How to manage your library, ebooks with cataloging apps
A blog post from Emily VanBuren at Inside Higher Ed, detailing apps for cataloging and organizing your library, dating from 2014, moved me to look at more up-to-date - and cross-platform...
Reinventing brick-and-mortar libraries for the e-book era: Intriguing clues in Vancouver
How to reinvent brick-and-mortar libraries for the e-book era---when you can download library books at home?
For clues, we might look to Vancouver. Planners want to leverage the library's role as a public gathering space. The renovation...
A national digital library for Canada? In Can-Con debate, Michael Geist thinks big
As I reported earlier, a public consultation is going on in Canada right now as the government seeks to reform its Canadian Content regulations. The issues most covered by the media...
Are libraries squeezing Kindle users out of ebook services by dropping OverDrive?
Some disconcerting reports on the KBoards and Amazon forums point to an unsettling trend among U.S. and other public libraries. Posters and respondents report multiple instances of local libraries dropping OverDrive...
Canadians protest planned mass library closures in Newfoundland
The Canadian Library Association, provincial library associations, and communities across Canada are protesting against mass library closures planned in Newfoundland and Labrador. As the CLA statement says, "as a result of...
Kindles vs. the elderly: AARP looking into need for all-bold text—and that’s not the...
An AARP staffer is contacting Amazon to see what it will do about the Kindle's lack of all-bold capability---needed by so many older owners and potential owners.
Even the new $290 Kindle Oasis lacks this essential...
Easier downloads of OverDrive library books coming ‘relatively soon’ for Kobo e-readers and apps
Easier downloads of OverDrive library books are on the way "relatively soon" for Kobo e-readers and apps.
OverDrive CEO and Founder Steve Potash revealed this during a TeleRead interview. The entire Q&A will...
ALA issues practical advice to help libraries become 3D printing centers
The American Library Association (ALA) has just issued some fascinating advice to librarians on how to implement 3D printers in libraries. The new "Practical Advice" report, entitled "Progress in the Making:...
Can we trust latest UK government library usage figures?
The UK's Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the government body responsible for libraries in England and Wales, has issued a "statistical release" in partnership with the UK Arts Council, "Taking...
Indie bookstores less threatened by e-books than by ‘walkable cities’ pushes?
High rental costs hurt independent bookstores. Instead of focusing on e-books and their impact on brick-and-mortar bookstores, Publishers Weekly cites the ability of chain stores to leverage their higher credit rating in negotiating rent. But...