News tagged with libraries
Preserved habitat near national parks helps species conservation
National parks often are established to help preserve species native to a particular region, but it appears that some species preservation is more successful if a significant portion of land adjacent to a ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Nobel history illustrates gap in grants to young scientists
A new study by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy illustrates a disconnect between government funding of biomedical research by young investigators and a novel standard by which to judge it: the Nobel Prize.
Jan 10, 2012 |
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British Library puts 19th C newspapers online
(AP) -- The newspaper coverage was troubling: London's huge international showcase was beset by planning problems, local opposition and labor woes - and the transport was a mess.
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Penguin reverses course for now on Kindle lending
One of the country's largest publishers, Penguin Group (USA), is temporarily restoring libraries' ability to loan their e-books for Amazon.com's Kindle - but only through the end of the year.
Nov 23, 2011 |
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Penguin suspends library e-books, citing security
One of the country's largest publishers, Penguin Group (USA), has suspended making e-editions of new books available to libraries and won't allow libraries to loan any e-books for Amazon.com's Kindle.
Nov 22, 2011 |
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New research calls for lower limit to be set for South Asian obesity level
A major study calling for levels of obesity among South Asians to be recalculated has been published by researchers from the University of Leicester.
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Research team unravels tomato pathogen's tricks of the trade
(PhysOrg.com) -- For decades, scientists and farmers have attempted to understand how a bacterial pathogen continues to damage tomatoes despite numerous agricultural attempts to control its spread.
Nov 03, 2011 |
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That's gross!: Study uncovers physiological nature of disgust in politics
Most likely, you would be disgusted if confronted with a picture of a man eating a mouthful of writhing worms. Or a particularly bloody wound. Or a horribly emaciated but still living body. But just how much disgust you feel ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Researchers develop new way to screen for brain cancer stem cell killers
Researchers with UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed and used a high-throughput molecular screening approach that identifies and characterizes chemical compounds that can target the stem cells that are ...
Oct 11, 2011 |
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US libraries lend digital books to Kindle readers
Thousands of US libraries on Wednesday began lending digital books over the Internet for reading on Amazon's popular Kindle devices.
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Sep 21, 2011 |
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Higher Netflix prices equals fewer subscribers
Netflix's decision to raise prices by as much as 60 percent is turning into a horror show.
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Netflix starts streaming video to Latin America
US video giant Netflix on Monday announced the launch of its television and movie streaming service to Latin America and the Caribbean.
Sep 05, 2011 |
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Research examines the black-and-white issues surrounding executions in the South
An examination of post-emancipation executions in the South is revealing how race played a significant and under-examined role in executions. Annulla Linders, a University of Cincinnati associate professor of sociology, will ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Climate change could drive native fish out of Wisconsin waters
The cisco, a key forage fish found in Wisconsin's deepest and coldest bodies of water, could become a climate change casualty and disappear from most of the Wisconsin lakes it now inhabits by the year 2100, according to a ...
Aug 16, 2011 |
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HIV 'epidemics' emerging in MENA region: study
The AIDS virus is spreading like an epidemic in some Middle East and North African countries because of homosexual encounters between men, a study warned on Wednesday.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Aug 03, 2011 |
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Library
A library is a collection of sources, resources, and services, and the structure in which it is housed: it is organized for use and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual. In the more traditional sense, a library is a collection of books. The term can mean the collection, the building that houses such a collection, or both.
Public and institutional collections and services may be intended for use by people who choose not to — or cannot afford to — purchase an extensive collection themselves, who need material no individual can reasonably be expected to have, or who require professional assistance with their research.
However, with the sets and collection of media and of media other than books for storing information, many libraries are now also repositories and access points for maps, prints, or other documents and various storage media such as microform (microfilm/microfiche), audio tapes, CDs, cassettes, videotapes, and DVDs. Libraries may also provide public facilities to access subscription databases and the Internet.
Thus, modern libraries are increasingly being redefined as places to get unrestricted access to information in many formats and from many sources. In addition to providing materials, they also provide the services of specialists, librarians, who are experts at finding and organizing information and at interpreting information needs.
More recently, libraries are understood as extending beyond the physical walls of a building, by including material accessible by electronic means, and by providing the assistance of librarians in navigating and analyzing tremendous amounts of knowledge with a variety of digital tools.
The term "library" has itself acquired a secondary meaning: "a collection of useful material for common use," and in this sense is used in fields such as computer science, mathematics and statistics, electronics and biology.
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