The Economics of Ebooks
Readers are taking advantage of the rapid expansion of digital technology and starting to use digital books or e-books. The attached diagram illustrates the projected growth of digital books. Indeed,…
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Information Collaboratory
Our team helps craft the vision for the library through an analysis of patterns and trends, conducting visioning sessions, leading scenario planning workshops, developing business cases, and improving work and…
Digital Library Volenteers: New Library Services: Digital Repository Building
The National Library of Finland is a creative enterprise. They have a new library service to improve digital collections. The library started a project call Digitalkoot a mashup of digital…
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Building a Library high-risk, high-stakes situations…
The art of managing a library building project is complex. It is an opportunity to review the library's overall strategy for service delivery. According to Harvard Business Review, Extremis Negotiation…
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New Service Models for Libraries
Long Island University has an Ipad project that allows a new student to receive an IPAD. It is very impressive to hear that Universities are adapting education to meet the…
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The Economic Value of Libraries
The economic value of public libraries has been studied in different contexts. For the researcher who is looking to support a building project, the economic value of libraries may need…
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What’s next for the Libray – Photovoltaics atrium
Most library projects include architectural innovations. The latest innovation to be explored is the "Photovoltaics atrium." Onyx Solar developed a system that will generate 8.000 kwh per year. According to…
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Retail Furniture Trends
At Aaron Cohen Associates, Retail Shelving / Library Furniture Ideas are researched to develop a plan for the library's space. Some of our clients have used retail shelving concepts to…
The Fresh Fruits from the Digital World: Google Opens Books to New Cultural Studies
In the Journal Science (17 December 2010: Vol. 330 no. 6011 p. 1600), a published study illustrated the Digital Library and its power. The article illustrates that E-resources and historical…
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Electronic Theses and Dissertations Bibliography
The future of information has moved digital. It is very important to understand the ways to site your work in digital form. The following link will help make your work…