As states push to reopen, many libraries are having to figure out their own way forward. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
Even with their physical locations shuttered, libraries have been an invaluable resource to everyone stuck at home and desperate for new reading material. According to Time Out New York, the NYPL has seen a 864% increase in digital library card sign-ups since March. Still, the loss of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-06-04 15:02:50 UTC ]
When libraries around the US began closing their doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Internet Archive (IA) responded by creating a “National Emergency Library,” a collection of 1.4 million books from its free e-book repository Open Library. Pu... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2020-06-01 19:33:58 UTC ]
We may not be able to escape to bookish destinations right now, but we can be transported by these books about libraries and bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-05-28 10:39:03 UTC ]
Even before the pandemic, Finnish libraries were usually more versatile than most libraries around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed hundreds of millions of people’s lives in countless ways since it went global in February of this year. Working from home quickly became a norm, online... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2020-05-27 07:20:21 UTC ]
Spotify has announced that it is lifting the content cap that previously limited the number of songs, albums and podcasts that could be added to a library. Until today is was only high-profile Spotify Rockstars who were able to store more than 10,000 items in their Spotify libraries, but now... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2020-05-26 14:59:04 UTC ]
Find out how some libraries are shifting summer reading programs into digital spaces, maintaining their communities, and learning from the process. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-05-26 10:33:13 UTC ]
Italy, the first Western country to be ravaged by coronavirus, has further eased its two-month-long lockdown, allowing everything from museums and libraries to sit-down dining and hairdressers to reopen leaving businesses to grapple with radical... Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2020-05-25 08:00:00 UTC ]
BookExpo Online's first full day of programming begins with a panel featureing five library leaders who will take stock of how libraries are handling the coronavirus pandemic thus far and how the public library might change in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
New research from application security specialist Veracode finds seven in 10 applications have a security flaw in an open source library on initial scan, highlighting how use of open source can introduce flaws, increase risk, and add to security debt. The study analyzed the component open source... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2020-05-19 09:57:36 UTC ]
Shelter in place orders throughout the country haven’t just brought the economy to a grinding halt, but frozen civic infrastructure as well. Sure, water still flows from our taps, police and firefighters are still on the job, but your local library l... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2020-05-11 15:00:59 UTC ]
From hip hop to Yiddish works to sourdough starter, explore some of the most niche libraries and collections found on the globe and online. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-05-11 10:32:24 UTC ]
These were the most popular books in libraries to kick off 2020. What have you read? Missed? Want to pick up from your library or bookstore next? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-05-08 10:32:36 UTC ]
If the combined libraries of Steam, Xbox Game Pass, Stadia (now with wireless controller support on PC) and all the rest just aren’t enough for you, Dan Cooper has a recommendation: spreadsheets. His latest obsession is a browser-based version of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2020-05-06 11:33:37 UTC ]
As coronavirus-related economic aid is released in Italy, publishers, libraries, and booksellers are asking for a cultural-spending incentive for families. The post Coronavirus: Italian Publishers Join Libraries and Booksellers in Appeal appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-04-29 13:42:24 UTC ]
Many lives are radically different right now. But birthdays, anniversaries, and public holidays come and go as before. The pink supermoon would have appeared whether we’d watched it from our windows or outdoors among a crowd of strangers. This week, Earth Day, Shakespeare’s birthday, and World... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2020-04-24 14:34:13 UTC ]
William H. Ukers, not much over thirty, started working on his book in 1905, traveling and gathering material for a year. After he returned home to New York, he scoured nearby libraries and museums. Wherever he couldn’t go himself, he sent auxiliaries, appointing research assistants to mine... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-04-24 08:48:46 UTC ]
Arts Council England (ACE) has announced a £151,000 investment into library services to buy e-books and digital audio products. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-22 23:20:53 UTC ]
Learn about the Library Bill of Rights, with explanations and examples of how library users might apply them in their own use of their libraries and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-04-20 10:32:09 UTC ]
It’s no surprise that people read a lot when stuck at home. But novels are more than a way to kill timeIt’s no surprise that keen readers have looked to books for historical analogues or literary insights into the coronavirus outbreak. Sales of the English translation of Albert Camus’s 1947... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-04-19 17:25:44 UTC ]