There are several major findings in this report. One is this: For help with a variety of common problems, more people turn to the internet than consult experts or family members to provide information and resources.
With all the talk about Amazon’s Kindle, there’s a bigger revolution taking place and those who studied classic literature will be horrified. In Japan, half of the top ten selling works of fiction in the first six months of 2007 were composed on mobile phones.
Several major research libraries have rebuffed offers from Google and
Microsoft to scan their books into computer databases, saying they are
put off by restrictions these companies want to place on the new digital
collections. The research libraries, including a large consortium in the
Boston area, are instead signing on with the Open Content Alliance.
The Library of Congress announced an ambitious plan on Wednesday to
digitize a collection of the world’s rare cultural materials — artifacts
ranging from a photo collection of a 19th-century Brazilian empress to
a crackly recording of the 101-year-old grandson of a slave.
There are thousands of interest groups within Facebook’s social nexus, each with a discussion board, area for posting recent news, photos, videos, and bookmarks, as well as a group wall on which members can leave passing comments. And within that collection of groups, several hundred are relevant to the LIS field. Here are some of the most popular groups of interest to librarians. If you have a fa
A new survey on the state of school library media centers (LMCs) in the U.S. shows that although school libraries are connected as never before, overall they fall short in many ways, especially on the elementary school level. The survey, conducted by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), is the first in what AASL intends to be an annual series examining the state of school LMCs.
As the 2008-09 e-Rate filing window approaches, administrators of the program are encouraging e-Rate coordinators from schools and libraries across the country to get the basics right. When common mistakes are avoided and the basics of an application are strong, they say, the "application generally goes right."
a study of public library funding and technology access from the American Library Association. This hefty report shows that technology advances have made the public library more important than ever. One piece of evidence is this statistic: “Seventy-three percent of libraries report they are the only source of free public access to computers and the Internet in their communities.â€
Everyone has some kind of place that makes them feel transported to a magical realm. For some people it's castles with their noble history and crumbling towers. For others it's abandoned factories, ivy choked, a sense of foreboding around every corner. For us here at Curious Expeditions, there has always been something about libraries. Row after row, shelf after shelf, there is nothing more magical than a beautiful old library.
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There are several major findings in this report. One is this: For help with a variety of common problems, more people turn to the internet than consult experts or family members to provide information and resources.
Several major research libraries have rebuffed offers from Google and Microsoft to scan their books into computer databases, saying they are put off by restrictions these companies want to place on the new digital collections. The research libraries, including a large consortium in the Boston area, are instead signing on with the Open Content Alliance.
a study of public library funding and technology access from the American Library Association. This hefty report shows that technology advances have made the public library more important than ever. One piece of evidence is this statistic: “Seventy-three percent of libraries report they are the only source of free public access to computers and the Internet in their communities.â€
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