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CBC Spark Panel: e-books, public libraries, and artificial scarcity

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Michael Sauers

You’ve got to listen to this! Peter Rukavina, Jane Pyper, Carolyn Wood, and David O’Brien discuss e-book lending in public libraries. [ca_audio url=”http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/spark_20130403_53636.mp3″] Source: http://castroller.com/podcasts/Spark/3445341

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SSP Board Decides to Reinstate Removed Posts

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Yesterday, the Board of Directors of the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) unanimously decided to restore the posts by Scholarly Kitchen chef Rick Anderson that…

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Toronto’s One Book turned into live AR game

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Today is the launch of KTR 451, a game I developed for the Toronto Public Library. Drawing on the themes and characters in Fahrenheit 451…

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And what about all the stuff librarians have to teach us about using the net?

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Michael Sauers

26 rolled her eyes. “Not so little, mate. She really knows her stuff. Getting good grades, apparently.” “Really? I thought you said you were in…

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Mobile Public Library names Scott Kinney as its new director

Posted on March 29, 2013March 29, 2013 by Michael Sauers

The director of the state of Wyoming’s largest public library system has been named director of the Mobile Public Library. Scott Kinney, the director for…

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Libraries Rock!

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Michael Sauers

via Shelf Check

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Arizona bill would expand library privacy law

Posted on March 26, 2013March 26, 2013 by Michael Sauers

I’m wondering if this would affect OverDrive, or maybe more specifically Kindle checkouts via OverDrive as Amazon keeps a record of those by default. The…

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Electronic lending and public libraries: Folding shelves

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Michael Sauers

In publishers’ eyes librarians are “sitting close to Satan”, declared Phil Bradley, president of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. He was addressing…

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The Rocky Mountain News lives on at the Denver Public Library

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Colorado’s first newspaper died four years ago, when its owner E.W. Scripps ceased publication, but the Rocky Mountain News will live forever in the Denver…

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Regenstein Library’s zine collection looks at Chicago’s zine culture

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Earlier this month, several thousand people roamed over two floors of a Columbia College building for the 4th annual Chicago Zine Fest. Moving through the…

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