College Telephone Ban Results in Elevated Library Use
College students in Kentucky’s Jefferson County Public Faculties are testing library books at report charges, a “culture shift” correlated to the district’s new cellphone ban. Listed below are just some of the encouraging stats:
College students at Pleasure Ridge Park Excessive College checked out greater than 1,000 books within the first 17 days of the brand new college yr, almost half the full for final yr’s total college yr
At Butler Excessive College, about 20% of scholars try a library e-book final yr. Greater than 40% of them have a e-book checked out at current.
Final August, solely 92 books have been checked out at Farnsley Center. This August noticed 1,003 checkouts. Sure, people, that’s a tenfold enhance.
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Barnes & Noble to Purchase the Oldest Indie Bookstore on the West Coast
When Barnes & Noble purchased Denver’ Tattered Cowl final yr, I questioned what the following part can be. I had a tough time imagining it was price it as a one-off; it made rather more sense as a trial balloon. And it appears to have gone properly sufficient for B&N to strike once more: this time Bay Space bookseller, Books, Inc., which like Tattered Cowl was, is in monetary misery. This acquisition appears to be like to be a bit bigger by way of footprint, Books Inc has 10 bodily areas, together with two within the San Francisco Airport. Barnes and Noble says that their plan is for Books Inc “to preserve its independent identity.” The acquisition remains to be topic to courtroom approval. Very, very fascinating.
James Patterson Distributes $500,000 to 12 Writers to End Their Books
Librarians may get bored with unboxing James Patterson titles, however you can’t say that man doesn’t give again. His newest: $50,000 every for twelve “emerging writers” to get their books accomplished. Patterson labored with bunch of literary organizations (PEN, Ladies Write Now, The Iowa Author’s Workshop, and others) to get lots of of submissions that he himself reviewed. Awardees spanned genres, however no exact standards for the grants are clear, neither is there a full checklist of authors who acquired them.
Spooky Season Begins Now
If Starbucks can roll out the pumpkin spice latte whereas it’s nonetheless 90 levels outdoors, you can begin studying for spooky season everytime you rattling properly please. Listed below are new horror books to get you going.
