GDP, and public buildings, from the legislature to libraries and tourist information centres, are handsomely equipped.
This was a big blow to libraries, which consider lending current bestsellers to be a critical service.
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The idea is to mimic the wear and tear that print books get when sold to libraries.
He said many users would not be able to get to libraries otherwise.
He went to libraries to study designs and put together the rocking chair that an employee mistook for a stroller.
And why are several of the largest publishers in the U.S. not selling their e-books to libraries for their collections?
Publishers have historically sold e-books to libraries (or to distributors such as Overdrive) at prices roughly equivalent to the retail hardcover price.
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You go to libraries and places like that, dig around, collaborate with people like John Barry and try to quantify what really worked.
It publicized the news, but at the same time, it pointed out the next challenge--providing computers to libraries in North America, followed by the northern hemisphere.
Ambryx has gained exclusive licenses to libraries of smell-and taste-related receptors from Johns Hopkins University, Rockefeller University, Harvard and the University of California at San Diego.
To match that, Sony has partnered with OverDrive, a distributor of e-books to libraries, to offer its customers easy access to the local library's collection of e-books.
Spending is projected to outpace revenue for years, and rising pension and retiree health care bills threaten money that could otherwise go to libraries, tree-trimming and street repairs.
And, though much has been done to digitize content, it is impossible to scratch the surface, especially on the budget afforded to libraries today and in times past.
HarperCollins sells e-books to libraries at prices comparable to those it charges consumers, but each e-book can only be lent out 26 times until the library has to buy another copy.
Instead, Bailey makes weekly visits to libraries and schools.
Mr Jobbins said people interested in Welsh history may have travelled miles to libraries to find out particular details, but now they could find what they are looking for via the web.
The other "Big Six" publishers either refuse to allow libraries to lend out their e-books (at least their "front list" of current bestsellers), or they require libraries to periodically pay to re-license e-books.
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Meanwhile, there were a bunch of nice folks in New Jersey who would index the whole paper for the New York Times Index (you know, the big red books that went out to libraries).
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Another force that has made university-level educators wary of the online world is that organizations from museums to libraries to symphony orchestras are all getting into the content business, mainly by putting information on the Internet.
Last week, council leader Keith Mitchell wrote an article for The Guardian criticising library campaigners, whom he labelled "well-heeled worthies", for failing to understand that reducing cuts to libraries would mean more cuts for social care and roads.
Like many scholarly books it might have sold a few thousand copies to libraries, academics and the odd bibliophile banker had it not suggested that the present day market was exhibiting many of the characteristics of its historical predecessor.
As an international foundation which supports library consortia in transitional and developing countries to negotiate and advocate the wide availability of electronic information, eIFL.net will not only identify issues in copyright relevant to libraries in developing countries but also develop a scalable and transferable awareness raising and training programme of activities about the challenges of copyright and related issues in the digital age.
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From giant corporations to university libraries to start-up businesses, employers are using rapidly improving technology to do tasks that humans used to do.
And Apple has been aggressively adding to its content libraries to stay ahead of or keep up with competitors across a larger media landscape. iCloud goes beyond just media to include calendar, rolodex, and bookmarks (think the old Palm).
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First off, as "webOS" implies, apps written for the platform are web-based -- HTML, JavaScript, that sort of stuff -- but unlike Apple's original vision for the iPhone, Palm's going to include libraries that allow devs to tap in to the Pre's hardware capabilities and interact closely with services exposed by the operating system.
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These two books are important additions to the libraries of readers who want to learn more about how the tax system really works, and explore ways to fix it.
"Important factors, such as social deprivation, haven't been considered anywhere near as well as they should have been in making the decision to put libraries such as Ewell Court forward to be run by volunteers, " said Councillor Jan Mason.
But she used her meager earnings to work with other teachers to create libraries, and she offered free instruction to children who couldn't afford lessons.
Earlier this year, the Library of Congress unveiled an extensive plan to help libraries and archives nationwide preserve recorded sound to guard against losing historic recordings.
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