Sentences with phrase «thought libraries worked»

I think we were all surprised by comments from some people in the publishing world about how they thought libraries worked.

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Take your laptop outside, go to the library, think about joining a networking group or find another work - related weekly event.

That being said, I think any good children's library must contain some of the works of Howard Pyle, a truly great writer and artist whose versions of Robin Hood and King Arthur are superiorly crafted and can be enjoyed by all ages.

But stripping the book from the libraries — so that kids can process such work without an adult yammering at them about what to think — is something else.

The procedure was thought to prevent vaginal tearing, but Prown, then working on her dissertation, started reading about it in the library and found little scientific basis for its routine use.

But I think this is stunningly insufficient if we do not add our voices to those calling for real and comprehensive answers to our gun problem, and if we fail to highlight how many schools are insufficiently prepared to meet their most pressing needs — a rich curriculum, guidance and full care of students, nutrition programs, fully funded and staffed libraries, working facilities — then we are merely acquiescing to further neglect of our students and co-workers.

Think libraries; drive trips; anyone working out; taking a long walk; or even just a quiet afternoon in the garden.

You can think of it as a romantic comedy that is cenetred around the lives of people working in a library.

Among other things, the students claimed that the library helped them complete their assignments on time, helped them work more efficiently, took the stress out of learning, and helped them think more about their surrounding world.

Chris thinks «this whole situation will iron itself out in due time, as libraries start to work with publishers more directly.»

«With every round I kept thinking, «This is the cut where I'll fall out,» but I didn't,» adds Hill, who works for Denver University in — oddly enough — library acquisitions for the campus.

Other Thoughts: The reader was quirky until the last firmware upgrade; it's much more stable now and the DRM support works great with my local lending library.

SESNOI think that there are a lot of library systems that are doing some really interesting work to try to innovate in the digital space.

And I think the larger message from publishers is we want to work with libraries.

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

As US publishers and libraries still struggle to create a mutually beneficial yet fluid ebook lending model, Swedish company Atingo thinks they have the solution, one that has worked in several thousands public and school libraries in both Sweden and the UK.

While reviewing the iriver Story HD and getting a closer look at how the Google ebookstore works, I think that Google should add the option to let users upload their own ebook library into Google eBooks, similar to Ibis Reader where you can upload DRM - free ePub ebooks to your library.

If you agree with these library leaders - people who know from their day - to - day work with students of all ages and abilities - that CPS school librarians should be restored to all 4 out of 4 libraries in Chicago Public Schools, take the next step and tell the Chicago Board of Education what you think.

I never thought about becoming a librarian even when I started working at my university's library part - time for two years and then two years full - time as a library academic technician.

I think another benefit of working to sell ones book to local libraries is that it will be a great experience in self - promotion and connecting with one's community.

Ok, so from time - to - time, I think that the person who designed the browsing UI and the checkout process secretly works for Amazon, and wants all the library patrons to give up in frustration and just order the bloody thing.

So the next time you're thinking up ways to promote your work, rather than thinking «outside the box», perhaps you should try thinking inside of it, as in, inside of a little free library (or 10) near you.

Right now, I think if you look at the major publishers who are involved in the publication of what the industry refers to as trade book, bestselling fiction and non-fiction works, they have very different positions with respect to e-book borrowing from libraries.

Assuming the audio thing works itself out soon, do you think there will be a way in the near future to retain the Amazon Lending library and video streaming via Prime via CM7?

Although the focus of this article is largely on the writing contest (described below), through which the winner gets his or her work provided for library loan through Overdrive, the broader issue — the partnership between Smashwords and public libraries — is, I think, even more interesting.

Oddly enough, most people don't think of the library as a good work space when they're traveling, but a library can be a fantastic place to get some work done on the road.

If Anything this is gonna help the inexperienced player learn how the games puzzles work and help them think like a gamer so they can figure out later levels on their own and maybe feel confident enough to move on to more challenging games in the Wii's library.

Think of it as Netflix being broadcast inside your house, with your Steam library (and non-Steam games you add to your library — many of them will work too!)

: there was a certain explicitness to Hew Locke's models of boats, tinny steel sculptures by Michael Forbes or a library of kente - cloth books by Yinka Shonibare - also, I think, the only artist with a disability that I noticed showing work in my entire visit in this, the least accessible of art calendar cities.

+ Art collectors seem to be donating their works to smaller nonprofits — think: hospitals, nursing homes, and libraries — rather than museums, where pieces stand a greater risk to slip onto dusty shelves and into obscurity.

All of this has, of course, got me excited and thinking even more about how these concepts should be applied to our work, whether it be administrating a law firm, a law library, a law faculty, or teaching legal research.

Wondering why this is happening in this way, I started to think about what work takes the majority of library staff time in a firm.

I think congratulations to Genie are in order both for her excellent work with The Virtual Chase and for her new role, as of yesterday, as library manager at Ballard Spahr.

Even as I am led back to the library for complete and more current texts and editions, I remain impressed by how a certain momentum of thinking builds up through this ability to preview sources and the literature with such precision and agility among so many works.

My colleagues around the country do great work — when you need information, try thinking of your nearest courthouse or law society library, if you don't already.

Times of great change are often met with some trepidation but I think I can be so bold as to speak for my colleagues in saying that we are excited at the opportunity to work with Anne in the library and in working towards the future at the Schulich School of Law.

I am thinking this sort of example might have some value in libraries or archives if we can get people to understand what they are and how they work.

In my work as consultant advising to libraries and the legal industry, as well as teacher and parttime professor, I think about this quite a bit.

For example, think about doing some tutoring in the evenings or even working in the college library or IT desk.

Provided library services to the community requiring the ability to plan creatively and think critically, as well as the ability to work effectively with all types of people.

Cultivated life - long learning by fostering positive attitudes towards libraries and by working to develop students» viewing, listening, and critical thinking skills.

Katie was going around and around in her head with different career ideas, from being a professional organizer, to working in a theater and even thinking of continuing to work in a library as she does now.

What technology do you think is important to be familiar with in order to work effectively as a library assistant?

But, that got John to thinking about trust and betrayal, and he went to the library and we had already been familiar with Shirley Glass's work.