76 percent of voters approved $18 million to renovate the Ames Public Library in Iowa. The referendum required 60 percent of the votes to pass and it blew past that requirement by a large margin on Tuesday. [Read more…]
Here comes the Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet
Barnes & Noble introduced their NOOK Tablet today. The tablet will be running Google’s Android operating system and will be sold for $249. You can pre-order the device from B&N starting today and it will be available on the 18th of November. [Read more…]
Hawaii State Public Library System offers 50,000 ebooks
It’s no surprise to see a library offering ebooks to their patrons, but when a library offers 50,000 ebooks it is pretty impressive. It’s especially impressive since the list of Kindle Owners’ Lending Library ebooks where Amazon lends ebooks directly to Kindle devices only shows around 5,000 ebooks right now. The Hawaii State Public Library System is now offering around 50,000 ebooks through OverDrive (the ebook provider for pretty much every library). [Read more…]
Ames Public Library asks voters for $18 million renovation
Ames Public Library would like to renovate and is asking voters in Ames, Iowa for an $18 million bond for the project. [Read more…]
Vote to fund Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh on Tuesday
Voters in Pittsburgh will decide on whether to fund the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh on Tuesday with a Referendum that would increase their property taxes by $25 for every $100,000 in assessed value. The new tax would result in approximately $3.25 million in dedicated annual funding for operating the Carnegie Library’s 20 branch locations. [Read more…]
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