Libraries News

Surrey County Council said this week that the number of ebooks borrowed from its libraries in the first six months of this year climbed to 29,390, compared to 15,267 for the same period in 2013.

The American University of Beirut Libraries have joined Arabic Collections Online , a five-year project funded by New York University Abu Dhabi that aims to digitize and make accessible worldwide over 100,000 volumes of Arabic content.

TO mark the centenary of Australia's involvement in World War 1, Monaro Regional Librar-ies and local family history volunteers will hold a special photographic exhibition at Bombala Library during Family History Month in August.

It's part of a process that many school districts go through each year. Still, some are concerned that librarians aren't being consulted beforehand.

Residents still have three weeks to give their views on the future of Derbyshire County Council's mobile library service in a consultation to help the authority deal with budget cuts.

The Long Beach Public Library , together with the City of Long Beach, has installed four Little Free Libraries on the boardwalk near the Franklin, Grand, Magnolia and Monroe Boulevard ticket booths.

Library honors Billy Joel with US pop music prize The Library of Congress is honoring Billy Joel with its Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

On July 22, 1911, when Mill Valley's first public library opened its doors, visitors were greeted by new librarian Lillian Gardner, who was also the first person born in Mill Valley.

Muscat: Oman had 57 private libraries by last year-end, most of them in North Sharqiyah and Al Dakhiliyah, according to data released recently by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture.

DOZENS of children visited libraries around the town on Saturday in an effort to keep their minds engaged during the long summer holidays.

Plans to reform Lincolnshire's library service are in limbo after a High Court ruling to halt the transfer of them into the hands of community groups.

Tennessee offering family Bibles online Early Bibles served as the place where families marked milestones Check out this story on theleafchronicle.com: http://leafne.ws/1rvYkOd The Tennessee State Public Library has put a database of family Bibles online and available for searching by the public.

THE leader of Worcestershire County Council has defended a move to slash library services - saying it could have been far worse.

Libraries engage young readers with fun Libraries find creative ways to engage young readers Check out this story on mycentraljersey.com: http://mycj.co/1muUtt1 Third-grader Calvin Clark of Highland Park sent in a book-review illustration as part of the Super Summer Reader program.

Welsh celebrities have had their fair share of dancefloor action and tongue-lashing from the judges, but who is the best of the best from our homegrown toe-tappers? Scores of maps worth hundreds of thousands of pounds are still missing almost 15 years after they were stolen from the National Library of Wales.

Residents of Central Kitsap have about a month to make their opinions known about where the new Silverdale Library should be built.

Take a look at Kansas City Westside aka "best-side" getting ahead of the game and adding a unique accent and bilingual flair to the local library trend .

Return it: Most library materials are loaned for three weeks. Victoria Public Library charges fines of 10 cents per day if materials are returned late.

Diana Lopez speaks to students during a class at the Marin City Library. She works on the Webstar program in which high school age students and others tutor patrons in basic computer skills.

Most penalties for overdue books cost a nickel or dime a day, but borrowers in the Crossroads who don't pay up could land in jail.