The Digital Public Library of America announced today that it has received a $990,195 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to build upon its network of library professionals and organizations to pilot a national-scale training system for public librarians. Under the grant, the DPLA will collaborate with its service “hubs”—regional digital library partners located in … [Read more...] about Digital Public Library of America Attains Million Dollar Grant for eBook Training Pilot
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Third Pole Education Base That Serves as a Digital Library Set Up in Ladakh
For some, adventure is all about conquering a particular terrain. They can go to any length just to accomplish their goal, often creating history in the process. However, history of a different kind is being created in a particular region in India by a team of adventurers. The place is the Ladakh region in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, where a team of adventurers … [Read more...] about Third Pole Education Base That Serves as a Digital Library Set Up in Ladakh
Japan Digital Library Service Launches Early 2014, Aims to Define Standards of Digital Library Services
An as-of-yet unformed Japanese company wishes to accomplish something that none has attempted befor:, setting standards for digital book distribution, their prices, and terms of using the service. The Japan Digital Library Service Co. is expected to become a reality during the first half of 2014 and comprises of equal stakes of publishers Kadokawa Corp. and Kodansha Ltd. as … [Read more...] about Japan Digital Library Service Launches Early 2014, Aims to Define Standards of Digital Library Services
Setting Up an e-Library in Nepal
Nepal is the latest country to wake up to the significance of having in place an effective network of libraries for education. Thankfully, the country is pursuing the establishment of digital libraries, with the government already having outlined its intention of creating 1,053 e-libraries in the Himalayan kingdom. This is no doubt a timely move, as Nepal already holds the … [Read more...] about Setting Up an e-Library in Nepal
British Library Partners with NLB Singapore to Digitize Rare Malay Manuscripts
The British Library has joined hands with the National Library Board in Singapore with the aim of digitizing an extensive collection of materials related to the island state. This includes Malay manuscripts considered to be extremely rare, which includes a Malay letter written in golden ink in 1857 by the ruler of Johor, Temenggung Ibrahim, to Emperor Napoleon III of France. … [Read more...] about British Library Partners with NLB Singapore to Digitize Rare Malay Manuscripts
American University of Nigeria to Unveil its New Digital Library this Fall
The American University of Nigeria, which was established in 2003, is set to unveil its new digital library this fall. The university first got a library in 2005, though the move to digitization started only in 2012. The focus in 2013 is to evolve into what Library Director Amed Demirhan points out as the "mobile library." “In 2012, we decided to change the library's … [Read more...] about American University of Nigeria to Unveil its New Digital Library this Fall
DPLA Gets a Boost of Content from University of Georgia
When the Digital Public Library of America launched last week, it brought millions of pieces of content from major universities, museums, and library collections together for public perusal. But what about the historically vital content that currently languishes in back rooms of small, regional libraries or historic societies? One such growing collection that was incorporated … [Read more...] about DPLA Gets a Boost of Content from University of Georgia
eBook Television Commercial Increases Circulation for One Library
Libraries tend to rely on word of mouth advertising to promote their digital collections. In some cases they are developing their own in-house posters and other marketing materials to promote ebooks in their physical locations. Oklahoma’s Metropolitan Library System is doing something quite different and has developed a television commercial hyping their e-Media platform with … [Read more...] about eBook Television Commercial Increases Circulation for One Library
Ebooks Still Viewed Differently Than Print
A survey on the perceptions of patron ebook checkout by librarians, most of who served in academic libraries, has shed some light on the check-out processes of patrons who borrow digital content from their libraries. The new report was instituted by ebrary and had some interesting results. The first newsworthy item involved the borrowing habits themselves. For example, while … [Read more...] about Ebooks Still Viewed Differently Than Print
OverDrive Releases Encouraging Statistics on Ebook Lending
OverDrive, the powerhouse that makes ebook and audio download books possible to over 15,000 public and school libraries, released some surprising numbers on the use of ebook lending enabled libraries. Some of those numbers can be attributed to the work that OverDrive has done on its WIN catalog of titles, which stands for “Want It Now,” not usually a sentiment that is … [Read more...] about OverDrive Releases Encouraging Statistics on Ebook Lending
Reading Rainbow Goes Electronic
Many adults today may have fond memories of afternoon episodes of the public-television program Reading Rainbow, which featured storybook read-alouds, author interviews, animated book adaptations, and more. This educational mainstay sought to bring books to life for audiences in an engaging and age-appropriate way. Now, LeVar Burton, longtime host and executive producer of the … [Read more...] about Reading Rainbow Goes Electronic