MORE 'PUBLIC-LIBRARIES' POSTS
From a Santa Barbara Public Library Announcement (PDF): Due to funding cuts at the state and local levels, the Santa Barbara Public Library System can no longer provide access to the following subscription databases effective July 1, 2011: • Ancestry Library Edition • Biography Resource Center/ Biography in Context • Chilton’s Automotive Library • Health […]
"Seattle Public Library Launches 'Next 5 Books' Program, Creating Personalized Reading List for You"
Funding, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing
|From the Queen Anne View: The Seattle Public Library has launched a new service called “Next 5 Books,” designed to provide personalized reading lists for patrons. All you have to do is fill out a short form (which takes five to ten minutes to complete), and a few days later the SPL staff will send […]
New Report From IMLS: "Who is in the Queue: Public Access Computer Users"
Data Files, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
|From an IMLS Announcement: Public access computers in U.S. public libraries continue to be in high demand according to Who is in the Queue: Public Access Computer Users, a new research brief by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The report dispels some myths that have lingered regarding the target service population for […]
Eric Hellman Says "3M's eBook Cloud Library Didn't Come Out of Nowhere!"
Libraries, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing
|A new blog post by GlueJar President and the founder of Go To Hellman (one of our favorite blogs), Eric Hellman. From the Blog Post: When Douglas County Libraries began investigating how to put ebooks into county resident’s computers, they wanted to do something similar. A user looking for ebooks should be greeted with a […]
Nice! From the NY Public Library (Full Text): The New York City budget for Fiscal Year 2012 was approved on Wednesday, June 29, and the City restored $36.7 million of the proposed $40 million cut for the New York Public Library. Below is a statement atttributed to New York Public Library Public Relations Director Angela Montefinise about this restoration: “When it comes to […]
The Digital Public Library of America, Linked Data, and More Discussed in Latest CLIR Issues
Data Files, Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Resources
|CLIR Resources Council on Library and Information Resources, No. 81 (May/June 2011) It includes the following articles: “An Enclosure of Spirits” From a Summary: “What form should a Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) take? What will be its audience, uses, and capabilities? CLIR President Chuck Henry warns that defining hard and fast categories of […]
American Library Association E-books Taskforce Continues Open Dialogue With HarperCollins
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Public Libraries, Publishing
|Full Text of an ALA Announcement: The American Library Association (ALA) Chair Bonnie Tijerina today released the following statement, thanking HarperCollins for attending the taskforce’s business meeting during ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans. The discussion followed HarperCollins’ February announcement of its current policy under which new titles licensed from library e-book vendors are restricted to […]
Preliminary Version: Transforming Libraries Portal (From American Libraries Association)
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Public Libraries, School Libraries
|Direct to Preliminary Version of ALA’s Transforming Libraries Portal. You can share feedback by using this contact page. Some resources are organized by library type (Public Libraries; School Libraries; and Academic Libraries). These pages contain a links to articles; books; conferences; general resources, tools, etc. that discuss library transformation issues. Other resources are organized by […]
Digitized Maps: David Rumsey Map Collection Adds Nearly 1700 Historic Maps and Images
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Maps, News, Public Libraries
|From a Rumsey Map Collection Blog Post: 1,676 new maps and images have been added to the David Rumsey Map Collection, bringing the online collection to 27,800 maps and images. Included in this addition are 666 images of Pocket Maps, a rare edition of Sanborn’s 1905 Atlas of San Francisco from the S.F. Public Library […]
Internet Archive News: "In-Library eBook Lending Program Expands to 1,000 Libraries"
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing
|Wow, talk about an impressive growth rate! From 150 participants in February to 1000 in June. Congrats to Brewster K., Peter B., George O. and the entire IA team. Impressive work! From an Internet Archive Blog Post: [Saturday], the InternetArchive announced that the 1,000th library from 6 countries has joined its In-Library eBook Lending Program. […]