Sentences with phrase «public library patrons who»

This new venture is directed at taking away the barriers to reading for a lot of people, specifically public library patrons who are currently still at the whim of the publishers when it comes to ebook lending.

This new venture is directed at taking away the barriers of reading for a lot of people, specifically public library patrons who are currently still at the whim of the publishers when it comes to ebook lending.

The 3M e-readers were also on hand, devices that are designed for public library patrons who do not already have a digital reading enabled device to enjoy the convenience of ebook lending.

Not exact matches

The most popular titles represent the borrowing habits of approximately 260,000 library patrons of all ages who use the 38 local public libraries and the «Library on Wheels» bookmobile.

The Library, one of the 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries, wishes to thank all of their patrons who patiently waited for the completion of repair work.

«The Public» is set in the Midwest during a brutal cold front, which prompts a group of homeless library patrons who refuse to leave Cincinnati's downtown public library at closing time when they learn that emergency shelters have reached capPublic» is set in the Midwest during a brutal cold front, which prompts a group of homeless library patrons who refuse to leave Cincinnati's downtown public library at closing time when they learn that emergency shelters have reached cappublic library at closing time when they learn that emergency shelters have reached capacity.

OverDrive, one of the leading sources of loanable digital content for public and school libraries, was represented by Potash, who spoke about the statistics that show library patrons are more likely to purchase a title after having borrowed the ebook.

In this changing landscape, public libraries are trying to adjust their services to these new realities while still serving the needs of patrons who rely on more traditional resources.

As of today, Penguin has come back and told OverDrive it will allow its titles to be available to Kindle users, as well as the other e-reader device patrons who've been borrowing ebooks through their local public libraries all along.

Aptly named the Digital Public Library of America, or DPLA for for short, this library aims to become the national archive of content that is currently tucked away in libraries, museums, and universities around the country, accessible only to those patrons with the means to go to the physical location and who have the permission to access the contents.

This session will bring together a privacy law professor who is thinking about a world without intellectual privacy, an academic librarian who worked with an ALA committee to create Library Privacy Guidelines for E-book Lending and Digital Content Vendors, and a public librarian working on a grant - funded project to help library professionals increase their knowledge of digital and data privacy concerns to better serve the patrons who access their library's technological resources

This new capability would mean that library patrons who own one of the bestselling e-reader devices on the market would have the same access to public library digital lending that other device owners currently enjoy, ending the frustration for both patrons and librarians alike.

OverDrive is the leading source of ebook titles for over 15,000 public and school libraries who have adopted ebook - lending strategies for their patrons.

3M is enabling public libraries to loan out ebooks via on - site Discovery Terminals and the upcoming 3M e-reader device that library patrons who do not already own a reading - enabled device can check - out from the local library.

Kindle Library Lending, which became available September 21, 2011, allows library patrons who own Kindles to borrow Kindle books from over 11,000 public and school libraries in the United States.

At the end of 2011, compatibility with the patron's e-reader was not the most prominent problem among those who borrowed e-books from a public library in the past 12 months; about one in five e-book borrowers (18 %) said they had wanted to borrow a particular e-book from their public library and found that it was not compatible with their e-book reading device.

Asked if their public library lent e-books to patrons, 63 % of those ages 16 and older who do not already read or borrow e-books from libraries are unable to say if the library does or does not lend them.

Prior to 2011, e-book borrowers were able to check out several formats of e-books from their local libraries — including ePub, the free, «universal» e-book standard set by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) since 2007, used by Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Sony, and Google Books.50 However, e-book borrowers could not check out books on Amazon's Kindle, the predominant e-reader at the time.51 In 2011, however, Amazon partnered with OverDrive, and in September 2011 library patrons who own Kindles were able to borrow Kindle books from public and school libraries in the United States.52

Public library patrons are generally younger adults, those with higher income and education levels, and those who are internet users.

For the public librarian, any member of the public who walks into the library with an information need is a patron, customer, or user to be served.

We all have these public law library patrons, but who can tell their stories with such humor and exasperation — and with excellent legal research tips!

In the typical Washington State county law library open to the public — there are at least 34 libraries open to the public various hours — 50 - 70 % of the library patrons are county residents who are non-lawyers; the other 30 - 50 % are legal professionals and County employees.