Tallahassee Parents and community members could soon play an increased role in school book selection, under approved legislation On Thursday, it comes as a growing number of titles come under fire at state and national school board meetings. The Florida Department of Education would also be required to compile a list of instructional materials that […]
Salina Public Schools decided not to ban “Not All Boys Are Blue,” a novel that was recently challenged at a board meeting. In accordance with Board policy, a Property Review Committee has been formed. They read the book and discussed the novel’s potential strengths and weaknesses as a work of literature. After review, the committee […]
Warren Scott CELEBRATES 50 YEARS – The golden anniversary of the opening of the Brooke County Public Library at 945 Main Street in Wellsburg will be marked with an open house and several activities from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday. WELLSBURG — Since opening its doors nearly 50 years ago, […]
Powder days have returned this week as apparently everyone in town has headed up the hill for a run or seven at least a day since the snow started falling. Work can wait when there’s more than a foot of fresh snow right outside the door, and the general vibe around town seems just a […]
Did you know you have an abundance of friends and city resources waiting for you at the Santa Clarita Public Library? The City of Santa Clarita’s You’ve Got a Friend campaign is thrilled to give residents a fun and insightful look at the library during February, which also happens to be Library Lovers Month! Throughout […]
Surrey Libraries have eliminated overdue fines on all borrowed materials. Surrey’s public library system had been fine-free since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, in March 2020, and now the move is permanent. Overdue library fines can be a barrier for some residents using library services, administrators say. “The suspension of fines during the pandemic […]
Surrey Libraries have eliminated overdue fines on all borrowed materials. Surrey’s public library system had been fine-free since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, in March 2020, and now the move is permanent. Overdue library fines can be a barrier for some residents using library services, administrators said. “The suspension of fines during the pandemic […]
Surrey Libraries have eliminated overdue fines on all borrowed materials. Surrey’s public library system had been fine-free since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, in March 2020, and now the move is permanent. Overdue library fines can be a barrier for some residents using library services, administrators say. “The suspension of fines during the pandemic […]
(ACCOMAC, VIRGINIA) February 3, 2022 – The Eastern Shore Public Library joins more than 16,000 public libraries and colleges, as well as tens of thousands of readers, across the United States to offer the latest selection winner of the “Together We Read” digital book club. From February 7-21, 2022, library patrons can enjoy author Kirstin […]
Shutterstock The effort to ban the books has now extended beyond the classroom to public libraries, with a new GOP-backed bill adding librarians to their target of lawsuits and civil fines for those who , according to them, provide access to documents that are “obscene Where harmful to minors. A group of 14 Republican representatives […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow schools and public libraries to be criminally prosecuted for books and other materials deemed “harmful” to children, including items containing obscenity, violence or pornography. Senate Bill 17 passed the Senate Education Committee by a 9-4 vote, with Republicans on the committee supporting the proposal […]
Published on January 25, 2022. Top 60 public library systems in the world by total digital circulation Kent County, Michigan – The Kent District Library (KDL) announced that it reached a record one million e-book cases in 2021. This milestone illustrates the continued growth and importance of digital lending in ebooks and audiobooks in the […]
Top 50 public library systems in the world by total digital circulation MARTINEZ, Calif. – The Contra Costa County Library announced today that it hit a record high of one million eBook cases in 2021. This milestone illustrates the continued growth and importance of digital lending of eBooks and audiobooks in libraries, especially after a […]
BOONE – As people read and listen to more and more books on their smartphones or tablets, they’re discovering that one of the best resources is their local public library. Watauga County residents can access a wide selection of popular digital ebooks and audiobooks for free at the Watauga County Public Library. With a library […]
CHICOPEE – The continuous evolution of technology places an imperative responsibility on organizations to grow with the times. At the Chicopee Public Library, the organization continues to embrace this challenge as it strives to expand its database of electronic content. Senior Reference Librarian Carol Bagley discussed the platform’s growth amid the impacts of COVID-19. While […]
BOONE – As people read and listen to more and more books on their smartphones or tablets, they’re discovering that one of the best resources is their local public library. Watauga County residents can access a wide selection of popular digital ebooks and audiobooks for free at the Watauga County Public Library. With a library […]
Amahle is a hunter of light, a person who travels from planet to planet across the galaxy to collect and trade with various cultures of Earth’s human diaspora. Due to the effects of distance and the speed of light, a journey of a few years for her can span thousands of years for the inhabitants […]
If you’re looking for a new eAudiobook or eBook to snuggle up to during this cold spell, the Ottawa Public Library has released some suggestions with the best boxes in 2021. Ottawa Public Library cardholders accessed a record two million eBooks last year. Jessica Bruder’s Nomadland was the most borrowed e-book in the library’s OverDrive […]
Start the New Year on the right foot! Advertise your events, club meetings and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send the information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime phone number. Nominations sought for the Alumni Hall of Fame The Allegheny Valley School District is accepting nominations for its […]
Start the New Year on the right foot! Advertise your events, club meetings and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send the information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime phone number. Drive-through food distribution takes place at Pittsburgh Mills on Tuesday The Alegheny Valley Association of Churches and the […]
Overdrive is the largest digital distributor for public libraries. The company serves 76,000 libraries and schools in 94 countries. In 2021, 506 million e-books, audiobooks and digital magazines were loaned, representing a 16% increase from 2020. 121 public library systems in seven countries obtained one million or more loans from digital books, while four school […]
Barbara D. hathaway At Bee Cave Public Library, we look forward to another year of reading, learning and community engagement despite the challenges that omicron and other forces continue to throw at us. The library is open five days a week for regular services, so stop by to browse or let us help you find […]
Participating students will read “The Jamie Drake Equation” by Christopher Edge and have the opportunity to speak with the author in March. GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan – The Grand Rapids Public Library has announced the selection of books for this winter’s “One Book, One City for Kids” program. Participating students will read “The Jamie Drake Equation” […]
Arts & Culture DAILY SRQ FRESHLY Squeezed Content EVERY MORNING THURSDAY JAN 6, 2022 | Sarasota County Historical Resources and Libraries (LHR) is announcing “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” as their 2022 selection of a single book. “The Boy Who Harvested the Wind” by William Kamkwamba is a remarkable true story about human inventiveness […]
But publishers who have resisted selling digital assets to libraries are already changing their tone. Online retailer Amazon, for example, not only sells books, but operates its own publishing business. Until recently, Amazon Publishing did not sell eBooks or audiobooks to libraries. But shortly before Maryland’s law came into effect, the company announced an agreement […]
The power of a library card can open doors to new worlds, even those that lie outside the pages of a book. The Fort Smith Public Library offers a variety of free services for all ages. Here are a few you may not know. Streaming and downloading With four different streaming and download services, readers […]
The Llano County Library was scheduled to close for three days last week, but it wasn’t for the holidays. Instead, a group of six librarians from this tiny central Texas county were to conduct a “close examination” of every children’s book in the library, at the request of the Llano County Commissioners Court. Their mission: […]
Winter hours of the new library The new winter hours start on Monday, December 20. In order to better serve the community, the Newton Public Library will adopt new winter hours with an earlier opening time in the morning. The new times will be: Monday-Thursday: 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. Friday: 9 a.m. – 5 […]
Parking: The Frank Sarris Public Library is located at 35 N. Jefferson Ave. Our entrance and parking lot are behind the library and are accessible from Murdock Street. We are open for in-person services, but remember: Our drop box for returned items has moved. It is now located on Murdock Street. Customers can browse our […]
107 West Houston Street • 357-5485 Vacation hours The library will be closed for Christmas from December 23 to 27 and will reopen at 9 a.m. on December 28. The library will be closed for the New Year holidays from December 31 to January 31. 3. The library will reopen on January 4th. Cookie Recipes […]
By Makeida Antonio [email protected] A local non-governmental organization (NGO) has reached the final stages of collecting academic materials for donation to educational institutions in Antigua and Barbuda. The Nolan Hue Foundation yesterday closed its December book drive, in which several members of the organization helped clean and sort textbooks and other materials useful for educational […]
“Girly Drinks” author Mallory O’Meara is happy to order Buffalo Trace bourbon. “There is a myth that women love and can only drink apples,” she said. Allan Amato It was sort of a BYOB night at the last FYI Book Club gathering. Participants not only brought their own books, they brought all kinds of drinks […]
Prepare for the flood of Christmas books. Although it was closed last year amid the pandemic, the Coeur d’Alene Public Library has received thousands of book donations. Now they are using some of these books through one of the many free book giveaways. JD Smithson, the library’s communications coordinator, hosted a local version of Jólabókafló […]
HYANNIS, MA – The Hyannis Public Library is delighted to announce Amanda Converse as Chair of the Board. Converse, from Cape Town, is the co-founder and CEO of Love Live Local, a Hyannis-based nonprofit dedicated to advocating and promoting local small businesses. She succeeds Linda Bennett, who will remain on the Board of Directors. In […]
Coleman Public Library to switch e-books and downloadable audiobooks to cloudLibrary (Bibliotheca) on December 13e, 2021 Coleman Public Library will be upgrading to a brand new e-books and e-audiobooks platform called cloudLibrary. This platform will replace the currently used Overdrive. Why the change? The Big Country Digital Consortium was always looking for opportunities to provide […]
Growing demand for digital content has led to record library circulation in Libby reading app LONDON, December 1, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Almost two years after the pandemic-induced surge in digital content use, demand for digital material remains high. Over the past year, UK library authorities have responded to the needs of their communities […]
WILLARD, Mo. – The United States Department of Agriculture plans to invest $ 222 million to build and improve essential community facilities in 44 states, Guam and Puerto Rico. This community infrastructure funding aims to benefit nearly 2.5 million people in rural communities. It also includes $ 132 million to support health care, food security […]
FICTION Night neon light by Joyce Carol Oates Literary icon Joyce Carol Oates offers a whole new collection of haunting and sometimes darkly humorous suspense and suspense stories. These are stories of psyches pushed to their limits by the expectations of everyday life, of a woman who gets lost on her way back to her […]
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Office of Special Education and Early Learning (OSEEL) has expanded the Dolly Parton Imagination Library’s book donation program statewide. Since its launch in 1995, Imagination Library has grown into the preeminent international early childhood book donation program. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading […]
Eight US cities scored zero out of 100 in 10th edition Municipal equality index, which rates cities and towns based on the level of LGBTQ inclusion found in their local laws, policies and services. LGBTQ advocacy groups Human rights campaign and Federation for equality assessed 506 municipalities, including the country’s 50 state capitals and the […]
If you like the old-fashioned concept of taking notes in the margins of a paperback book, the $ 259.99 Kobo Sage tries to recreate that feeling for the digital age. But the experience doesn’t quite translate. On the one hand, we like the waterproof construction of Sage and, like any other Kobo e-book reader, its […]
An upcoming story hour at the Denton Public Library is canceled after the city said complaints about the selected books led to safety concerns. “We had feedback, comments on the social media sites that we saw that were of great concern and that made us concerned for the safety of our customers and staff at […]
Ashburton Public Library has added hoopla digital content streaming service to its services, so customers can read e-books, watch movies and TV series, as well as listen to audiobooks and music for free. using their library card. Customers can access over 750,000 titles by downloading the hoopla digital mobile app from their app store or […]
Proposed by Whatcom County Library System The Whatcom READS 2022 selection is the generational saga Green wood by Canadian author Michael Christie. With trees as a guiding metaphor, Green wood traces the rise and fall of a family and the “hopeful and impossible task of growing towards the light”. “We believe local readers will appreciate […]
Available free of charge 24/7 SMITHFIELD – As people read and listen to more and more books on their smartphones or tablets, they’re finding that one of the best resources is their local public library. The Johnston and Smithfield County Public Library (PLJCS) and its affiliated branches are pleased to announce that customers with an […]
Since opening its doors in 1913, Andalusia’s public library has seen many improvements over the years, and one of them is e-books. According to the director of the APL Mona Simon, the library started offering e-books in March 2021 at the request of the citizens of the city of Andalusia. Andalusia Public Library Director Mona […]
(Photo courtesy of City of Lubbock/Lubbock Public Library) LUBBOCK, Texas (PRESS RELEASE) — Here is a press release from the Lubbock Public Library: As people read and listen to more and more books on their smartphones or tablets, they are discovering that one of the best resources is their local public library. Lubbock residents can […]
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LUBBOCK, TX (COMMUNICATED) – As people read and listen to more and more books on their smartphones or tablets, they are discovering that one of the best resources is their local public library. Lubbock residents can access a wide selection of popular ebooks, audiobooks, and digital magazines for free at Lubbock Public Libraries. With a […]
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LUBBOCK, Texas (Press release) – As people read and listen to more and more books on their smartphones or tablets, they are finding that one of the best resources is their local public library. Lubbock residents can access a wide selection of popular eBooks, audiobooks and digital magazines free of charge at Lubbock public libraries. […]
The public library has been open since the start of the pandemic and more people than ever are borrowing digital content. Overdrive estimates that more than half a billion audiobooks and e-books will be on loan in 2021. Public libraries around the world are seeing double-digit growth in their digital cases with the Toronto Public […]
The Greensboro Public Library – Central Branch is located at 219 N. Church St. in downtown Greensboro. News and registration Staff reports The Greensboro Public Library is a great resource for finding a book club you might like, as well as for making book suggestions. On the library’s website, you can find the addresses, phone […]
Amazon has entered into a much-anticipated deal with the Digital Public Library of America to distribute 10,000 audiobooks and e-books to libraries. The content will be provided by Amazon’s own footprints, such as Thomas and Mercer, Amazon Crossing, and 47 North. This is the first time that libraries will receive digital books directly from Amazon […]
According to a new report from The Washington Post. In fact, Amazon is the only major publisher to do this, the report says. This is because the company believes the terms for selling digital versions of books to libraries, which in turn make them available to local residents for free through e-book lending platforms like […]
BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) – The pandemic has changed a lot for educators, and one of the biggest challenges is providing students with access to readings. “As everyone knows, things have been so different this year and one of the things that has really been affected is the ability of libraries to get books into the […]
The teachers of the year 2020 have had a heckuva year trying to navigate through distance and hybrid learning. With COVID-19 sweeping the country, teachers have been tasked with the accelerated learning process to embrace virtual learning. As a result, OverDrive Education discovered that school-wide digital reading platforms have made an overwhelming shift towards e-books […]
CLEVELAND, Dec 1 2020 / PRNewswire / – In a challenging year, the shift to distance and hybrid learning has accelerated the adoption of eBooks and audiobooks in the classroom. Therefore, OverDrive Education, the leading digital reading platform for schools worldwide, reports that a record number of K-12 schools have gone digital in 2020. Today, […]
Before Sarah Adler moved to Maryland last week, she used library cards from her Washington, D.C., home, and neighboring counties in Virginia and Maryland to read books online. The Libby app, a nifty and easy-to-use service from the OverDrive company, gave him access to millions of titles. When she moved, she took another card and […]
The Pflugerville Public Library now offers Spanish eBooks for children and new online learning services for students and veterans. The library accesses Spanish books through Spanish book distributor Lectorum, which has partnered with Latin American e-book platform Make Make. The collection includes 500 titles, ranging from picture and reading books to chapter books, folklore and […]
Shelter-in-place orders across the country have not only crippled the economy, but also frozen civic infrastructure. Sure, water is still flowing from our taps, the police and fire department are still on the job, but your local library probably isn’t considered an essential service. But that doesn’t mean you can’t overcome this scourge with a […]
Grand Prairie ISD students using Sora in the classroom. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Libraries make it easy to access with the app GRAND PRAIRIE – ISD Grand Prairie is working with the Grand Prairie Public Library System to make reading and literacy through e-books and e-audiobooks a tool for student success. Andi Barnett, Public Relations, Marketing […]
This content contains affiliate links. When you purchase through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here, listen: did you know that the Internet is full of free books for children? Many of us are self-isolating due to COVID-19 right now, hanging out at home with lots of free time that needs to be […]
Free ebooks are just one way to help your reader earn a living. And, thanks to libraries, public domain texts, and even bookstores, there is no shortage of free ebooks. Generally speaking, most free e-books are classic texts that no longer have enforceable copyrights, but if you dig a little deeper, you can find plenty […]
E-books and audiobooks continue to grow in popularity, and libraries are a valuable resource for providing e-books to their communities and local schools – for free! To spread the word, the Digital Bookmobile travels to libraries and schools across North America. This is a unique exhibit that travels to public libraries and schools from coast […]
In a Campus technology item As of December 12, 2018, Dian Schaffhauser reports that according to statistics from the US Department of Education, “library collections in higher education now contain more digital than physical elements.” Let’s take a look at what a few university library staff have to say about the state of eBooks in […]
“It looks like Netflix,” said my 9-year-old niece, Cameran, scrolling through a new app on my iPhone. “Are these all books?” “ At the end of February, the Open eBooks initiative, led by the Digital Public Library of America, the New York Public Library and the non-profit organization First Book, with the support of digital […]
You want to know more ? Check out our additional article with five more facts about the Open eBooks app! Do you remember how it felt when you first read what would become your favorite book? For many students, it’s a hard-to-get feeling that books aren’t always cheap or readily available, especially when school budgets […]