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Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award Winners Announced
Associations and Organizations, Awards, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, School Libraries
|Congrats to the winners and those nominated! From ALA: Yesterday, 10 librarians were recognized for service to their communities, schools and campuses as winners of the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award. More than 1,700 library patrons nationwide nominated a librarian. The 10 award recipients are: Venetia V. Demson […]
What Do You See? "OverDrive Has Different eBook Catalogs for Different Libraries"
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing, Reports
|UPDATE (11:45 am, Friday) OverDrive has received our request for a statement and answers to questions and will be back in touch ASAP. A very interesting, eye-opening, and well documented report by Sarah Houghton on her Librarian in Black blog. From the Report: OverDrive has different catalogs of eBooks in the OverDrive Marketplace for different […]
From the Appleton Post-Crescent: The state’s public libraries have noticed the increasing popularity of iPods, iPads, Sony eReaders, Kindles, Nooks and MP3 players, and plan to play a big role in facilitating that experience. The libraries are part of a statewide e-book buying pool to purchase $1 million in new content in 2012 for a […]
Boston Public Library To Manage Manage New State-Wide Digital Library
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Public Libraries
|From the Back Bay Patch: State Representatives Marty Walz and Byron Rushing announce a new state-funded initiative for Boston Public Library that will expand library resources across the Commonwealth and provide additional state funding for Boston’s library system. [Clip] BPL will develop and maintain the Library for the Commonwealth, a statewide digital library. It is […]
Boston Public Library Assisting With Area Digitization Projects
Data Files, Digital Preservation, Funding, Libraries, News, Open Access, Public Libraries
|From the Boston Globe: The digitization of 50 editions (1960-2009) of The Torch [East Bridgewater High School] was made possible with a $100,000 federal grant awarded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners to the Boston Public Library, to help provide broad access to records and documents of cultural institutions across the state by making […]
From the Denver Post Editorial: It was intriguing to read a Denver Post story Tuesday about the ways in which traditional Colorado libraries are reinventing themselves for the digital age. More power to them. As people increasingly look to electronic devices for their information needs, libraries must adapt to remain relevant. We in the news […]
Chicago Film Archives Joins Internet Archive
Archives and Special Collections, Awards, Libraries, Public Libraries, Resources
|From Chicagoist: …were excited to see that the Chicago Film Archives is joining the collections of moving images at the Internet Archive, where they can be either streamed or downloaded and where they are sure to find a wider audience. Only a handful of titles have been included in the archive so far, but who […]
From the Calgary Star: The city’s much anticipated new central library project isn’t likely to break ground in 2012, the facility’s centennial year. The city is still hashing out some of the conceptual planning for the new facility, whose price tag is pegged at up to $250 million. Anything other than a symbolic groundbreaking in […]
From Vit Wagner’s Toronto Star Article: The Toronto Public Library established its film library in 1947 — 32 years after it had started making recorded music available to its members. “We’ve been in these businesses for a long time,” says chief librarian Jane Pyper. “They are rooted in long historical principles.” Two principles, chiefly. One […]
From the AP: Members of the Occupy Bangor group said they’ll abide by a request to stop camping on the public library’s property. Occupy activist Lawrence Reichard said the group on Friday night came to an agreement to leave the library property. He said the group will continue discussing its options. See Also: Occupy Bangor […]