A screen capture of the Cedar Rapids Public Library’s list of digital library services shows ways patrons can access digital materials free with their library card. But the libraries cost for the ...

Libraries worldwide broke digital lending records last year as Overdrive, the company that operates Libby and Sora, recently reported seeing more than 739 million borrows of audiobooks, e-books and ...

E-book lending surged during the pandemic and has continued to climb, but restrictive licensing rules mean libraries are paying a steep price. The post The digital library dilemma: Why e-book ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Greg Licholai writes and teaches about innovation in healthcare. Health technology startup HumanFirst is changing the way clinical ...

At a recent speaking engagement, I was asked, “Why do we need libraries if we can just download books for free?” Simply put, libraries don’t get books for free but loan them to patrons for free. It ...

Over the last three years, ebooks, audiobooks, and digital reading have skyrocketed! In 2023, a record number of 152 libraries across the continent exceeded 1M digital checkouts.This is a testament to ...

GRAMBLING, La. (KSLA) — History again has been made on the campus of Grambling State University. The school recently opened its new multimillion-dollar digital library, a state-of-the-art facility ...

(RNS) — Walk into any yeshiva classroom or rabbi’s study and you will find floor-to-ceiling bookshelves filled with the golden-lettered spines of traditional Jewish texts — compilations of ancient ...

This is an installment in an occasional series of “user guides” that aim to provide readers information on how to access and ...