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Looking for new, timely online resources for your K–12 students? Gary Price, an industry analyst librarian and editor of LJ’s INFOdocket, has selected the following recent posts for school librarians. Topics range from current and past presidential debates to German Jewish history. Price is also co-founder and editor of FullTextReports.com.
In a new Library City blog post, ebook/digital publishing expert David Rothman offers praise for the new iOS ebook reading app (Version 1.0) released by the Douglas County Libraries last Friday. The app provides access to both ePub and PDF eBooks acquired directly by DCL as well as OverDrive materials. The app is powered by [...]
From a B&T Announcement: Baker & Taylor today released an upgrade to its popular Axis 360 digital media platform. New options allow library patrons to check out ebooks on ereaders compatible with EPUB and PDF formats, such as NOOK, Sony Reader and Kobo devices. [Clip] With Axis 360, library patrons can now use virtually any [...]
via OCLC: Geek the Library, OCLC’s community awareness campaign designed to highlight the value of public libraries, has received $1,924,883 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to extend participation in the program to 1,000 additional libraries through June 2015. The funding allows increased emphasis on library staff planning and implementation of the program, and [...]
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) and publisher plaintiffs McGraw-Hill, Pearson Education, Penguin, John Wiley & Sons, and Simon & Schuster, settled their long-running litigation with Google today. The lawsuit, over Google’s scanning of library books, was first filed in 2005. As a result of the settlement, publishers can choose to make their books available [...]
From 3M: The 3M Cloud Library App is now available in Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Apps store, making it easier for owners of NOOK tablets to borrow eBooks from local libraries. Anyone with a NOOK HD, NOOK HD+, NOOK Tablet or NOOK Color can download the 3M Cloud Library App directly from the NOOK Apps storefront, [...]
From an OverDrive Announcement: OverDrive [is announcing] the release of the free OverDrive Media Console app for NOOK, making it even easier for users to borrow eBooks and audiobooks from libraries and schools. With the new OverDrive app, users of NOOK HD, NOOK HD+, NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color can wirelessly borrow eBooks and MP3 [...]
From KAPP-TV: 18 libraries in Yakima County adopt a new internet policy that restricts users from accessing adult content — and many library goers are happy it is finally happening. [Clip] The Yakima Valley Regional Library Board voted to restrict online content earlier this week. Read the Complete Article Video Report From KNDO/KNDU Primary Documents [...]
American Library Association President Maureen Sullivan spoke to about 100 publishers this week during an Association of American Publishers event in New York. The presentation struck a more placatory tone than Sullivan’s open letter to publishers regarding the current state of ebook access in libraries. Sent just days earlier, it began by arguing that “it’s [...]
From the NYPL: The New York Public Library’s Board of Trustees today approved the development of 30,000 square feet of additional collections storage at its landmark 42nd Street building, creating a space that can properly preserve approximately 1.5 million volumes. Thanks to a generous gift of $8 million from Library Trustee Abby S. Milstein and [...]
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