こどもの読書に関する英国の調査では、印刷物より電子機器を使って読む割合が高いことが報告されました。

Children’s on-screen reading overtakes reading in print

(update：May 16, 2013)
For the first time children are reading more on computers and other electronic devices than they are reading books, magazines, newspapers and comics. This is potentially detrimental to children’s reading levels as those who read daily only on-screen are much less likely to be good readers than those who read in print...
Source: National Literacy Trust

Windows Phoneを採用したNokia Lumia 982が5月16日に米国で発売されました。

Hands-on: Camera remains the focus with Nokia’s Lumia 928

(update：May 14, 2013)
The long-rumored Nokia Lumia 928 will debut this Thursday when it become available on Verizon as the answer to AT&T’s Lumia 920. This Windows Phone 8 handset is slimmed down compared to its predecessor and has some spec bumps...
Source: Ars Technica

Library Copyright AllianceがTTIPに関する米国の交渉姿勢についてコメントを発表しました。

COMMENTS OF THE LIBRARY COPYRIGHT ALLIANCE ON THE TRANSATLANTIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP

(update：May 10, 2013)
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) consists of three major library associations—the American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Association of Research Libraries—that collectively represent over 100,000 libraries in the United States employing over 350,000 librarians and other personnel...
Source: Library Copyright Alliance

武雄市、小中学校全学年の全児童生徒4000人に
タブレット配布へ

(更新日：2013年5月9日)
本日（5/9）、武雄市ICT教育推進協議会から樋渡市長に対し、武雄市立小中学校の児童生徒に整備するタブレットPCについて、答申がありました...
Source: 武雄市（facebook）

OverDrive and Sourcebooks to Launch Ambitious Ebook Data Experiment

(update：May 3, 2013)
OverDrive and Sourcebooks are preparing to launch an innovative and ambitious pilot program whose goal is to clearly demonstrate the impact library ebook lending has on book sales and author recognition...
Source: Library Journal

HACHETTE BOOK GROUP TO OFFER FULL EBOOK CATALOG TO LIBRARIES: MORE THAN 5,000 TITLES, INCLUDING NEW RELEASES

(update：May 1, 2013)
Hachette Book Group announced today that, beginning May 8, it will make its full ebook catalog, including new releases, available to nonprofit public and school libraries across the nation...
Source: Hachette Book Group

Philadelphia May Cut its School Librarians

(update：May 1, 2013)
Philadelphia school children are facing an education without librarians—as well as nurses, counselors, athletic coaches, summer school, and school secretaries—because of a $304 million budget shortfall for the 2013–2014 school year...
Source: School Library Journal