Proposed cuts to Sheffield’s libraries will be debated in the city after 10,000 people... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
This new library-in-a-shipping-container plans on using growing Internet access in Africa to create a new model for making available both electronic information and physical books. It’s a conundrum that library advocates have struggled with for years: in many areas in the developing world,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
A library in south London has been hit by a fire, with more than 100 firefighters tackling the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ingram MyiLibrary is offering a new credits-based 'Access Purchase Model' for ebook lending that it promises will be equitable to both publishers and clients alike. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writers have condemned the decision by a Scottish council to close seven of its 15 libraries and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Finally, a way to browse the Kindle Lending Library in your browser. As an avid reader, and an especially big fan of ebooks, I thought subscribing to Amazon Prime seemed like a good idea. After all, the $79/year membership lets you check out one ebook per month from the Kindle Lending Library,... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author and library campaigner Alan Gibbons has called for Terry Deary (pictured) to debate the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Library supporters have responded with anger to author Terry Deary"s comments that "... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Broadcaster Joan Bakewell has described library closures in areas including Liverpool and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The growing use of libraries by children and young readers has once again been emphasised by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
A library in north London which was occupied by squatters will now be run by volunteers from the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Government's official response to the Culture, Media and Sport's Select Committee... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
City of York Council has been given £100,000 by the cabinet office to help it form a mutual... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some volunteers working in a Lewisham Library are there under the “workfare” scheme... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Smiths News has moved to further increase Bertrams' library sales to Northern Europe and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The staff of Westminster libraries have written an open letter to their council bosses, urging... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Library volunteers are, in many cases, being left without sufficient support to deliver services... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hardbound books, apparently, are soooo 20th century -- at least for the upcoming BiblioTech library in San Antonio, Texas' south side. When the shiny, new public library opens its doors to bookworms this fall, visitors will notice something important missing: actual books. Instead, the facility... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Ann Cleeves has described herself as "furious" over Newcastle City Council's... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
TV presenter Chris Packham has spoken out in defence of library opening hours, calling... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]