Katie Bane's blog

After several months of beta testing, 3M has launched the 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service.

How many “channels” are you using to get that next job? Caitlin Williams of San José State University’s faculty staff has been in the field of career development for more than 20 years and led last week’s webinar on the importance of building your online presence purposefully.

Findaway World, creators of Playaway® and Playaway View®, launched the Catalist Digital platform, which is designed to provide Pre-K–12 schools with a customizable digital audiobook library, in January. At the time of the launch, over 6,000 audiobook titles were available, with thousands to be added each quarter.

Gaylord has introduced Scenario 500 Exhibit Display System. The panel display system is ideal for exhibitions, special events, conventions, trade shows and promotions. You can connect as many panels as you wish with no tools or skilled labor.

The Pleasanton (Calif.) Public Library is a 30,000-square-foot, single-story building that serves just under a million visitors annually. It features multiple skylights and large windows that supply an abundance of natural light. However, adjusting light levels to meet building users’ needs was not possible.

GoodSemester has recently launched a cloud-based open learning platform. GoodSemester urges users to share course content to facilitate collaboration and the acceleration of learning through access to an open repository of information from multiple respected sources and a suite of productivity tools to accelerate education.

In January Unglue.It, a website that hopes to “unglue” ebook versions of copyrighted books through crowdfunding, was released in alpha. The site runs crowdfunding campaigns to raise money for specific, already-published books.