Connecticut House of Representatives Unanimously Passes Bill to Study Library...
House Bill 5614 (An Act Cocerning Ebooks and Libraries) passes Connecticut House of Representatives. Bill now heads to Senate. From the AP: The state House of Representatives voted Tuesday 143-0 to...
View Article“Young Adult Book Discovery Start-up Evoke Wins First Publishing Hackathon”
From Digital Book World (w/ Additional Links): More than 200 digital book entrepreneurs competed in the hackathon and the winner was announced today at Book Expo America after a final round in which...
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Rebecca T. Miller Named Editorial Director of Library Journals
Rebecca T. Miller Rebecca T. Miller (rmiller@mediasourceinc.com), Editor-in-Chief of School Library Journal, has accepted the position of Editorial Director of Library Journals, effective immediately....
View ArticleFollett Launches $50 Million Education-Focused Venture Fund
From Follett: Follett Corporation today announced the establishment of the Follett Knowledge Fund, a capital funding source for new technologies that have the potential to improve and even disrupt the...
View ArticleComing Later This Year: Bing Launching “Bing For Schools”, New Version of...
From a Bing Blog Announcement: Starting later this year, Bing For Schools will offer schools in the U.S. the option to tailor the Bing experience for K-12 students by removing all advertisements from...
View ArticleeBooks For School Libraries: Follett Announces Partnership With Random House
Follett will offer new and popular titles from Random House to the school library market. From a Follett News Release: Follett’s ebook customers are now able to purchase Random House ebooks and lend...
View ArticleSchool Libraries: Children’s Ebooks Published by Hachette Coming to Follett
Note: Today’s announcement from Follett (below) follows news from last week that the company is also partnering with Random House for children’s ebooks. From Follet: Follett today announced a...
View ArticleMiami-Dade Reduces Number of Libraries on Chopping Block to Four But Major...
From the Miami Herald: Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, who last month warned that 22 of the county’s 49 public libraries could be shut down this fall due to deep budget cuts, announced Thursday that...
View ArticleNew York City: NYC School Librarians Hold Protest to Protect Jobs
UPDATED: More About The NYC School Librarian Story in an Article by School Library Journal’s, Karyn Peterson. See: Educators, Parents Fight NYC Bid to Bypass State Mandate for School Librarians New...
View ArticleColumbus Metropolitan Library Announces New Position To Work With Area Schools
An impressive commitment from CEO Pat Losinski and the entire team at CML. Kudos! From 10TV.com: On the same day the state released school report card data, the Columbus Metropolitan Libraries...
View ArticleCollaboration: Library and Archives Canada & University of Ottawa Sign...
From Today’s Announcement: Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and the University of Ottawa will collaborate in several key areas over the next five years to share expertise, knowledge and technology as...
View ArticleCollaboration: Archives at 15 California St. University Campuses to Digitize...
From California State University, Dominguez Hills: The National Park Service has awarded a two-year $321,554 grant to California State University, Dominguez Hills’ (CSUDH) Archives and Special...
View ArticleFine Art: Boston Public Library Releases Findings in Year-Long Review of the...
From the Boston Public Library: Today, the Boston Public Library announced the results of the Print Department Report, a BPL commissioned year-long external review of the BPL Print Collection. Launched...
View ArticleHarvard’s Widener Library Celebrates Celebrates Its 100th Birthday
From the Harvard Crimson: Widener Library was dedicated in memory of Harvard graduate Harry E. Widener, Class of 1907, in 1915 when his mother earned naming rights to the building after a donation of...
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LibraryThing Posts Sneak Peek of TinyCat, a New Online Catalog for “Tiny”...
A new post on the LibraryThing blog provides a sneak peek at TinyCat, a new online catalog that Tim, Abby, and the rest of the LibraryThing team are formally releasing at ALA TinyCat is designed for...
View ArticleSan Jose Public Library to Expand to Six-Day Schedule July 11
From the San Jose Mercury News: All 22 San Jose Public Library branches, including the Berryessa branch, will be open six days per week beginning Saturday, July 11. [Clip] In April, San Jose City...
View ArticleNews Roundup
1. Credo Survey: Faculty Teach Information Literacy in Response to Lack of Student Skills 2. hoopla Adds Material from DC Comics 3. Scribd Acquires Librify (via PW) 4. FollettNow Exclusive Distributor...
View ArticleNew Data From Pew: Internet Adoption in US Among Lower-Access Groups Hits...
From the Pew Research Center: For young adults, Americans with high education levels, and those in relatively affluent households, internet penetration nears full saturation levels, according to a new...
View ArticleNew Data Analysis From Pew: “Americans’ Internet Access: 2000-2015″
From the Pew Research Center: A new analysis of 15 years-worth of data highlights several key trends: For some groups, especially young adults, those with high levels of education, and those in more...
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Info Tech: The NMC Horizon Report > 2015 K-12 Edition Released Today
From the New Media Consortium: The NMC and CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) are jointly releasing the NMC Horizon Report > 2015 K-12 Edition in a special session at the annual ISTE...
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