The plan, which was unanimously approved by the NYPL board, will mean a 20% increase in public space for research, exhibitions, and educational programs. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette, the last holdout among America's "big six" publishers, will make its full ebook catalog available to nonprofit public libraries and school libraries across the nation on May 8th. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last year, Hearst Magazines head David Carey said his company would have a million people subscribing to its tablet editions by the end of 2012. That didn’t happen, and they ended December with something like 900,000 subscri ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The implications of Open Access for libraries will be debated in Westminster at an event hosted... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If you're still balking at the cost of download-to-own ebooks, and would rather stick to the tried-and-true library lending system, then this Hachette news is for you. Come next Wednesday, the entirety of Hachette's ebook catalog -- over 5,000 titles -- will be made available to nonprofit... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Illustrator Rebecca Hendin has created a giant artwork entitled ‘All Paths Lead to Foyles... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brian Ashley, formerly Nottingham City Council's director of culture, will take on the role... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A key U.S. lawmaker has unveiled plans for a comprehensive review of the laws surrounding copyright in the United States to determine whether they are still relevant in the digital age.Bob Goodlatte, a Virginia Republican and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said Wednesday that his... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2013-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Croydon's Upper Norwood Library is set to lose nearly a third of its workforce as its opening... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wholesaler Bertrams has bought Blackwell's academic library services contracts for £2.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new James B. Hunt Library at North Carolina State University shows what can happen when you marry a library with cutting-edge technology and interesting design--plus an automated librarian. In a digital age where many commentators tolled the death knell for the book-bound library, we’ve... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A previously unpublished writer has won the inaugural Historical Novel Society International... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Libraries across the country are taking part in a high-tech treasure based on Simon Mayo’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A group of libraries in Wales is set to receive a boost of £1m to help modernise their... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New regulations coming into force tomorrow [6th April] will mean that publishers will have to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Proposed cuts to Sheffield’s libraries will be debated in the city after 10,000 people... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sure, the age of browsing for books and checking them out may be coming slowly to a close, but the idea of a library can adapt rather than fade away. These five locations are doing just that. When I took a high school class in "library science," the primary innovation I learned about was the... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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 at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Government-commissioned report into library e-lending has set out the principle that e-... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Flipboard latest update democratizes content curation on the service, introduces search, and provides integration with Etsy. With 50 million users, Flipboard, the social news magazine available on the iPhone and iPad, has become a dominant player in content curation. Now, with competition in... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French Culture Minister Aurélie Filippetti has unveiled part of the government’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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