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From Silicon Republic: Interleaf Technology, a technology provider for library services, announced today that its e-books and audio books solution, OverDrive, is seeing continued growth in Irish public libraries. OverDrive is a full-service digital distributor of downloadable e-books, audio books and other digital content, which is now used in 10 county libraries across Ireland. [Clip] […]
Scholarly Publishing: PeerJ Launches Open Access Journal and Preprint Server (Roundup)
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Interviews, Jobs, Journal Articles, Libraries, Open Access, Patrons and Users, PLOS, Profiles, Public Libraries, Publishing, Roundup
|Here’s a roundup of some of today’s PeerJ launch coverage. + New OA Journal, Backed by O’Reilly, May Disrupt Academic Publishing (by Michael Kelley, Library Journal) PeerJ will do without the widely employed and often expensive article-processing charge (commonly called author fees) of other OA journals, which average about $900 per published paper, according to […]
Title The Human Right to a Public Library Author Kay Mathiesen, Assistant Professor School of Information Resources and Library Science University of Arizona Source SSRN Forthcoming in: Journal of Information Ethics Abstract As a result of the global economic turndown, many local and national governments are disinvesting in public libraries. This paper proposes that governments […]
The following article appears in the June 2012 Issue (2.6) of FDLP Directions (Federal Depository Library Program). Title The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) eBook Program Author Jeff Turner, Director of Sales & Marketing, Business Products & Services, U.S. Government Printing Office From the Article Wherever possible, GPO eBook services are offered to Federal agencies […]
Historic Photography Project Dusted Off And Digitized By The NYPL
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Public Libraries, Resources
|From Gothamist: Recently the New York Public Library released over 40,000 images digitally from the Great Depression, including some shot in New York City, and over 1,000 that have not been published in other collections documenting the era. This week The NY Times explained how the photos finally got dusted off for their digital debut: […]
Statistical Survey of IFLA’s Metropolitan Libraries Section 2010, 59 Libraries From 23 Countries
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|From the International Federation of Library Associations Web Site: It was compiled by Toronto Public Library on behalf of the Section. There was a record participation from 59 libraries from 25 countries. The results are also reported in a presentation, under the title Libraries in Changing Times: A Global View. The Statistics collate information from […]
From the The Houston Chronicle: While on its mission to provide free information, the Houston Public Library has to swat at the occasional counterfeiter. At each of Houston’s 42 public library sites, equipment at the circulation desk includes a counterfeit detector pen. Widely available at office supply stores, the pen contains a solution that detects bills printed […]
2nd Edition of New York Public Library’s Biblion, The Boundless Library iPad App Now Available (Free)
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|The second edition of Biblion: The Boundless Library app for iPad from the NYPL is is now online. It’s a free download from the app store. This edition is titled, Frankenstein: The Afterlife of Shelley’s Circle. Don’t have access to an iPad? Here’s the web version of the new Biblion. — From the iTunes App […]
IMLS Awards $50,000 to the Public Library Association to Prototype a Summer Reading App
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|From IMLS: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) today announced a planning grant of $50,000 to the Public Library Association (PLA), a division of the American Library Association. This National Leadership Grant will aid in the development of a “summer reading app” for mobile devices by the summer of 2013. [Clip] “Research shows […]
Texas and Illinois Libraries Honored For Exemplary Service to Blind and Disabled Readers
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|From The Library of Congress: The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), part of the Library of Congress, will present awards to libraries in Texas and Illinois for outstanding service to blind and disabled readers. The Texas Talking Book Program, a division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, will […]