MORE POSTS FROM DECEMBER 2012
NY Times: Libraries See Opening as Bookstores Close
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
|From The New York Times: As librarians across the nation struggle with the task of redefining their roles and responsibilities in a digital age, many public libraries are seeing an opportunity to fill the void created by the loss of traditional bookstores. Indeed, today’s libraries are increasingly adapting their collections and services based on the […]
From Nasa.gov: NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has been providing amazing images of the universe since April 1990 and has led to remarkable discoveries. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the next-generation telescope that will peer even deeper into space and unveil even more mysteries. Both of these extraordinary telescopes are now the topics of two […]
Pew Internet Releases New Findings About eBook Readers, Devices, and Awareness of eBook Services in U.S. Public Libraries
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
|The report released today (December 27, 2012) is titled: E-book Reading Jumps; Print Book Reading Declines. A PDF version of the complete report is also available. Key Findings The population of e-book readers is growing. In the past year, the number of those who read e-books increased from 16% of all Americans ages 16 and […]
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is out with a new issue (#90; Nov/Dec 2012 ) of their CLIR Issues newsletter. This issue includes: A Look at the 22 Institutions that Received a 2012 Hidden Collections Award Going Meta—Anvil Academic’s Built Upon Series CLIR Welcomes New Board Members, Appoints New Officers Much More […]
From The Telegraph: According to data from Experian there are only 1,878 high street bookshops left in Britain. As recently as 2005 there were 4,000 bookshops on our high streets – twice as many as there are now. Almost 400 bookshops have closed over the course of 2012 alone, a seven-fold increase in the number […]
From a GLM Announcement: The Global Language Monitor has announced that ‘Apocalypse’ is the Top Word, ‘Gangnam Style’ is the Top Phrase and Newtown AND Malala Yousafzai are the Top Names of 2012 in its 13th annual global survey of the English language. Apocalypse was followed by deficit, Olympiad, Bak’tun, and meme. Rounding out the […]
From the AP: The oldest library in the South has started its own book bindery to bind, by hand, new editions of historic books and repair books in its collection of tens of thousands of volumes dating to the 15th century. “There are several lifetimes of work in this library,” said Brien Biedler, who has […]
The Hunt Library is scheduled to open on January 2, 2013. The facility was recently opened to media for a tour. Multimedia Image Gallery (via WRAL) 34 images taken during media tour on December 13, 2012. From the News and Observer: The James B. Hunt Jr. Library, a startling digital re-boot of what it means […]
From the Associated Press: Another Chicago neighborhood is seeking to be the future home of the Barack Obama presidential library. No official plans have been made yet. But residents in the historically black Bronzeville neighborhood say there’s 37 acres there that are a perfect fit. Harold Lucas is president of the Black Metropolis Convention & […]
From the The Star Tribune (Minneapolis): The school library inside Benilde-St. Margaret’s junior and senior high is now nearly barren of books. [Clip] But the tall stacks of 5,000 books that towered in the main room last school year are gone. Teachers brought a few into classrooms, but most were donated to schools in Africa. […]