Libraries

Penguin halts e-books sales to libraries

9 Feb 2012

Penguin Group (USA), which publishes such best-sellers as Kathryn Stockett's "The Help" and "Elizabeth Gilbert's "Eat, Pray, Love," has stopped selling e-books to libraries.

NSU libraries add new scanners

9 Feb 2012

Northwestern State University’s libraries have recently added Knowledge Imaging Center walk up scanners for use by anyone in the library. The scanners are in Watson Library on Northwestern State’s Natchitoches campus along with the libraries on the Leesville-Fort Polk campus and at the Nursing Education Center in Shreveport, according to Director of Libraries Abbie Landry.

Report: San Diego Has More Libraries, Less Patronage Than Comparable Cities

8 Feb 2012

San Diego has more libraries than comparable cities, but less-than-average staffing levels and patronage, according to a report presented today to the City Council's Budget Committee.