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Bridging the Digital Divide – NTLP Conference

08.09.2012 · Posted in Digital Services

Presented at the North Texas Library Partner's 5th Annual Conference on Library Technology Bridging the Digital Divide: It's more than teaching computer skills to seniors from Bobbi Newman References There are on the last three slides but here you go! ALA supports FCC proposal to fund digital literacy training through public libraries. (2012, April 3).District Dispatch. Retrieved ...

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (and the Interesting) of Libraries and eBooks – Pew’s Latest Report

06.22.2012 · Posted in Digital Services, eBooks

This morning at 12:01 am Pew released their new report on the role of libraries in the digital age – title Libraries, patrons and ebooks. You can read the full report here and I encourage you to do so, there is a great deal of good data there. I've pulled out some data that I ...

More Thoughts on the Kindle Lending Library at Library Renewal

05.13.2011 · Posted in Digital Services, eBooks

I've shared some additional thoughts about the news of the forthcoming Kindle Lending Library, as Amazon likes to call, or as we librarians like to call it, Kindle owners will finally be able to use library ebooks, it in a post at Library Renewal. Library eBooks Coming Soon to Amazon Kindle! But At What Cost? ...