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Digital Media

• Digital Media, FrontPage, Genealogy, History, Ohio Memory, Rare Book Collection

  Now Online: Ayduth Lachayim: Witness to Life

  04.26.13 | Permalink | Comment?

  Digital Items in Ohio Memory by Shannon Kupfer Digital/Tangible Media Cataloger Librarian, State Library of Ohio During the Holocaust, Sonja Marsh, a Polish Jew, lived by “staying one step ahead of the Nazis” and carrying false papers.  By 1980, however, she was a smiling grandmother in Cleveland, Ohio, seeking to document her experience for her [...]

• Digital Media, FrontPage, Research

  Pew Report Summary: Younger Americans’ Reading and Library Habits

  10.24.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  From the desk of Katie Campbell… A new survey from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project states that 83% of Young Americans (aged 16-29) have read a book in the last year.  This new report, entitled Younger Americans’ Reading and Library Habits, compares this figure to the 78% of all Americans over [...]

• Digital Media, Technology

  QR Codes and Libraries

  06.23.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  With new technologies emerging every day libraries are constantly seeking ways to integrate them into their services.  One of these new technologies is QR Codes.  QR codes are square barcodes that can hold much more information than traditional “multiple-bar” barcodes.  Individuals and companies are using these barcodes to easily and quickly connect people with information [...]

• Digital Media, State of Ohio Employees

  Ebook survey

  06.20.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  Are you an ebook reader?  Why or why not? The State Library of Ohio invites you to tell us more about your reading habits- we are always looking for ways to serve our members better and provide them with the services they need and want. If you are an ebook reader, do you prefer to [...]

• Digital Media, State Library News

  It’s Open Enrollment Time for the Ohio eBook Project

  11.23.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Is your public library interested in providing an affordable digital materials collection to your patrons? If yes, contact Nicole Merriman at the State Library of Ohio by Tuesday, December 28, 2010 to inquire about enrolling in the Ohio eBook Project (OEP) for a February 28, 2011 launch date. The Ohio eBook Project is a consortium [...]

• Children & Youth Services, Digital Media, Summer Reading Program

  The “You Are Here” 2011 Teen Video Challenge is officially open!

  11.12.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  The Teen Video Challenge is a Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) sponsored competition for teens to create videos that promote reading, libraries, and the 2011 CSLP slogan, “You Are Here.”   Please see below for the press release about this competition. I encourage public libraries, especially those using the “You Are Here” theme next year, to [...]

• Continuing Education, Digital Media, Disaster Preparedness & Recovery, Preservation & Conservation

  Digital Preparedness and Recovery Symposium

  08.26.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  The Northeast Ohio chapter of the Alliance for Response is organizing a half day symposium entitled, “Digital Media: Disaster Preparedness and Recovery.” This symposium will be on Monday October 18th, from 9:00am to 12:00pm at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in downtown Cleveland.  Our keynote speaker is Tom Clareson from LYRASIS [...]

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