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  U.S. Navy Wants to Provide eBook Lending Libraries to Sailors at Sea, RFI Published

  654 readersBob Brewin at NextGov reports on a new RFI that the U.S. Navy released the other day. Today’s sailors and Marines increasingly opt for e-books, but surface vessels have limited bandwidth, and submarines have none, to download e-books. The Navy Supply Systems Command plans to rectify this situation through shipboard e-book libraries, and it wants

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  Zinio Digital Magazines Coming Soon to a Library Near You

  3725 readersZinio and Recorded Books announced a new partnership today. This new partnership will let visitors to public libraries in the US, Canada, Australia and UK access thousands of digital magazines. Zinio for Libraries will have apps for both OSX and Windows. Features will be similar to Zinio’s current apps, including key word search and interactive elements.

• Harvard Library in Jeopardy Due to Re-Org and Cuts, Says Harvard Library Union in Editorial

  1258 readers From the the Harvard Crimson (Library System in Jeopardy): Since 2009, Harvard has been reorganizing its 73 libraries into a consolidated entity, the Harvard Library. Library staff members are deeply concerned that some of the proposed changes, including workforce reductions, will result in serious threats to the integrity of the Library. We worry that if the

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  3M Cloud Library cuts deal with Smashwords and others

  476 readersFrom the press release: 3M Library Systems will feature its growing list of offerings for the 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service at Book Expo America 2012, to be held June 4-7 at the Javits Center in New York City. Visitors to the 3M Library Systems booth, DZ2417, will learn about 3M Cloud Library’s new partnerships with

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  Smashwords announces new Library Direct service

  296 readersThis morning, Smashwords launched Library Direct, a new service that allows libraries and library networks to acquire and establish large opening collections of ebooks direct from Smashwords. Commitments have been with three library systems so far, with each acquiring some variation of Smashwords’ top 10,000 best-selling titles. The three library systems involved in today’s announcement are Douglas County Libraries in Colorado;

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  Smashwords announces new Library Direct service

  310 readersThis morning, Smashwords launched Library Direct, a new service that allows libraries and library networks to acquire and establish large opening collections of ebooks direct from Smashwords. Commitments have been with three library systems so far, with each acquiring some variation of Smashwords’ top 10,000 best-selling titles. The three library systems involved in today’s announcement are Douglas County Libraries in Colorado;

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  Smashwords announces new Library Direct service

  751 readersThis morning, Smashwords launched Library Direct, a new service that allows libraries and library networks to acquire and establish large opening collections of ebooks direct from Smashwords. Commitments have been with three library systems so far, with each acquiring some variation of Smashwords’ top 10,000 best-selling titles. The three library systems involved in today’s announcement are Douglas County Libraries in Colorado;

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  Smashwords announces new Library Direct service

  311 readersThis morning, Smashwords launched Library Direct, a new service that allows libraries and library networks to acquire and establish large opening collections of ebooks direct from Smashwords. Commitments have been with three library systems so far, with each acquiring some variation of Smashwords’ top 10,000 best-selling titles. The three library systems involved in today’s announcement are Douglas County Libraries in Colorado;

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  Smashwords announces new Library Direct service

  320 readersThis morning, Smashwords launched Library Direct, a new service that allows libraries and library networks to acquire and establish large opening collections of ebooks direct from Smashwords. Commitments have been with three library systems so far, with each acquiring some variation of Smashwords’ top 10,000 best-selling titles. The three library systems involved in today’s announcement are Douglas County Libraries in Colorado;

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  Massachusetts: Milton Public Library Joins Freading e-Book Program, 200,000 Titles Available

  695 readersFrom Boston.com: The Milton Library announced this week that it has joined ‘Freading,’ an electronic book service. Freading will allow the library to increase the size of its collection by adding thousands of books to the library website, a news release said. Any Milton resident with a library card can download books each week and