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Surprise: Funding for Florida Library Cooperatives Vetoed
Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, Public Libraries
|From the Tampa Bay Library Consortium: Governor Scott vetoed MLC funding for 2012-13. This loss of funds will hurt severely in the fiscal year beginning October 1. The funding can’t be restored this year, but Florida libraries badly need it to be restored for 2013-14. [Clip] On April 17 when Florida Governor Rick Scott signed […]
105 Jobs Will Be Cut At Library and Archives Canada
Archives and Special Collections, Government Libraries, Jobs, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Reports
|UPDATE (May 2, 2012): Canadian Library Association Dismayed by Impact of Budget Cuts on Federal Libraries Over the weekend and for the second time in April we posted about the elimination of a Canadian government program providing public access to the Internet (often via public libraries). Today, news of more cuts and this time the involve […]
From RFIDNews: The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, New York has started using a self-checkout system that makes use of RFID technology, according to a local news report. In the past, if patrons wanted to check out a book or CD, they had to wait for a librarian to do it for them. With […]
We will let this Marin Independent article provide you with the details but I wanted to offer a shout out to our friend and colleague, Sarah Houghton (who many of you know as the Librarian in Black) on being named the new director of the San Rafael (CA) Public Library. It goes without saying that […]
Motion Picture Licensing Corp. Begins Offering Umbrella License For Public Libraries
Libraries, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Scholastic, School Libraries
|Word that the Motion Picture Licensing Corporation has started to offer an “umbrella license” (annual license for unlimited viewings) for movies/videos shown in a public library setting. The Nevada State Library and the Suffolk Cooperative Library System in New York are charter users of the license that’s priced per location, per year. From MPLC: The […]
eBooks for Libraries: 3M Cloud Library Terminals Go Live at St. Paul Public Library
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing
|3M Cloud Library terminals are now available at the St. Paul Public Library in Minnesota. The Pioneer Press (St. Paul) has coverage. 3M Cloud Library, which has been in development for more than a year, will complement a rival OverDrive e-book- lending service used by public library systems in Minnesota and around the country. 3M […]
New York Public Library Launches John Cage Digital Archive
Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Libraries, Public Libraries, Resources, Video Recordings
|From SSG Music: The New York Public Library has launched a John Cage digital archive project, John Cage Unbound: A Living Archive. On the archive, Cage fans can celebrate Cage’s centennial curated series of browsable Cage curios; Want to see him play an amplified cacti and plant matter with a feather, review his notes from […]
From Boston.com: The Milton Library announced this week that it has joined “Freading,’ an electronic book service. Freading will allow the library to increase the size of its collection by adding thousands of books to the library website, a news release said. Any Milton resident with a library card can download books each week and […]
David Spadafora, President and Librarian of the Newberry in Chicago, Joining Digital Public Library of America Steering Committee
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|From an e-Mail Announcement by John Palfrey, DPLA Steering Committee Chairman: I am writing with the good news that David Spadafora, President and Librarian of the Newberry in Chicago, will be joining the Digital Public Library of America Steering Committee. The Steering Committee is working to bring together representatives from the educational community, public and […]
Data Bonanza: Harvard Library Making Nearly 100% of Their Catalog Records Open Access, More than 12 Million Records Released
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Libraries, Maps, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing, Resources
|Full Text of the Harvard announcement below. Below that, coverage from The NY Times. The Harvard Library announced it would make more than 12 million catalog records from Harvard’s 73 libraries publicly available. The records contain bibliographic information about books, videos, audio recordings, images, manuscripts, maps, and more. The Harvard Library is making these records […]