About Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez is the Director, Content & Digital Product Development for Library Journal, School Library Journal, and The Horn Book. @glecharles

Link: E-books making noticeable inroads to libraries, education centers

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez on October 13, 2011 2 Comments

Shawn Douglas notes several “signs that e-books and e-readers are becoming more popular, especially in libraries and the education sector,” including our Ebook Penetration & Use reports, Aptara’s 3rd Annual eBook Survey of Publishers, and EDUCAUSE and The New Media Consortium’s Horizon Report.

Filed Under: Ebooks, Publishing Tagged With: Academic Libraries, ebooks, Public Libraries

Notes From the 2011 Ebook Summit

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez on October 12, 2011 3 Comments

Sharon Moreland, Technology Consultant for the Northeast Kansas Library System, attended and took some impressive notes during today’s virtual summit, Ebooks: The New Normal, including these highlights from Library Journals’ VP, Group Publisher Ian Singer’s presentation of data from our hot-off-the presses 2011 Ebook Penetration & Use Reports.

Filed Under: Ebooks Tagged With: Academic Libraries, ebook summit, ebooks, K-12 Libraries, Public Libraries, stats

Link: 36 Most Common Qs Answered by the OITP eBook Task Force

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez on June 29, 2011 Leave a Comment

At this time, the majority of trade digital books that public libraries typically acquire do not presently have these features.

Filed Under: Ebooks Tagged With: Public Libraries

Link: Broadband Grants Give Critical Funding

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez on June 27, 2011 1 Comment

A key element in libraries’ growing role in workforce development has been the expansion of broadband capacity through the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP).

Filed Under: Digital Divide Tagged With: ALA11, Public Libraries

Link: OverDrive, 3M Demos Draw Large Librarian Crowds

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez on June 27, 2011 Leave a Comment

Librarians were eager to get a first glimpse of 3M’s new Cloud Library ebook lending system and the promised enhancements to OverDrive’s platform-two of the most anticipated exhibits at the American Library Association’s annual conference in New Orleans.

Filed Under: Ebooks Tagged With: ALA11, Public Libraries

Link: New Ebook Service Launched, Takes Its Inspiration from Freegal

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez on June 24, 2011 Leave a Comment

Library Ideas, LLC, has launched a new ebook service for libraries that’s similar to the company’s Freegal Music product. Freading will offer 20,000 copyrighted titles from 16 publishers with a mix of frontlist and backlist titles, the company said today at the American Library Association’s annual conference in New Orleans. The publishers that have signed on [...]

Filed Under: Ebooks Tagged With: ALA11, Freegal, Public Libraries

Link: Idea Contest for SciVerse Library Apps

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez on June 24, 2011 Leave a Comment

Entrants are invited to submit specific ideas for applications for the SciVerse suite that solve problems affecting the search and discovery of information within librarian and researcher workflows alike.

Filed Under: Mobile Tagged With: Academic Libraries, Apps

Link: Wisconsin Preserves Low-Cost Broadband for Schools, Libraries–for Now

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez on June 24, 2011 Leave a Comment

Hundreds of Wisconsin school and public libraries narrowly avoided paying more for Internet service when state lawmakers reached a budget agreement last week to save WiscNet, a nonprofit cooperative that provides low-cost broadband service.

Filed Under: Digital Divide Tagged With: K-12 Libraries, Public Libraries