MORE 'PUBLIC-LIBRARIES' POSTS
From an Post on Torotoist: If the Urban Affairs Library at Metro Hall doesn’t remain open once this year’s budget wrangling is over with, it won’t have been for lack of opposition. At a rally today in front of Metro Hall, about twenty people—most of them connected with the TPL workers’ union, CUPE Local 4948—spoke […]
From a San Francisco Chronicle Article by Jessica Kowng: More than a decade ago, the San Francisco Public Library undertook a monumental, multimillion-dollar effort to renovate or reconstruct nearly every branch library in the city. The plan was to bring two dozen branches up to building and disability-access standards within 10 years, as well as […]
More Libraries Join the Mobile Web, Eight Recently Release Apps/Sites
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|First, Two Resources From Non-Library Organizations: 1. For Android, iPhone/iPad: “CBC News on your mobile device” (via Canadian Brodcasting Corp.) 2.. Mobile Web Site: Chicago Transporation Authority (CTA) Train Tracker (Rapid Transit) 3. iPhone/iPad Ottawa: Ontario Public Library (Powered by Bibliocommons) This is the second Bibliocommons library to release a mobile app. Edmonton Public Library […]
"The Rise of the E-Book Lending Library (and the Death of e-Book Pirating")
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing
|From an Article in The Globe and Mail (Canada): Although the retailer-linked sharing sites [e.g. Kindle Lending Club and eBook Fling] are still largely restricted to U.S. users – and Toronto-based Kobo e-reader has yet to offer its own lending feature – they are collectively creating a booming and completely unanticipated market in previously loved […]
From a Public Lending Rights News Release (2 pages; PDF): Seven British children’s writers are among the Top 10 Most Borrowed Authors in UK libraries [Mid 2009 – Mid 2010], according to the latest annual data released today by Public Lending Right (PLR). They are Daisy Meadows, the brand behind the “Rainbow Magic” series (2nd); […]
Editorial From a Canadian Newspaper: "Libraries Can Lead Us Into a Digital Future"
Academic Libraries, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
|This editorial was published today in the Nanaimo (British Columbia) Daily News and is also posted on Canada.com. The headline is wonderful to read but the actual article needs some work. The editorial focuses on the public libraries of the Vancouver Island Regional Library. Libraries are becoming a less important source of reference material. The […]