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Several years ago, the American Library Association had a clever poster to encourage reading and patronage of libraries. The poster read 'Free Informa...
Several years ago, the American Library Association had a clever poster to encourage reading and patronage of libraries. The poster read: "Free Inform... LexisNexis Moves Into the Public Library Market
In what has to be viewed as a surprisingly low-key launch for a product in a brand new market, LexisNexis rather quietly announced its new Library Exp...
3M Library Systems today introduced an upgraded "basic" RFID (radio frequency identification) tag with 1K of memory, a four-fold increase over the for...
In an expansion of its strategic alliance with Comprise Technologies, Inc., 3M Library Systems now offers its customers Comprise's Smart Money Manager...
3M Library Systems today introduced its 3M Print Conversion System for high-speed conversion to RFID (radio frequency identification) collection manag...
In an expansion of its strategic alliance with Comprise Technologies, Inc., 3M Library Systems now offers its customers Comprise's Smart Money Manager...
3M Library Systems today introduced its 3M Print Conversion System for high-speed conversion to RFID (radio frequency identification) collection manag...
3M Library Systems today introduced an upgraded "basic" RFID (radio frequency identification) tag with 1K of memory, a four-fold increase over the for...
The Kindle would probably never be as popular as the iPod, but Amazon.com thinks it has potential to be as industry changing. But before that can happ...
A collection of works by General Liu Huaqing, a retired leader of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), has been published by the PLA Publishing... Libraries Looking For More African-American Men
Library of Congress research librarian Julius C. Jefferson, Jr. is leading a panel discussion called "An Endangered Species: The Black Male Librarian"...
Electronic books have been available in some form for a couple of decades, but the seven-month-old Amazon Kindle is flashing the publishing industry i...
Several years ago the American Library Association had a clever poster to encourage reading and patronage of libraries. The poster read "Free Informat...
Second Story Press will be giving away copies of their picture book "Mom and Mum Are Getting Married!" to librarians at this year's American Library ... 1923-1963: Google Book Search Targeting More Books for Public Domain?
1923. Publishers, authors, librarians, and readers can still hear the roar from that one year of the Roaring '20s. That is the year that Google Book S... Jefferson's Library Once Again Complete
The Library of Congress has managed to re-create ?with the help of rare-book collectors ?-the missing two-thirds of Thomas Jefferson's Lib... Gilberto Gil on Democracy Now
Gilberto Gil by Joi Ito Today?s Democracy Now! episode features an extensive interview with CC advocate and Brazilian Minister of Culture Gilbe... Jefferson's Library Rebuilt
The Library of Congress has managed to re-create ?with the help of rare-book collectors ?-the missing two-thirds of Thomas Jefferson's Lib...
Amazon.com Inc. announced today it has acquired Fabric.com, an online fabric store that offers custom-measured and cut fabrics as well as patterns, se...