Archive for July, 2009

TBLC Library Champion Award Nominations Open

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Nominations are now open for TBLC’s 2009 Library Champion Award.

The TBLC Library Champion Award is granted to recognize elected or appointed officials serving in any level of government who have demonstrated exceptional support for and attention to libraries.

Nominations for the TBLC Library Champion Award may be made by the voting representative of any TBLC member library or by the TBLC Executive Director.  The TBLC Board of Directors will review all nominations and select the recipient.  Just tell us in a couple of paragraphs why you believe your favorite official should received this recognition.

Please e-mail your nominations to Charlie Parker (cparker@tblc.org) with “Library Champion Nomination” in the subject line before the August 21, 2009, deadline.

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UW-Madison: New Google deal boosts access to books

Friday, July 10th, 2009

The University of Wisconsin-Madison says a new agreement with Google will expand public access to its library collection.

The university says readers across the country will be able to preview its books for free and buy access to the full texts online.

In addition, universities, colleges and public libraries will be able to offer access to their students through subscriptions.

Every public and university library will also receive one license to provide free online viewing of millions of books at designated computers.

The new agreement revises a deal struck between UW-Madison and Google in 2006. So far, more than 200,000 works have been digitized.

This article is courtesy of salon.com.

For more information, visit the UW-Madison news website.

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