Nearly 20,000 attendees convened in Denver for a notably robust ISTE 2016. From virtual reality to the new open resources platform Amazon Inspire, SLJ taps the highlights.
Getting to E: The State of the School Ebook Market
School libraries are moving toward ebook adoption; the question is how fast.
MacMillan, Follett Partner to Expand PreK–12 Ebook Offerings
Follett to Upgrade Server; Services Will Be Down Briefly
Mary Lee Schneider to Head Follett Corporation
Ebook Collections Surging: New Data Available from LJ, SLJ Annual Usage Reports
Now in their third year, the LJ/SLJ Ebook Usage reports track long-term trends in public, academic, and K-12 school libraries, presenting detailed information about how libraries are adapting to this technology. Sponsored by Freading, Ebooks on EBSCOhost, and Follett, this year’s reports are freely available for download.
Ebrary Cultivates a Niche in the Public Library Market
Ebrary’s flagship ebook product is Academic Complete, but the ProQuest unit has also offered for two years a parallel product in the public library channel called Public Library Complete that some libraries are finding a congenial fit as they sort through the growing number of offerings on the market.