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Amazon Announces Kindle Lending Library for Prime Members
If you have been paying attention you knew it was coming. The Kindle Lending Library from Amazon. If you own a Kindle, yes you have to have a device not an app, and a Prime Membership you can now...
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Why Amazon’s Lending Library is Not a Threat to Public Libraries
I had no idea that Amazon’s announcement would signal the end of the world, or at least the end of public libraries, or as my friend & colleague Andy puts it, the library apocalypse or I would have...
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Penguin Pulls eBooks From Public Libraries Dropping it Down to 1 of the Big 6...
image by Andy Woodworth Yesterday the big news online was Penguin Groups decision to withhold new titles from OverDrive, meaning new Penguin titles are no longer available for library patrons to check...
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Working with eBooks? Please Take this Pew Survey
Actually there are two surveys – one for those working in libraries and one for patrons. If you work in a library and work with ebooks please take a few minutes to take the first survey. Please share...
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Libraries: Good For the Waistline
This is a half thought out mash-up of two things that crossed my path this week. The first was the article in the Wall Street Journal “The Web-Deprived Study at McDonald’s“. Which covers what many of...
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Recommendations for Digital Literacy Program and Libraries
I am pleased to report that ALA OITP Digital Literacy Task Force (of which I was a member, it has disbanded) released the final Conclusions and Recommendations for Digital Literacy Programs and...
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Aspen Institute Announces Dialogue on Public Libraries
A couple of weeks ago The Aspen Institute announced a “working group to shape vision for public libraries.” I get pretty excited about groups that are not libraries working on the future of libraries...
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Why Libraries Should Look Beyond Library Card Ownership As A Measure of Support
Last week the Pew Internet and American Life Project released their latest report on the role of libraries in the digital age. I have loved being involved with this project and was excited for this...
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Keynote, Libraries as a Bridge: The Role of Libraries in Closing the Digital...
I had the honor of delivering the keynote at the Lexington County Public Library this week. 10/18/2014 update: I was very impressed with the administration and staff at the library. There were so many...
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Public Libraries Respond to the Opioid Crisis with Their Communities Call to...
For the last six months or so I’ve been serving on the advisory board for the Public Libraries and the Opioid Crisis a joint PLA and OCLC project funded by IMLS with the goal of learning how public...
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