Author Archives: Lila Bailey

Unlocking the Potential for Every High School Library: 2019 Internet Archive Hero Award

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Lila Bailey

Announced today, Phillips Academy has received the Hero Award from the Internet Archive for its leadership in adopting controlled digital lending for school libraries. The Hero Award is presented annually to an organization that exhibits leadership in making its holdings … Continue reading →

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Everyone Deserves to Learn

Posted on October 22, 2019 by Lila Bailey

The nation’s K-12 school libraries are hurting. Although the student population is rising in many districts, the number of librarians and media specialists dropped by nearly 20 percent from 2000 to 2015. Budgets are being reduced and some schools are … Continue reading →

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Closing the Access Gap in Rural Maryland

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Lila Bailey

In southern Maryland, St. Mary’s County is 54 miles long and there are only three libraries. “We have people living at one end who might be 25 miles away from a branch,” said Michael Blackwell, Director of the St. Mary’s … Continue reading →

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Protecting Unique Canadiana Works

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Lila Bailey

Technology is enabling libraries in Canada to promote diversity, safeguard historic documents, and expand access — all while helping to save the planet. The Hamilton Public Library in the Canadian province of Ontario has nearly two dozen branches. Providing digital … Continue reading →

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Academic Authors Find Larger Audience

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Lila Bailey

For Robert Darnton, the benefit of Controlled Digital Lending to academic authors is obvious: More people can read their work. As the Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and the University Librarian, Emeritus at Harvard University, Darnton has long been a … Continue reading →

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Unlocking Marooned Assets Through Digitization

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Lila Bailey

Being able to lend an array of materials is fundamental to what public libraries do and Controlled Digital Lending–the digital equivalent of traditional library lending– is another tool for libraries to fulfill that mission, according to John Chrastka, executive director … Continue reading →

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University of Alberta Opens Up Digital Access to Historic Curriculum Materials

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Lila Bailey

Anyone interested in learning about what was taught in Alberta schools in the past century used to go to the basement of the H. T. Coutts Education and Kinesiology and Physical Education Library at the University of Alberta. There, users … Continue reading →

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Giving New Life to Out-of-Print Books Through Controlled Digital Lending

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Lila Bailey

Dean Bartoli Smith’s book of poetry about growing up in Baltimore came out in 2000. American Boy was long past its sales life until it was resurrected by being digitized by the Internet Archive and made available through one-at-a-time digital … Continue reading →

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Boston Public Library Leads Once Again in Digital Lending

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Lila Bailey

By continuing to find new opportunities to make older books, often lost or just inaccessible to the public, available online, Boston Public Library is sparking new enthusiasm among the reading public. “It’s like a giant treasure hunt for book lovers … Continue reading →

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MIT Press Embraces New Access Models to Fulfill Mission

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Lila Bailey

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Press was the first university press to sign an agreement with the Internet Archive to scan older print books for which it had no digital copies to make them available for one-at-a-time lending, a … Continue reading →

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