Dreams-Librarian : There Is One New Book On Amazon Every Five Minutes...

Dreams-Librarian : There Is One New Book On Amazon Every Five Minutes...: In an interesting post, writer Claude Nougat estimated the total number of books on Amazon – about 3.4 million at last count (a number...

Dreams-Librarian : Just How "Legal" Are Seed Libraries?

Dreams-Librarian : Just How "Legal" Are Seed Libraries?: After the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture cracked down on a community seed library, hundreds of seed libraries in the U.S. are sud...

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Beyond eBooks

Library director and administrators at all types of colleges and universities consent their libraries must educate undergraduates research skills and information literacy, however the Ithaka S+R Library Survey 2013 also suggests libraries are progressively more tailoring their services to address institutional needs.

Ithaka, a nonprofit research organization that promotes modern forms of teaching and intellectual communication, before surveyed library directors in 2010. That survey captured libraries in the middle of a complex changeover from print to electronic resources. Based on the responses of 499 institutions in the fall 2013 survey, that shift has been, “from a budget allotment outlook, almost completed.”

Yet library directors and faculty members remain split on the value of electronic collections of books and journals. Instructors are more likely to prefer ebooks -- more than 50 percent of respondents in Ithaka's 2012 faculty survey said they “play an important role” in research and teaching, while only about one-third of library directors agreed. Meanwhile, two-thirds of library directors said they “would be happy to see hard copy collections [of scholarly journals] discarded and replaced entirely by electronic collections,” compared to 40 percent of faculty members surveyed in 2012.

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Dreams-Librarian : World Digital Library grows to 10,000 items

Dreams-Librarian : World Digital Library grows to 10,000 items: WASHINGTON: The World Digital Library lead by the Library of Congress in Washington reached a landmark, surpassing 10,000 items with t...

Do People Need Libraries in the Digital Age?

Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?”—T.S. Eliot, “The Rock” (1934)

Back when I was in college, I was elected librarian of the Harvard Lampoon in a contest that seemed unusually tight despite the fact that I think my run was uncontested. The undergraduate humor magazine is housed in a mock Flemish castle that dates back to 1909, and I was supposed to find funny books to stock the Lampy library, a quirky, circular chamber with a secret sliding bookshelf that opened up to a hidden room.

Libraries, for me, have always been portals to unexpected places, but in the coming years some of them could become casualties of the internet age. Much of this will be a topic of discussion at The Public Library Association’s (PLA) biennial Conference, set to be held next month in Indianapolis. Public school libraries are enduring budget cuts and staffing reductions. According to a Pew survey released in 2013, 54% of Americans ages 16 and older had personally used a library or library website in the past 12 months, down from 59 % the previous year. The American Library Association (ALA) reports that the use of library materials has increased in recent years, but recent numbers indicate that physical visits have dipped slightly.

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The library with no books and its head in the cloud

Tablets and ebooks have all contributed to a worldwide fall in book sales. Now, they’re changing the way libraries work.

At the Bexar County BiblioTech in Texas shelves of books have been replaced by rows of iMacs and iPads. BiblioTech is the world’s first public library which doesn’t contain a single book.

Since it opened at the end of last year, 14,300 people have registered and, on average, the library processes 100 new registrations every day.

Visitors can choose from 20,000 ebooks (the collection will grow constantly) and there are 600 basic ereaders available to borrow, in addition to 200 enhanced ereaders designed for children.

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Wizdoms Library Project

"Wizdoms Library Project" is promoted by a registered Charitable Trust (No: E 24230, India) to establish & administer Public Libraries of Global standard Worldwide under the brand name "WIZDOMS Libraries".
Wizdoms Libraries have been conceptualized and being established as series of well-structured Libraries in an integral manner with Wizdoms Central Library taking advantage of the modern technology with a view to reach out to every segment of society giving greater emphasis to rural sector and those not so fortunate.

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E-Resources

Online Dictionaries All Subject and Language Dictionary Longman Dictionary Merriam-webster Oxford Dictionary Business Dictionary Yauba Yourdictionary Gujarati-English Dictionary.

Google Tips and Tricks Every Student Should Know

Whether you're a student in college (or earlier) or a lifelong learner, Google is an essential tool for learning. Here are a few tips for using Google search and other apps more effectively to further your education.
Many of these tips you've no doubt learned before from our previous Google coverage, but every worthwhile subject is worth reviewing now and again, and today we're looking specifically at the best Google tricks for students. So here we go

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Library Quote

"Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better." --Sidney Sheldon