Sentences with phrase «times at public libraries»

She has presented many times at public libraries and high schools on various legal topics.

Our boys were so happy to get a little reading time at the public library.

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It seemed that every time she opened a Bible, whether at a friend's house or in the public library, it was to the words of Christ to the rich young man: Arise, go, sell what you possess, give it to the poor and follow Me (Mk 10:21).

It was at the public library that I discovered A Wrinkle in Time, Choose Your Own Adventure, and Middle - Earth, Prydain and Narnia.

January: Snuggle up at one of the many Chicago Public Libraries for story time.

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.

If your own home is not air - conditioned, it could be a good time to do your groceries or to read some stories to your little one at the public library.

When your family is going through hard times, such as the death of a family member, help your child deal with the situation by asking the librarian at your public library for titles of books written for children.

Probably some variation of what I have answered the other hundred thousand times I've fielded that question at a school, library, church, or any other public area: «No.»

While the books in this library are not available for loan, the public is welcome to use the library by appointment at times that are convenient to the theater (for instance, our lobby is small, so the hour before a performance is not the most convenient time to have visitors).

I work at public library in the US and provide story times for children 5 and younger.

In a bid to become the city's first African - American mayor, Marlon Anderson threw his hat in the ring Wednesday night, announcing at Albany public library's main branch that this will be the last time he runs for political office.

Several classes are offered weekly at various times throughout the day in all 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries.

Last year, for the first time in 3 years, this body increased our annual appropriation by $ 500,000, and we used those funds to expand hours of public access, especially at libraries that had failed to meet New York State minimum standards in 2006.

Critics, including Upper Manhattan City Councilman Robert Jackson, said charter students at the schools are getting illegal, preferential treatment, while public students are being treated like «second class citizens,» forced to learn in lesser classrooms and loosing out on their fair share of library, auditorium and lunchroom time.

At the same time, Erie County's credit rating has risen significantly under his watch while the county has continued to invest millions of dollars in infrastructure improvements, county parks, libraries, and arts organizations; made advances in public health; and supported innovative programs to reduce poverty, among many other achievements.

«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.

And the significance of this rich white home was that it had a library at a time where there was no public library for children of color.

The various proposals are to require filters: a. on all public library computers all the time b. on all public library computers with an «on / off switch» activated by the user c. only on public library computers that children must use d. on no public library computers at any time http://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-15-4-a-young-people-and-the-internet-issues-of-censorship-and-free-expression

Most adults today can relate to the magic of traditional fairy tales that create nostalgic memories of childhood story - times at home, in schools, at public libraries.

Other Urban Legends include: Humphrey Bogart was the original Gerber baby on their baby food ads, the FBI monitors public libraries and notes who reads «subversive» books, and my favorite: If the entire population of China jumped up at the same time, the US would be swamped by a tidal wave.

In addition to the staffing requirements established pursuant to subsection a. of this section, a public school having an enrollment of 500 or more students on October 15 of the prior school year shall employ, at a minimum, one full - time staff member to serve as a library clerk, and shall employ one additional full - time staff member to serve as a library clerk for each additional 500 students enrolled in the school.

* in each public school having an enrollment of less than 300 students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education is required to employ, at a minimum, one half - time staff member who holds an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement; * in each public school having an enrollment of between 300 and 1,499 students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education is required to employ, at a minimum, one full - time staff member who holds an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement; and * in each public school having an enrollment of 1,500 or more students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education is required to employ, at a minimum, two full - time staff members who hold an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement.

a. (1) In each public school having an enrollment of less than 300 students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education shall employ, at a minimum, one half - time staff member who holds an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement.

But since we live at a time that free education — from public libraries to the Khan Academy — is readily available, the opportunity for education remains... throughout life.

A large majority of Japanese public libraries do not provide eBooks at this time.

Writers are invited to come to the member libraries to actually write their content and can benefit from the expertise of the library staff for the process of writing and digitally publishing their work; at the same time, libraries stand to gain from increased patron use and attendance, as well as the furthering of the culture of public libraries.

Essentially, the leadership finally expressed that it was fed up with the current upheaval in public library ebook lending, with different members of the Big Six publishing houses setting their own rules — from no lending of our new titles, to a book can only be borrowed a specific number of times, to no lending of any of our titles at all — it was chaos for the libraries and disappointment for their patrons.

-- Were at least open to the possibility of two national digital library systems in time, one public and one academic (no decision reached or expected at this point in the DPLA's evolution).

«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.

«It's a paradox, celebrating the opening of a public library in one of the world's largest cities at a time when the ebook is gaining ground and the printed book as a format is now being questioned.

At this time Public Notes users have the option of not sharing their connections in their Twitter and Facebook accounts with Amazon, but users will need to correct the default setting of public sharing in order to keep their personal libraries hidden from the view of their contacts Public Notes users have the option of not sharing their connections in their Twitter and Facebook accounts with Amazon, but users will need to correct the default setting of public sharing in order to keep their personal libraries hidden from the view of their contacts public sharing in order to keep their personal libraries hidden from the view of their contacts lists.

At least if you go to the public library that has ebooks you can at least down load them for a period of timAt least if you go to the public library that has ebooks you can at least down load them for a period of timat least down load them for a period of time.

At this time, Libby is only available for public libraries, so you won't be able to use Libby with school, corporate, college, or law libraries.»

The foundation and the library work together, in a strong partnership, to determine where private funds can have the greatest impact and at the same time, not supplant the public's important role in supporting a strong library system.

Margaret Harrison [00:02:07] Oh thanks, well so, yeah, I've worked my whole career in publishing and I started out on the ebook side working for OverDrive, a major distributor of ebooks at public libraries, and focusing on ebooks, so much of it is about the metadata, not just getting books into channels but also making sure those books, as Justine said, can be discoverable, can be found, and so I started spending a lot more of my time on metadata, and I'm a curious person so I got to know a lot and here I am

I spent an unhealthy amount of time buried in the stacks at The Pomonok and Jamaica Public Libraries.

At the same time, a national digital public library system could actually strengthen local libraries since local librarians could still play up the material most relevant to their patrons and could buy content from outside the national system.

(The French library community particularly likes a feature of Readium LCP that makes it desirable in France: public libraries limit the number of lending transactions that a user can make at a given time.

However as time goes by Amazon may realize they are missing out — at present they are talking about coming to an arrangement with Overdrive [download platform company which supplies rentals to public libraries] to make their stock available to borrowers using other devices.

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.

«We're creating a trusted link to make it comfortable for public libraries to provide self - published materials for the first time... It did not make sense for us to build a royalty scheme at present.»

(3) In each public school having an enrollment of 1,500 or more students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education shall employ, at a minimum, two full - time staff members who hold an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement.

(2) In each public school having an enrollment of between 300 and 1,499 students on October 15 of the prior school year, the board of education shall employ, at a minimum, one full - time staff member who holds an educational services certificate with a school library media specialist endorsement.

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.

But university libraries work under a different licensing agreement that allows multiple concurrent readers of a title, unlike the public library's restriction to one user at a time.

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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

At National Library Week, A Look At How Libraries Transform in the Digital Age (MediaShift) It i time to make sure the public knows that libraries are still relevant to oLibraries Transform in the Digital Age (MediaShift) It i time to make sure the public knows that libraries are still relevant to olibraries are still relevant to our lives.

I have worked at a public library since 2005 but have not made qualifying payments for that whole time.