Tag: Public Libraries

• From Distant Admirers to Library Lovers

  This week saw the release of a new Pew Research Center report that explores America’s engagement with public libraries and the ways in which the digital era has changed our reading habits. Entitled “From Distant Admirers to Library Lovers – and Beyond: A Typology of Public Library Engagement in America”, the report found that public…

  Written by

  Mendeley

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  March 20, 2014

  1–2 minutes

• Read journal articles for free at your local library with Access to Research

      A new service has been launched in the UK to give the public access to academic content through their local libraries, free of charge. Access to Research is a search interface available at participating public libraries which retrieves relevant results from across the platforms of many different publishers, thousands of journals, and millions…

  Written by

  Alice Bonasio

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  February 7, 2014

  3–5 minutes