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Secure, Rugged and Tamper Proof Library Access System Made Possible by LEID Products Auburn Hills, MI (PRWEB) March 27, 2012 LEID Products, LLC., the leader in electronic locker and cabinet storage with biometric asset protection and control, today announced version 2.0 of its iLibrary Kiosk. LEID Products iLibrary System includes the kiosk interfaced with LEID’s Electronic Modular Access Units to offer a complete "Express Library" solution. The iLibrary System provides communities with...
~ Easy-to-Use Online Tool is Designed to Meet Libraries’ Online and Promotional Needs and Award Will Celebrate Communities that are LibraryAware ~ Ipswich, MA (PRWEB) March 15, 2012 EBSCO Publishing and the creators of the readers’ advisory service, NoveList® introduce LibraryAware™, a product that will revolutionize the way libraries promote their programs and services. LibraryAware will be available during 2012. In addition, NoveList is also celebrating communities that are...
Ingram Content Group has been named the primary vendor of print materials for the 37 branch Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System, which celebrated 175 years of service in 2011 and had 3.65 million patron visits last year. Nashville, Tennessee (PRWEB) March 15, 2012 As libraries develop their services to meet the needs of today’s patrons, systems like the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System are selecting Ingram Content Group for its comprehensive library supply...
CHICAGO, March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Winners of two new annual literary prizes--the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction --will be announced in June at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif. The awards will be given to the author of the best book for adult readers in two categories--fiction and nonfiction-- each year. Two additional authors will be shortlisted as finalists in each of the categories. Winning...
NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LearningExpress, LLC, a leading eLearning technology company, today announced a strategic partnership with the Maine State Library to implement the LearningExpress Library(TM) and Popular Software Tutorials online learning platforms into its statewide public libraries. Both products can be accessed from any computer with an Internet connection. "In Maine, we are seeing a growing crisis of the digital divide among our patrons who need job...
CHICAGO, Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- September is Library Card Sign-up Month, a time when libraries throughout the country remind parents and caregivers that a library card is the most important and cost-effective school supply of all. Owning a library card provides students the resources they need to compete academically. Most public libraries (89.6 percent) provide students free access to databases of news articles, encyclopedias and test preparation materials, as well as...
NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- New e-reading technology being made available by the California State Library gives young children an exciting new way to experience books and learn to love reading. Library patrons across the state now have free access - at home or at their local libraries - to BookFlix, an online e-reading program from Scholastic that combines classic fictional video storybooks with similarly themed nonfiction ebooks to make reading exciting for children in grades...
10 Sites Chosen For National Expansion PHILADELPHIA, July 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Franklin Institute and The Free Library of Philadelphia announced today that its successful LEAP into Science museum/library partnership will expand to 10 new sites in urban centers nationwide. The national effort kicks off with a LEAP into Science Expansion Conference July 18-20 in Philadelphia. Museums, libraries, school districts, universities, and a variety of other educational...
NEW ORLEANS, June 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker & Taylor, the world's largest distributor of physical and digital books, and the New Orleans Public Library, are proud to announce at the American Library Association Annual Conference that they are working to build a world-class library system nearly six years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. In the next year, the New Orleans Public Library will open five libraries, serving the community with books to be co-selected, cataloged...
Agreement between goodreads and ebsco publishing's novelist division brings social networking elements into novelist products. Ipswich, MA (PRWEB) June 22, 2011 NoveList, a division of EBSCO Publishing, will begin incorporating reader ratings and book reviews from Goodreads into NoveList products thanks to a new agreement between the companies. The agreement leverages the content of Goodreads, the largest social network for readers, adding additional content to the most popular readers'...
