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LJ/SLJ Ebook Summit Panelists Remind Librarians of an Old Creed: Free to All
The keynote panel at Ebooks: The New Normal, a virtual ebook summit held Wednesday by Library Journal and School Library Journal, brought together panelists from three very different sectors of the...
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Notes From the 2011 Ebook Summit
Sharon Moreland, Technology Consultant for the Northeast Kansas Library System, attended and took some impressive notes during today’s virtual summit, Ebooks: The New Normal, including these highlights...
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LJ/SLJ Ebook Summit: More School Libraries Offer Ebooks; Increased Demand,...
Despite severe budget constraints, the number of school libraries offering ebooks is on the rise–and a majority of media specialists plan to add digital books to their collections over the next two...
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SLJ Reviews the Toshiba Thrive
It’s estimated that about 80 percent of tablet computers sold to date have been iPads. But have you noticed how many non-Apple tablets are suddenly out there competing for a piece of the action? Take...
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Penguin’s Ebook Decision Has Chilling Effect on School Libraries
Penguin Group’s temporary suspension of Kindle access to its titles for libraries last week reaffirmed Wendy Stephen’s decision to go the public domain route. The school librarian at Buckhorn High...
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CES 2012: The Shapes of Things To Come
By Stan Friedman Librarian Stan Friedman on the ground at the Consumer Electronics Show reporting for LJ The Las Vegas Strip was up to its blurry eyeballs in power strips January 10-13 as International...
View ArticleALA’s Office for Information Technology Policy and LITA Award Library...
On January 23, during the 2012 American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in Dallas, the ALA’s Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) and the Library & Information Technology...
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School Library Thrives After Ditching Print Collection
High school principal Sue Skinner may have removed nearly all of the physical books from Minnesota’s Benilde-St. Margaret’s school library in 2011, but the Moore Library remains a vital educational...
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Reading Rainbow Partners With National Geographic Kids, Expands App
RRKidz has announced that its flagship brand Reading Rainbow is partnering with publisher National Geographic Kids to expand its interactive reading subscription app, available exclusively on the...
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Saving Kids from Sneaky Online Marketing
Illustration by Jim Paillot. It’s oh so easy to overlook what’s happening online—and if librarians, educators, and parents don’t notice it, why on Earth should kids? What’s the mysterious it I’m...
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