Leveraging e-book content for research and learning continues to rise due to its sheer convenience. Researchers are continually looking to access content quickly and easily, and across various devices. They also want the ability to consume it in a way that best suits their needs, which could entail downloading a chapter or sometimes an entire book. However, some content is not easily accessible and comes with certain restrictions like DRM-protections which impose limits on the number of pages that can be saved. The result? Severe frustration and valuable time lost. This is where offering DRM-free e-books can help.

Top performers on the LJ Index of Public Library Service, based on output data from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, are designated Star Libraries, recognizing their exceptional delivery on five metrics: circulation, e-circulation, library visits, program attendance, and public Internet computer use. This webcast will present top takeaways from this year’s Index, examine year over year trends since the inception of the project over a decade ago, and look at what important measurements of library service will be added to the Index in the next few years to better represent the full picture of what great American libraries provide to their patrons.

Five Colleges Consortia is a member of FOLIO, an open source community that is building a new library services platform. As an early implementer, they are heavily involved in helping to define system requirements and building the apps within the platform. Join this webinar to learn about Five Colleges’ decision to choose FOLIO as their next ILS, why they are going with a single tenant implementation, and what that will look like across a consortium and explain their decision to use FOLIO Services by EBSCO. 

How can your library become an essential resource for budding entrepreneurs and established businesses alike? What are the best tried-and true-outreach activities and programming ideas? In what ways does supporting small business tie into your library’s mission? This webcast will help fill in the blanks on these questions and many others. A panel of three highly experienced business librarians will share their own success stories to help you come away with a better understanding of how to reach and support local businesses. 

As part of a long-term strategic vision, many libraries are re-evaluating and re-designing the services that they offer to local creators—writers, storytellers, musicians, artists, photographers, and more. Library Journal recently conducted a survey with library directors and staff to learn more about this movement to support local content creation and discovery. Join our panel of library experts as we discuss the results from this survey, the value and impact of these programs, and the importance of providing software services to help facilitate community engagement.

Aiming to sustain relevancy in a changing academic environment, libraries work hard to maintain their institution as the center for intellectual engagement, learning and collaboration – the heart of the campus. Reading list management solutions, such as Ex Libris Leganto, bring the library in to the course development process, giving instructors a deeper view into the library’s holdings, and providing librarians with a seamless workflow.

Every library is different in how they serve their unique communities and tailor authentic services to meet patrons’ needs. Developing and maintaining dynamic resources and services in a world where trends are changing at a break-neck pace requires leaders who understand that one-size fits all formulas don’t cut it. How do we find these leaders? Better yet, how do we cultivate them?

Join us in this free webinar about recent innovations at Recorded Books and RBdigital—including updates to the patron mobile app and administrative platform, new blockbuster titles, five new streaming content services, and Marvel Comics. See how collections development and promotion of your services can take less administrative time with better results. 

Scholarly publishers face the challenges of keeping up with the rapid pace of change, technological and otherwise. Meanwhile academic researchers have both more opportunities than ever before. Join this webinar to learn how field visionaries are embracing the future of information exchange and paving a clearer path for researchers, librarians, students, and the public. 

The digital age has provided students with access to a vast variety of free online resources, alongside their library's offerings, making the way they find and use reference resources more complex than ever before. Previous research and discussions around scholarly reference largely focus on how resources specifically support students when they are conducting research. Oxford University Press took a wider perspective, exploring how students more generally seek contextual information.