Sentences with phrase «public library shelves»

I have been concerned for some time about the rush to remove «little used» books from the public library shelves.

Not exact matches

As is often the way with brainy, moody teenagers, I had come to believe in the gospel according to Jack Kerouac, Dizzy Gillespie, and a hodgepodge of Japanese poets, absurdist playwrights, and existentialist philosophers whose works I'd found on adjacent shelves on the second floor of the public library.

The project will also create a new Teen Center and Cyber Center, extend outward and replace the library's current set - back front entrance, add a skylight to the library's interior atrium (which is currently not used for library service) and reopen the atrium to the public, and install new network cabling, furniture, shelving, signage, flooring, ceilings and lighting.

Secretary of Education Thomas K. Gilhool, who had placed on public - library shelves several reports analyzing results from the Test for Essential Learning and Literacy Skills, withdrew a report ranking districts from 1 to 500 after superintendents who previewed it convinced him that a «gross numerical ranking was simply not significant statistically,» said Timothy Potts, a spokesman for the Secretary.

This works fairly well in most public libraries, and is an absolute necessity because real estate and shelf space are generally expensive and always finite.

The quality of my self - published book compares favorably with the quality of books sold by top book sellers, as well as those that grace the shelves of public libraries.

While many school districts and libraries have a policy honoring parents» wishes that their own children be given alternate assignments for class readings that conflict with their morals or religious beliefs, in far too many instances schools cave in to parental outrage and simply remove a book from class reading lists; when the angry mob gets loud enough or politicians up for re-election on the «family values» ticket need to make some noise, they've even resorted to pulling the access to the book, removing it from school and public libraries and classroom borrow shelves.

What's more, getting books onto the shelves of the almost 12.000 public libraries is an amazing way to promote your book to the most sought after readers in the world.

I mean getting your books placed on the shelves of public libraries nationwide!

This superb interdisciplinary work should find a place on the shelves of every public and academic library that has the least bit of interest in environmental issues, which should mean just about all.

The core audience is everyone who uses a public library, whether in person or online, whether they borrow books, attend programming, rely on library staff for reading recommendations, subscribe to newsletters, browse the shelves and stacks for reading ideas, or participate in any type of library activity.

My public library has integrated catalog, Kindle & BN have similar displays for both print and digital books, so I'm not sure why it would be good to put e-Books in a separate «shelf» experience.

I like browsing the shelves bookstores large and small, frequenting one branch or another of the public library (my city has a great one), and reading samples online.

So on one chilly November afternoon, I'd finally pulled down a dusty volume of Bret Harte stories from a shelf at my local public library.

However, time goes on, book publishing is still just the same, bookstore shelves are not empty, public libraries are not closed.

To the public library, of course — a place which offers more than just physical books on shelves, by the way (programs for toddlers and young adults, literacy programs, workshops for job searchers and senior citizens, free community meeting spaces, etc.).

Penguin Group and electronic - book distributor 3M have made a deal with two New York City public library systems that will return Penguin e-books to library shelves for a one - year pilot.

They still have a sense of huge responsibility for keeping the shelf space at its most appealing, to keep luring in the punters because if they don't have people, members of the public coming in to use their library then they will not have a library for very long.

Since then Whiteread has been on the receiving end of some worthy public commissions, including the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square and the Holocaust Memorial in Vienna of an entire library with visible traces of books and shelves.

The entire print run was sent to 500 public, academic, and institutional libraries for shelving.

what we don't have is any evidence S. knows where the Sciences shelves are at the local public library or CC, or uni.

It's freely available from public libraries, whose kiddies shelves are crammed with a huge array of these books, popularised by the BBC «comedy» series, as well as an abundance of Global Warming propaganda.

Anyone from the public can come into our library and consult a printed book on the library shelves.

• Read and make shelves straight to maintain alpha and numeric order and look • Provide information relevant to public service and answer queries • Retrieve items from the book drop • Access and providing books and data on need basis • Set up carts • Assist the librarian with work pertinent to inventory and reserves • Help patrons in locating information (books, periodicals, CDs and newsreels) • Order new books from vendors and replace torn books with new copies • Stamp existing borrowers» cards and issue new ones • Schedule use of library for interest groups for book talks etc. • Perform other clerical duties

I have a ton of books, but I don't want the shelves to look like the public library... I think I need practical (all the books) and pretty (a nice arrangement w / a few decorative things mixed in).