Federal grant awarded to digitize historic Arizona newspapers
by Ted Hale, Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records a grant to digitize historic Arizona newspapers. The project, titled Arizona Newspapers, 1880-1912, allowed Arizona to become one of only six states and one of only two State...
ReadHowYouWant: Increasing Content Available to Visually Impaired Readers
by Peyton Stafford, Director of Global Library Services, ReadHowYouWant ReadHowYouWant is a new technology company that partners with publishers to convert trade books into large print, braille and DAISYi editions. The Australian company’s goal is to make all books accessible to all readers.
Our Changing Users: The Aging of the Population
by Danielle H.M. King, Program Manager, Washington Talking Book & Braille Library “The world at large is now gaining an additional one million older persons each month.”1 In a recent assessment of our patron profiles at the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library (WTBBL), we found that over 60% of our patrons are 65 years...
KnowItNow and L-net Partner to Provide Open Source Virtual Reference Service
by Caleb Tucker-Raymond At least nineteen United States and three Canadian provinces offer a statewide virtual reference service in order to reach out and meet their citizens’ information needs, and build collaboration between libraries. The catch is that all of them have to license or purchase software to provide it.
Prison Library Standards as a Tool for Change
by Glennor Shirley, 2008 LSSPS Chair, Library Coordinator, Maryland State Department of Education, Correctional Education Libraries Prison librarians face many of the same issues as their counterparts in public, special, and academic libraries. They are serving an increasingly diverse population, have to deal with constantly changing technology, budget constraints, and more than any other group,...