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The new IFLA Namespaces now includes the LRM.... by Joseph Hafner The LRM (Library Reference Model) is the latest standard to be included on the new IFLA Namespaces site. Visit the site at: https://www.iflastandards.info/lrm.html The IFLA Namespaces is designed to promote IFLA standards using linked data and is a project from the LIDATEC subcommittee of the IFLA Committee on Standards. https://www.ifla.org/node/93279

Literacy is a foundational skill. With it, doors are opened to countless other opportunities to learn and grow. Without it, people struggle to find work, to make the most of the internet, or to gain new skills. Libraries traditionally have a key role within the infrastructure of any country for promoting literacy. From providing opportunities for pre-schoolers to maximise their exposure to language, to complementing the work of teachers in schools, to allowing adults to continue to hone their skills through access to books, and through offering a gateway to further learning for those who need it, libraries are often recognised in national literacy strategies. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruption in teaching and learning in general, including of course to literacy-promotion. Yet simply suspending work here is not an option. Without opportunities to build these skills, people with low-literacy risk falling behind. In schools, less well-off children can see the gap between th

One of the that pique the interest of the most curious minds in the Library & Information Sciences “universe“ is that of mobile libraries. These nomadic, wandering, itinerant units —with as many shapes and appearances as potential names— are devoted to taking books from the safe comfort of their shelves and moving them wherever they are needed or appreciated — which, for many cases, are the same. Such a curiosity is probably provoked by the handful of “exotic” experiences that are generally used as illustrative examples when describing that particular section of the library universe. https://princh.com/libraries-in-movement/#.X1c_LdxKiM8

Have you ever wondered which generation reads the most? Are tech-obsessed Gen Z’s and Millennials actually reading less than Baby Boomers and the Silent Generation? Best By The Numbers set out to answer this question by creating a great new infographic. They compared the reading habits of the 5 generations—Gen Z, Millennials, Gen Y, Baby Boomers, and the Silent Generation—using publicly available statistics and studies from the past few years. Here are the main highlights from the infographic: Gen Z has increased their reading more than any other generation since coronavirus struck. Millennials read more books than any other generation. Physical books still pack a punch, with every generation preferring them over digital ones. Gen Z are using social media to find their books, while Baby Boomers and the Silent Generation go to bestseller lists. Public libraries are the domain of the Millennials. Gen X are pure “news junkies”—reading the most online news daily, compared to all other gene

How to Download the Books That Just Entered the Public Domain...By Caroline Haskins Basically, 2019 marks the first time a huge quantity of books published in 1923—including works by Virginia Woolf, Agatha Christie, and Robert Frost—have become legally downloadable since digital books became a thing. So, how do you actually download these books? It largely depends on what site you go to, and if you can’t find a book on one site, you can probably find it on another. For instance, ReadPrint.com, as well as The Literature Network (mostly major authors), and Librivox (audio books), Authorama (all in the public domain), and over a dozen other sites all have vast selections of free ebooks. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qvq99b/how-to-download-the-books-that-just-entered-the-public-domain