Libraries are an important part of the book publishing world, and it’s been a while since I mentioned them in a post, so here’s a collection of links to library news, services, and more.
Library Databases
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“American Museum of Natural History Unveils New Database With 7,000 Digitized Items (Images, Illustrations, Drawings & More)” by Gary Price (see database here)
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“Cool! World History: British Pathé Releases Film Archive (85,000 Videos) On YouTube” by Gary Price
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“Digitization Projects: Europeana Newspapers Project Now Includes Content From Eight Data Partners (Over 1 Million Issues)” by Gary Price
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“National Library of Ireland Releases New Collection of 10,500 Digitized Historic Images, Powered by VuFind” by Gary Price
- “The Getty Research Institute Adds 77,000 Images to Open Content Program Collection” by Gary Price
Amazing Library Facts
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“Need Help? There are 165,986 librarians across the U.S.: Checking Out America’s Libraries (Infographic)” on BookPatrol
- Public Libraries in the United States Survey
Authors and Libraries
- “DIY: How to Get Your Indie Book Into Stores and Libraries” on Publishers Weekly
- From Ideatrash: “How To Make Life Easy For Librarians So Your Book Gets In Libraries“
- From Daily Bulletin: “Pasadena author uses novel way to distribute her book ‘Camelot & Vine’“
- From Digital Journal: “Recorded Books and FastPencil Brings Self-Publishing Platform to Public Libraries“
- From GoodeReader: “Recorded Books and FastPencil Deal Allow Self-Publishers to Distribute Books to Libraries“
Library Reads
- From Publishers Weekly: “Follett to Offer Random House E-books to School Libraries“
- From the Library Publishing Coalition: “Library Publishing Directory“
- From Wired: “The Abomination of Ebooks: They Price People Out of Reading“
- From Dear Author: “The biggest threat to publishing isn’t Amazon; it’s Angry Birds (why…“
- WorldCat: Finding library resources
Digital Libraries
- From Book Fair blog: “From Buying to Lending: What’s next for e-book libraries?“
- From GoodeReader: “Hoopla Digital Redesigns the Digital Library Model“
- From Time: “Stream Movies for Free – With a Library Card (But Don’t Cancel Netflix Just Yet)“
- From Pew Internet: “Libraries, patrons, and e-books“
- Kickstarter Project: “Library Box“
