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  2. E-book lending - Wikipedia

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    As of 2014, over 90% of U.S. public libraries offer ebook lending. [1] Many of those libraries use Rakuten OverDrive, which provides ebook access to about 43,000 libraries and schools in 76 countries. [2] Overdrive is the only eLending service that works with the Amazon Kindle, but that functionality is limited to U.S. library readers only. [3]

  3. Inventory (library and archive) - Wikipedia

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    Random selection of the books can take place in a couple of different ways. If in addition to the physical condition of items, a library also wants to know whether items are missing from shelves, random samples should be generated from the library's integrated library system (ILS).

  4. ERAMS - Wikipedia

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    ERAMS is designed to be used in library planning and budgeting to help libraries continue to provide electronic resources effectively to aid patron research. Many products and services fall into the broad category of ERAMS: A-to-Z title lists, OpenURL link resolvers, federated search services, MARC records services, electronic resource ...

  5. OverDrive, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    OverDrive, Inc. is a worldwide digital distributor of ebooks, audiobooks, online magazines and streaming video titles. The company provides digital rights management and download fulfillment services for publishers, public libraries, K–12 schools, colleges, universities, corporations, legal industries, and formerly retailers.

  6. Online public access catalog - Wikipedia

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    At the same time, libraries began to develop applications to automate the purchase, cataloging, and circulation of books and other library materials. These applications, collectively known as an integrated library system (ILS) or library management system, included an online catalog as the public interface to the system's inventory. Most ...

  7. Internet Archive's Children's Library - Wikipedia

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    Children's Library is a collection of digitized books at the Internet Archive. These books are from the University of California Libraries , the University of Florida 's "Literature for Children" Collection, National Yiddish Book Center , New York Public Library , International Children's Digital Library and some libraries that sponsored books ...

  8. ebook - Wikipedia

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    When a library purchases an e-book license, the cost is at least three times what it would be for a personal consumer. [50] E-book licenses are more expensive than paper-format editions because publishers are concerned that an e-book that is sold could theoretically be read and/or checked out by a huge number of users, potentially damaging sales.

  9. Amazon Kindle - Wikipedia

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    Amazon Kindle is a series of e-readers designed and marketed by Amazon.Amazon Kindle devices enable users to browse, buy, download, and read e-books, newspapers, magazines, Audible audiobooks, and other digital media via wireless networking to the Kindle Store. [3]