Campaigners trying to create a community library in Kensal Rise have raised nearly half the money...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Shadow culture minister Dan Jarvis has spoken out about local library campaigns, criticising the...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Shadow culture minister Dan Jarvis has accused his government opposite Ed Vaizey of...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than the half the libraries in Tameside, Greater Manchester, could be lost as the borough...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Launched at the end of 2011, the ebook program of the Library of America has released eight titles so far with plans to publish about two ebooks a month for the next year. LOA publisher Max Rudin explained that the nonprofit charged with producing high-quality, beautifully designed editions of...
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[ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Close to half of Wakefield district's 26 libraries face closure by March next year unless...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Citing budget concerns, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed a $25-billion budget that eliminates almost $900,000 in state funding for its libraries.
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[ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has announced £6m of funding for libraries to use on arts and...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
According to a new study by the Pew Research Center, 62 percent of respondents didn't know whether or not their local library had ebooks.
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[ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book readers have been relatively slow to borrow digital works from the library, deterred by a limited selection and by not even knowing whether their local branch offers e-releases, according to a new study.
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[ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fancy dipping back into the world of Quidditch and Dumbledore? Or maybe you shunned the whole Pottermania thing until now. Either way, if you own a Kindle, you can finally get up to speed without paying a spellbinding price -- thanks to Amazon's Kindle Owners Lending Library. All seven eBook...
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[ Source: Engadget | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Academic library managers should support staff in acquiring new teaching skills to help break...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
All seven Harry Potter books are now available in the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, marking the series' first availability outside the Pottermore store.
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[ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has signed a petition calling on Manchester City Council to halt...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Friends of the Kensal Rise Library has written to All Souls College to ask it to consider...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The head of libraries at Manchester City Council has denied claims that up to half of Manchester...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones m.d. James Daunt has warned that e-lending in libraries will put further pressure on...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Harry Potter ebooks are to be made available to borrow as part of the Kindle Owners'...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
One-time "The Late Show" editor Roly Keating has been appointed as the new chief...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has launched a consultation on plans to transfer the...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]