Grand Rapids Community College is the first in Michigan to offer home delivery of books and other materials from libraries across the state. The pilot program delivers online selections by the U.S. Postal Service.

Sony gives notice that the AIT format has reached its End of Life

This post was originally published on Global Voices by Catalina Restrepo . Historically, libraries have been characterized as spaces for the free access to knowledge in the fields of literature, art, and culture, as well as becoming gathering places for the community. In this spirit, two years ago the Public Pilot Library of Medellín, Colombia at the La Loma site welcomed the participants of Hiperbarrio [es] , one of the initial Rising Voices projects , where citizen journalism workshops

Historically, libraries have been characterized as spaces for the free access to knowledge in the fields of literature, art, and culture, as well as becoming gathering places for the community. In this spirit, two years ago the Public Pilot Library of Medellín, Colombia at the La Loma site welcomed the participants of Hiperbarrio [es] , one of the initial Rising Voices projects , where citizen journalism workshops have been taking place. Photo of La Loma Library by Convergentes and used

I just ran across a press release that tells us that the New York Public Library is making a portion of their collection available to the public by way of digitization and distribution through Kirtas Books . Kirtas Books has already proven they can pull this off by making books available from another dozen major libraries. The company does “Digitization of Demand,” charging only $1.95 for the typical book. What caught my eye was that items from NYPL’s genealogy collection is one of those