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December 7, 2009 |
Online Language Service Now Available to Public Libraries Byki Online-Library Edition is a language-learning system designed specifically for use by patrons of public libraries.   |
Information Today
March 13, 2014 |
EBSCO Will Bring Rosetta Stone to Libraries EBSCO Information Services agreed to distribute the Rosetta Stone, Inc. language-learning software to academic and public libraries in the U.S. and Canada. |
Information Today
July 16, 2009 |
Gale and K12, Inc. to Develop New Language Learning Products Power-Glide Language Courses, Inc. (known as powerspeaK 12), a subsidiary of K 12, Inc., will develop web-based language courses, which Gale will distribute exclusively to the library market. |
Macworld
August 29, 2006
Cyrus Farivar |
Berlitz Premier Inexpensive applications provides various ways to learn a new language. |
Information Today
July 7, 2015
Brandi Scardilli |
Digital Magazine Services for Your Library This Summer The following services help libraries offer e-magazines to their patrons. Read on to compare their features and for a sneak peek of what they're doing next. |
T.H.E. Journal
January 2007
John K. Waters |
ESL Technologies :: The Universal Language In response to the increase in immigrant students in U.S. schools, teachers are broadening their ESL programs with the one tool that translates in all dialects -- computer technology. |
The Motley Fool
December 24, 2010
Roger Friedman |
One Stock David Gardner Thinks You Should Watch Rosetta Stone has built a strong reputation for teaching new languages relatively painlessly and affordably, making it the brand-name leader without rival. |
Information Today
November 15, 2012 |
Boopsie Star Program Certifies Vendor Partners Boopsie, a mobile solution for universities and libraries, announced a program for library vendors to increase the visibility of their mobile apps by making them accessible through the Boopsie mobile portal. |
Information Today
April 11, 2011 |
Gale Offers Free Access to Resources During National Library Week Gale is offering free access to six online resources for use by any library. Free access runs through National Library Week, from April 10 to April 24, 2011. |
Information Today
February 12, 2015
Brandi Scardilli |
Boopsie Improves Library Visibility in the Mobile Space Boopsie's goal is to help libraries "make more services more accessible to more members" -- thereby acquiring new users and increasing circulation -- through the use of a custom-branded, native mobile app |
Macworld
January 19, 2006
Cyrus Farivar |
Rosetta Stone 3.0 Foreign-language software, Rosetta Stone 3.0, provides a comprehensive approach to learning. |
Searcher
May 2006
Barbie E. Keiser |
Beyond ERIC: The Early Years (Part 3) As education moves us from the realm of the child to the adult, the emphasis of the resources shifts from education to learning, with greater responsibility placed on the student for finding, using, sharing, and expanding knowledge in a particular discipline. |
Information Today
September 23, 2014 |
SirsiDynix Jump-Starts the Library Conversation SirsiDynix announced a series of webinars and downloadable website content that will address topics pertaining to libraries' value, visibility, and usage. |
Information Today
August 2, 2010
Paula J. Hane |
Digital Lending Goes into OverDrive I'd been hearing some buzz this summer about various improvements made by OverDrive to its services for libraries-more content, mobile apps, simplified procedures, etc. |
Information Today
June 21, 2012 |
Gale Brings Online Education Program to Public Libraries Gale, part of Cengage Learning, announced a new program, ed2go for public libraries that brings turnkey online training and education solutions to the public library market. |
Information Today
October 21, 2010 |
Serials Solutions Enhances Its Family of 360 Services Serials Solutions, a business unit of ProQuest LLC, announced that it has made significant enhancements to its family of 360 Services for discovery, enabling librarians worldwide to activate a wide variety of new patron-facing tools and localization capabilities. |
T.H.E. Journal
June 2001
Jim Schneider |
Focus on Reading/Language Development Reading and language skills are a true cornerstone of any child's education. To help teachers and parents in this important endeavor, several products are available to aid children in their learning of these basic skills. In this month's Focus On, we'll take a look at a few of these... |
T.H.E. Journal
November 30, 2009
Scott Aronowitz |
Publisher Launches ELL Resource Center EBSCO Publishing has introduced its English Language Learner Reference Center, an informational database with enhanced technology for text-to-speech functionality. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2005
Alex Roman |
Special Product Focus: ESL and Foreign Language Software An overview of language software products for students: EazySpeak, Professor Toto Educational Kit, SUBE: Language Learning Thru Art, Music and Games, Before You Know It Educator Edition and English Discoveries. |
Searcher
February 2012
Nancy K. Herther |
Feature: Language Translation in the Internet Age - 'my Hovercraft is Full of Eels' Webpages are designed to attract users and to keep them coming back. Along with poor design and typos, issues of unclear messages plague many websites today. |
National Defense
December 2005
Grace Jean |
Free Web-Based Foreign Language Courses Available to Soldiers The Army signed a $4.2 million contract with Fairfield Language Technologies to offer computer-based Rosetta Stone language courses free of charge to Army Knowledge Online users. |
Information Today
February 19, 2009 |
The European Library Updates Site The European Library announced a new site release of www.theeuropeanlibrary.org, a free resource to discover learning and research materials, covering all subjects, from 38 national libraries across Europe. |
Information Today
March 28, 2013 |
EveryoneOn Launches to Promote Digital Literacy March 21, 2013 marked the launch of Everyone On -- a national campaign to promote the importance of digital literacy skills and increase access to computer and internet training. |
ONLINE
Nov./Dec. 2006
Marydee Ojala |
The HomePage - Perspectives, Perceptions, and Periscopes Librarians share the same perspective when naming their type of library. Perceptions of libraries, however, differ, depending on perspective. |
Information Today
January 27, 2015 |
Gale Introduces New Apps for Analytics on Demand Gale, part of Cengage Learning, added three apps to Analytics on Demand, its Big Data analytics solution for public libraries. |
Information Today
November 3, 2015
Brandi Scardilli |
Who's Who in E-Audiobooks Audiobooks have come a long way since books on tape. Most vendors now offer e-audiobooks as digital files that can be streamed online or downloaded for offline listening. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2004 |
CompassLearning Odyssey for English Language Learners CompassLearning has designed a product to assist English Language Learners in forming better reading and writing skills. |
Information Today
July 23, 2015 |
Innovative Publishes Report on Libraries and the Web Innovative released a survey report of 4,000-plus academic library users in the U.K. |
Information Today
October 6, 2011 |
Gale Launches Librareo--Free Web-Based Community for LIS Students Librareo is a free web-based community that supports the future of libraries and librarianship by providing students enrolled in Library and Information Studies programs with free access to the professional resources they'll rely upon following graduation. |
Searcher
September 2005
Pascal Lupien |
Le Meilleur (The Best) de l'internet: A Review of French-Language Information Sources The movement by the French government to create a European digital library is in part a response to Google Print, and the fear that French literature on the Web will be filtered through English speakers. The number of French databases online, however, is growing quickly. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 1999 |
This Just In... Instant Language 2000 |
T.H.E. Journal
November 1999 |
Speech Recognition Made Easy with Talk to Me AURALOG's new range of Talk to Me language learning software is based on speech recognition technology.... |
T.H.E. Journal
March 17, 2010
Ruth Reynard |
Real-Time Technology in Middle School Language Instruction Recently, I interviewed a German language middle school teacher and she shared with me her uses for Web 2.0 tools in foreign language instruction. |
D-Lib
July 2001
Hans Roes |
Digital Libraries and Education: Trends and Opportunities This article attempts to identify strategic issues for libraries wishing to pursue a more active policy with regard to the changes affecting higher education due to the increased use of information and communication technologies... |
Information Today
July 1, 2014
Brandi Scardilli |
Streaming Video in Public Libraries Several librarians shared their experiences with streaming video lending, so institutions thinking about implementing their own programs know what to expect. |
T.H.E. Journal
June 2007
Crai S. Bower |
Se Habla Technology Whether in the lab or without, advancements such as laptops, MP3 players, and videoconferencing are helping enrich foreign language instruction. |
Information Today
October 1, 2013
Brandi Scardilli |
Who's Who in Ebooks Just as books don't magically appear on library shelves, ebooks don't automatically pop up in a library's online catalog. Librarians work with ebook vendors to get econtent into the hands, or rather, onto the e-readers, of their patrons. |
Information Today
October 21, 2014
Barbie E. Keiser |
Gale Wants to Know How Libraries Positively Impact Communities Career Online High School delivers accredited education to public libraries. Gale's customer care and training teams partner with libraries as they encourage students to join and as they enroll them in the program. |
Searcher
April 2012
Steve Coffman |
Feature: The Decline and Fall of the Library Empire The past 30 years of library history is littered with projects and plans and sometimes just dreams of ways the library might play a more pivotal role in the digital revolution that continues to transform the information landscape around us. |
The Motley Fool
December 27, 2010
Gabriel Perna |
New Year's Resolution? There's an App for That Get organized with a smartphone. |
D-Lib
February 2003
Jeffrey T. Penka |
The Technological Challenges of Digital Reference: An Overview This discussion of technological challenges associated with digital reference focuses on challenges libraries face in establishing and supporting an efficient, patron-focused digital reference service, based on library values. |
Information Today
August 18, 2008 |
WebJunction Launches New Social Learning Site OCLC announced that WebJunction, the online learning community for librarians and library staff, has launched a new social and learning experience |
Information Today
October 6, 2015
Brandi Scardilli |
Four Discovery Services to Watch It's time for a look at some tools that may not be as well-known as the previously covered EBSCO Discovery Service, Primo, Summon, and WorldCat Discovery Services. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2005
Li Wang |
Technology Integration in Foreign Language Teaching Demonstrates the Shift From a Behavioral to a Constructivist Learning Approach Do we need technology in language classrooms? What kinds of services do computer technologies provide for these classrooms? |
D-Lib
March 2003
Susan Gibbons |
Building Upon the MyLibrary Concept to Better Meet the Information Needs of College Students Librarians cannot afford to be complacent in the knowledge that college students consider it easier to find resources using the Internet than by using the library. |
Information Today
January 16, 2014 |
Gale Brings High School Diploma Program to Public Libraries Gale, part of Cengage Learning, teamed up with Career Online High School to create an accredited high school diploma program that is now available to Gale's public library partners across the country. |
Information Today
February 3, 2015
Brandi Scardilli |
Five Librarian Bloggers to Follow If you already know about these passionate authorial librarians, read on for some insight into why they started their blogs and what advice they'd give to those thinking about blogging. |
Information Today
March 5, 2007 |
ProQuest CSA's Marketing Toolkit for Public Libraries Makes Its Debut ProQuest CSA just launched a free Library Marketing Toolkit for public librarians, who are facing many challenges today. |
| T.H.E. Journal |
New Products: Before You Know It Transparent Language Inc. has launched Before You Know It, a language-learning program that uses electronic flash cards to help users easily and effectively master essential vocabulary and vital phrases in Spanish, French, Italian and German. |
Information Today
August 3, 2009
Paula J. Hane |
Library Reference Services Are on an Info Quest The patrons of approximately 50 libraries from all over the U.S. are now able to text a question from their mobile phones to 309-222-7740 and a "real, live librarian" will respond within minutes. |
