Around the turn of the 20th century—a golden age for libraries in America—the Snead Bookshelf Company of Louisville, Ky., developed a new system for large-stack library shelving. Snead’s multifloor stack systems can still be seen in many important libraries built in that era, for instance at Harvard, Columbia, the Vatican, and at Bryant Park in New York City. Besides storing old bundles of bound paper, Snead’s stacks provided load-bearing structural support to these venerable buildings. To remove the books would literally invite collapse. Continue reading at 'Slate'
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Judgement in the High Court judicial review into Surrey county's council's plans to hand... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Tim Coates, founder of online e-lending service Bilbary, has pledged to raise money to donate to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Library campaigners and Unison have called for Ed Vaizey to step down from his position as... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Oddly, Random House deciding to triple the price of its ebooks for libraries is being considered a compromise. While others, like Penguin, are pulling their electronic tomes from the virtual shelves of our lending institutions, Random House is at least willing to still play ball -- even if it's... Continue reading at Engadget
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Pottermore has partnered with ebook company Overdrive to bring electronic versions of the 'Harry Potter' series to libraries and schools in five languages. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Pottermore has entered into an exclusive worldwide ebook and digital audiobook distribution... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Culture minister Ed Vaizey will be interviewed by the culture, media and sport select committee... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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E-book enquiries from schools have gone "through the roof", according to library... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Whatever else can be said about Tools of Change, O’Reilly Media’s traveling road show on publishing and technological change, it seems to come along just when a concentrated dose of discussion—or perhaps muted confrontation—is needed. Over the course of the three-day conference in New York City,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Penguin drops over-the-air downloads; now only Random House gives libraries unrestricted access to purchase and loan ebooks. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Pugh, council leader at the Isle of Wight, will be among those giving evidence at the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Former children's laureate Anne Fine has condemned plans to cut Durham library services,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Public policy consultant Sue Charteris has told the media, culture and sport parliamentary select... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Two hundred events will be held at libraries around the country to mark National Libraries Day... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Tomorrow, Saturday 4th February, is National Libraries Day. It's a day on which everyone can... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The Culture, Media and Sport select committee inquiry into library closures will begin hearing... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The Society of Chief Librarians has been forced to defend itself following claims that members of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Culture minister Ed Vaizey has repeated his assertion that secretary of state Jeremy Hunt will... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Matt Hamblen's recent article on ebook borrowing illustrates the difficulties libraries are facing in the digital age. It's too bad, because libraries are an important resource. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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