic Services, Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, this session featured Yoav Lorch, CEO of TotalBoox, and Odilo's Rodrigo Rodriguez, CEO, and Katie Klossner, senior marketing manager for North America and ALibraries, this session featured Yoav Lorch, CEO of TotalBoox, and Odilo's Rodrigo Rodriguez, CEO, and Katie Klossner, senior marketing manager for North America and Australia.

Joe Manion, public services director for Washington County Libraries, developed the idea for Library Local Content after hearing of a similar initiative that is currently in place in Douglas County, Colo. «We've always been very concerned about making everybody's works accessible,» he said.

The panel was moderated by Jon Fine, former director of author and publisher relations at Amazon, and included Robin Cutler, director of IngramSpark; Jim Blanton, library director at the Louisville Free Public Library; award - winning author L. Penelope; and Allie McKinney of Bibliolabs and SELF - e.

We strongly believe that public libraries are ideally positioned to help people share their stories with their neighbors,» says Steven Potter, Library Director and C.E.O. at Mid-Continent Public Lipublic libraries are ideally positioned to help people share their stories with their neighbors,» says Steven Potter, Library Director and C.E.O. at Mid-Continent Public LiPublic Library.

Greg Pronevitz, executive director of the Massachusetts Library System, which last month launched the MA eBook Project, a six - month pilot to investigate new ways for public libraries to loan eBooks.

«Public libraries offer for lending a small fraction of publishers» eBook or audiobook catalogs,» said Erica Lazzaro, OverDrive Director of Publisher Relations.

Merle Jacob was the director of library collection development for the Chicago Public Library until her retirement.

Ken Black is associate CTLE director, teaching and learning technologies at Dominican University (River Forest, IL); prior to that he was assistant director of the library and reference librarian at Dominican, and also has earlier public library experience.

«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.

The panel was hosted by DCWG cochairs Erika Linke, associate dean of Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, and Carolyn Anthony, director of the Skokie (Ill.) Public Library.

«We used to have an event in Glen Ellyn called BookFest involving local merchants and the library,» says Susan DeRonne, adult department director at Glen Ellyn Public Library (GEPL).

«They're aligning it with the e-audio version as a library edition price,» said Christopher Platt, the deputy director, collections and circulating operations, for the New York Public Library.

This is an interview on Friday, January 8, 2010, at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with David Burleigh, director of marketing for OverDrive, which is the leading provider of public library connections to eBook readers such as the Barnes & Noble nook and the Sony Reader.

Book publishers might not appreciate the power libraries and librarians have to help avid readers find new authors they may not otherwise pick up, said Denise Raleigh, marketing and public relations director at the Gail Borden Public Library Dispublic relations director at the Gail Borden Public Library DisPublic Library District.

Awards The judges have been named for the 2010 Eisner Awards: Craig Fischer, associate professor of English at Appalachian State University and comics critic; Francisca Goldsmith, director of branch services at the Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia, and author of The Readers» Advisory Guide to Graphic Novels; John Hogan, editor of Graphic Novel Reporter; James Hudnall, comics writer and publisher; and Wayne Winsett, owner of Time Warp Comics and Games in Boulder, Colorado.

On October 11th, 2016 Pat Tumulty, Executive Director of the New Jersey Library Association (NJLA) and James Keehbler, Chair of the NJLA School Libraries Taskforce were asked to give testimony about ESSA and school library programs in New Jersey to the Joint Committee on Public Schools.

Sacramento Public Library, led by director Rivkah Sass, became our first client for a new application of our technology, called Beanstack, that would apply our system for curating children's books in order to deliver personalized recommendations to library patrons.

Toby Greenwalt, Director of Digital Strategy and Technology Integration at Carnegie Public Library, compares CLP's 2016 and 2017 summer reading programs and also discusses the library's Battle of the Books program.

Holly Carroll, currently deputy director, Cleveland Public Library, Ohio Christian Kruse, currently director, Live Oak Public Libraries, Savannah, Georgia Vailey Oehlke, currently deputy director, Multnomah County Library

Ralph Bingham has worked primarily with technology in public libraries since receiving his MLS from Rutgers University in 1994 with a brief stop as Director of Information Technology at the New Jersey State Library.

Executive Director at Great River Regional Library, a six - county regional public library system in central Minnesota and MLIS graduate of the School of Information Studies at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

«This is an honor for our library, for our dedicated staff, and for Nashville and Davidson County,» said Kent Oliver, Nashville Public Library Director.

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