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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 […]
From the Cape Cod Times: Librarians across the Cape are checking their book collections after a Hyannis man was allegedly caught stealing books last week at Brooks Free Library. Arthur Souza, 52, was charged with larceny of library materials valued at more than $250, but police and librarians believe he has stolen from at least […]
Motion Picture Licensing Corp. Begins Offering Umbrella License For Public Libraries
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|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
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|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 […]
St. Paul Public Library To Begin Testing 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Terminals This Week
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|From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: The St. Paul Public Library will become a beta testing site for a new electronic book lending service on Wednesday. The 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service will allow patrons to check out books on their own electronic devices or borrow such devices from the library to use at home. The […]
From KXAS-TV (El Paso): Texas’ West Irving Library is going green, operating completely on solar power. Casey Tate, Irving Capital Improvement Program director, said the city received a $1.1 million grant from the Department of Energy to build the library. The grant funded two-thirds of the total cost for the solar panel system. [Clip] “In […]
The interview transcript appears on the Appleton Post-Crescent web site. The interview begins with Rortvedt mentioning some recent changes at the library including: We’ve also changed around some of our departments. Our reference department is now known as Community Partnerships, and that’s really to emphasize our increased collaboration with the community and the importance of […]
From The Bulletin (Norwich, CT): “Your library is your future,” reads a sign inside the door of the Central Village Library, underneath a larger sign asking for donations. The juxtaposition is appropriate — without donations, the small library doesn’t have much of a future, Librarian Shirley DeFosse said Monday. The town of Plainfield defunded two […]
From the Associated Press: The Queens Library is becoming the first library in the New York public library system to lend e-readers. Under the pilot program, 50 Nooks will be available for check out at the library’s Central Library in Jamaica, starting on Thursday. Read the Complete Article UPDATE 2: The ereaders are locked down […]
From LoHud.com: When librarian Brian Jennings decided he wanted to digitize a bit of Rockland’s historical connection to famed American painter Edward Hopper, he took a unique approach to raise money. As the local history librarian at the Nyack Library, Jennings’ plan was take microfilm copies of the Rockland County Journal from 1890 to 1892 […]