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Maggie Verster

eBook Business Models: A Scorecard for Public Libraries - Zunia.org - 1 views

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    "Unlike a printed book, a single copy of an ebook could potentially be read by many users simultaneously, from any location. Thus, a major concern of publishers is that ebook borrowing from libraries will be so easy as to erode sales to readers. To counter this, many publishers insist on terms that replicate aspects of print book lending. Some of these terms may be necessary and tolerable, at least temporarily, to offset perceived risks in selling ebooks to libraries. Others, such as requiring patrons to come to the library to check out ebooks, will be onerous to patrons and damaging to perceptions of library service. With today's rapidly changing business environment for ebooks, the choices that libraries make today can have profound impact on the direction taken by the entire reading ecosystem. It is thus of utmost importance that these choices be made with careful consideration of the needs of both present and future users. Decisions are best made in the context of an informed community and never in isolation."
Maggie Verster

How To Check Out Library Books on Your Kindle for Free - 3 views

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    Thousands of libraries across the United States offer digital lending for Kindle devices. Read on to see how you can enjoy the benefits of free library books on your Kindle. Just like you can check out physical books from your local library, at over 11,000 public libraries you can also check out ebooks for use on your Kindle. It's simple, free, and best of all there's no risk of late fees because the digital books simply expire the day they are due.
Maggie Verster

Library Link of the Day - 0 views

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    The Library Link of the Day provides you a daily link for keeping up to date with the library profession. Destinations include the latest library news, good reads on the web, and other valuable resources that a library knowledge worker should know about. The link is presented without commentary. Links always lead to free content, but sometimes require registration (also free).
Maggie Verster

Libraries Transformed: Research on the changing role of libraries | Pew Research Center... - 1 views

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    Lee Rainie will describe the latest findings of the Pew Internet Project about libraries and the new mix of services they are offering their patrons-and considering offering. He will also discuss the implications for libraries of the Project's research into how Americans use e-books and how patrons experience borrowing e-books from their public libraries. Lee will also run through the latest findings about how Americans use digital technology.
Maggie Verster

21st Century Academic Library: Free and Open resources - 0 views

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    This talk was given at the launch of Library Week in the foyer of the Wits library. During this week stakeholders will celebrate and promote library and information services throughout South Africa with the theme: "Access for all @ your library".
Maggie Verster

Why open-source library software is a trend - 1 views

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    At a time when the nation's economic future seems shaky, many school and public libraries are moving to open-source library management systems, which tend to be cheaper, more flexible, and fulfill the same mission a library serves: making a valuable contribution to the greater good.
Maggie Verster

Building of Libraries in Communities and Schools - 1 views

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    The Department of Arts and Culture briefed the Committee on the building of libraries in communities and in schools. Government had identified a need for transformation in the sector to address the challenges of a decline in service delivery and the disparities in service provision throughout the country. Libraries were excluded from Schedule 5 of the Constitution, resulting in problems with adequate access to funding. As a result, Conditional Grant Projects were introduced to transform urban and rural community library infrastructure, facilities and services (primarily targeting previously disadvantaged communities) through a recapitalisation programme at Provincial Government level in support of Local Government structures.
Maggie Verster

School libraries and continuous improvement - 0 views

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    Rosaila points to an underpinning and central question that challenges school libraries today: what is the future of school libraries, and how can they be continuously improved to sustain and nurture 21st century learning? The professional need for capacity building and continuous improvement of school libraries is no more timely than at present.
Maggie Verster

The Open University Library Services - 0 views

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    The Open University library website is a gateway to a wide range of online information resources. It also provides information about the services and resources at the Open University Library building in Milton Keynes.
Maggie Verster

IMLS Museams Libraries and 21st century skills - 0 views

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    The Institute's Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills initiative underscores the critical role that museums and libraries play in helping citizens build such 21st century skills as information, communications and technology literacy, critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, civic literacy, and global awareness.
Maggie Verster

Library 2.0 News, Librarian blogs and Library Jobs and from across the internet. - 0 views

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    Library 2.0 News, Librarian blogs and Library Jobs and from across the internet.
Maggie Verster

WebTools4u2use -A wiki for school library media specialists to learn about - 0 views

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    A wiki for school library media specialists to learn about cool new web tools, see how they can be used in school library media programs, and share ideas & success stories.
Maggie Verster

Yudu Library - 0 views

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    YUDU is an ePublishing library and marketplace that lets you read, publish, buy, sell and share digital content. Find eBooks, magazines, and other documents as well as photos, music and podcasts and bookmarks and add them to your own library
Maggie Verster

Library - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • NetLibrary, 93% of undergraduate students claimed that finding information online makes more sense to them then going to the library. Also, 75% of students surveyed claimed that they did not have enough time to go to the library and that they liked the convenience of the Internet. While the retrieving information from the Internet may be efficient and time saving than visiting a traditional library, research has shown that undergraduates are most likely searching only .03% of the entire web.[34] The information that they are finding might be easy to retrieve and more readily available, but may not be as in depth as information from other resources such as the books available at a physical library.
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      Why would the depth of information not be as good as physical resources?
Maggie Verster

Internet2 and School Libraries: The Time Is Now (More Than Ever) - 0 views

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    Does the word Internet2 conjure images of a mythical realm off-limits to the masses of web-surfing plebeians? A forbidding place where computer engineers and the academic research elite speak in esoteric computer programming dialects and move terabytes of data through big pipes at the speed of light? At Horace Mann Elementary School in West Allis, Wis., Internet2 is helping transform the school library into the heart of digitally enabled innovation and learning. So what is the real Internet2, and why does it matter to K-12 schools and libraries? James Werle and Louis Fox have the answers!
Maggie Verster

The Ideal School Library - 0 views

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    In my opinion, the ideal school library is highly liberating and able to provide a learning environment that's not generally feasible, practical, or even possible in most traditional classrooms. While there always seem to be exceptions to every rule, I think that our libraries should be comfortable, collaborative, open, social, connective, modern, clean, up-to-the-minute, and with shooshing not generally required.
Maggie Verster

Reading Library Stuff - 0 views

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    The library weblog dedicated to resources for keeping current and professional development
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ICDL - International Children's Digital Library - 0 views

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    The mission of the International Children's Digital Library Foundation (ICDL Foundation) is to support the world's children in becoming effective members of the global community - who exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas -- by making the best in children's literature available online free of charge. The Foundation pursues its vision by building a digital library of outstanding children's books from around the world and supporting communities of children and adults in exploring and using this literature through innovative technology designed in close partnership with children for children.
Maggie Verster

Massive EU online library looks to compete with Google - 0 views

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    Massive EU online library looks to compete with Google
Maggie Verster

The Ideal School Library - 0 views

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    "In my opinion, the ideal school library is highly liberating and able to provide a learning environment that's not generally feasible, practical, or even possible in most traditional classrooms. While there always seem to be exceptions to every rule, I think that our libraries should be comfortable, collaborative, open, social, connective, modern, clean, up-to-the-minute, and with shooshing not generally required."
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