3M Library Systems News
Thursday May 23, 2013
All 55 Press Releases from 3M Library Systems
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May 1, 2013. 3M Cloud Library now includes titles from all Big Six Publishers. The 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service will add titles from Hachette Book Group to its catalog of offerings, giving readers access to books from popular authors including James Patterson and Nicholas Sparks. Hachette Book Group’s full eBook catalog will be available to libraries with no delay on new titles. The new agreement with Hachette Book Group means that 3M Cloud Library now offers content from all of the Big Six publishers. The service’s continuously growing list of publishers now numbers more than 300. <<more>>
May 1, 2013. 3M Cloud Library goes live with Macmillan content. The 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service announces the addition of Macmillan titles to its collection. As part of Macmillan’s e-lending pilot program, 3M is pleased to offer 1,200 titles from the Minotaur Books imprint. <<more>>
April 15, 2013. 3M Cloud Library enters eBook Pilot with Simon and Schuster and New York libraries. The 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service will bring Simon and Schuster eBooks to readers in a new pilot program at the New York Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library. The program will make all Simon and Schuster eBooks available to the library for purchase, including new titles. <<more>>
April 12, 2013. 3M Cloud Library unveils better tools, more titles. 3M Library Systems announces the launch of a new Catalog Acquisition Tool for the 3M Cloud Library, designed to give librarians more features to help manage content and to make the buying experience easier. Along with the new CAT, 3M has signed agreements with new publishers to continue building on its extensive and varied list of titles. New additions include Random House Mondadori, which will add to the service’s collection of Spanish titles, as well as Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, including their strong list of children’s content. <<more>>
March 1, 2013. 3M Cloud Library goes live with Macmillan Content. The 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service announces the addition of Macmillan titles to its collection. As part of Macmillan’s eLending pilot program, 3M is pleased to offer 1,200 titles from the Minotaur Books imprint. <<more>>
January 17, 2013. 3M showcases latest eBook Lending innovations at ALA Midwinter Meeting. 3M Library Systems will debut several new innovations for its 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending System at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting beginning Jan. 25. Visitors to the 3M booth will be able to preview the system’s new Catalog Acquisition Tool and learn about new user-friendly features and integration capabilities that make the 3M Cloud Library the easiest platform for libraries to own and manage. <<more>>
November 8, 2012. Dakota, Washington and Ramsey County Libraries launch 3M Cloud Library System. Dakota, Washington and Ramsey County Libraries will unveil the 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service today, bringing more than one million Minnesota residents access to digital content, in-library hardware, and apps for borrowing and reading eBooks. <<more>>
October 9, 2012. 3M announces support for ReadersFirst Initiative . Visitors to the 3M Library Systems booth at the Frankfurt Book Fair from October 10-14 will have the chance to learn about 3M’s leadership in the library eBook market. As evidence of that leadership, 3M supports the ReadersFirst initiative, a movement to improve eBook access and services for public library users. <<more>>
October 3, 2012. 3M Cloud Library eReading App now available through Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Apps storefront. The 3M Cloud Library App is available in Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Apps store, making it easier for owners of NOOK tablets to borrow eBooks from local libraries. Anyone with a NOOK HD, NOOK HD+, NOOK Tablet or NOOK Color can download the 3M Cloud Library App directly from the NOOK Apps storefront, and then transfer digital content wirelessly to their device without having to physically connect to a computer. <<more>>
October 1, 2012. 3M Cloud Library helps Penguin Group (USA) enter eBook lending market. The 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service is helping to bring Penguin eBooks to library patrons at the New York Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library this month. A recently launched pilot program allows the libraries to purchase and lend Penguin eBooks through the 3M Cloud Library system. In addition to the Penguin collection, the libraries will also offer additional titles from the 3M Cloud Library, which has a growing catalog of more than 200,000 titles from some 300 publishers. <<more>>
October 1, 2012. Top Stories Press Releases Press Kits Multimedia 3M in the News Contact Media Relations 3M Cloud Library Helps Penguin Group (USA) enter eBook Lending Market. The 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service is helping to bring Penguin eBooks to library patrons at the New York Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library this month. A recently launched pilot program allows the libraries to purchase and lend Penguin eBooks through the 3M Cloud Library system. In addition to the Penguin collection, the libraries will also offer additional titles from the 3M Cloud Library, which has a growing catalog of more than 200,000 titles from some 300 publishers. <<more>>
September 11, 2012. Des Moines Public Library launches 3M Cloud Library System. The Des Moines Public Library is now the first in Iowa to introduce the 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service, bringing Central Library patrons access to digital content, in-library hardware, and apps for borrowing and reading eBooks. <<more>>
June 21, 2012. 3M Cloud Library Comes to Glendale and Pasadena Public Libraries. The 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service will be introduced to patrons at the Glendale and Pasadena Public Libraries. Along with the Glendale and Pasadena Public Libraries, a number of other libraries across the country have now made the 3M Cloud Library available to patrons, including St. Paul Public Library, Minn.; Richland County Public Library, S.C.; Addison Public Library, Ill.; Douglas County Libraries, Colo.; Darien Library, Conn.; Richland County Public Library, S.C.; Mobile Public Library, Ala. and the State Library of Kansas on behalf of the Kansas Digital Library Consortium. 3M continues to seek feedback from both patrons and staff at these locations on the service’s ease of use and functionality, using their input to refine the system. <<more>>
June 12, 2012. Penguin Group (USA) launches library lending pilot program. Penguin Group (USA), The New York Public Library,and 3M today announced a pilot project that will make Penguin eBooks available to patrons of both The New York Public Library and the Brooklyn Public Library. The pilot program will begin in August and, if successful, could be rolled out across the US.Under the initial phase of the pilot, eBooks will be made available to libraries for one-year with renewable terms. Library patrons will be able to access eBooks remotely utilizing public-library compatible reading devices. Titles will be available for lending six months after initial publication. <<more>>
June 7, 2012. 3M Donates Standard Interchange Protocol (SIP) to National Standards Organization (NISO). 3M Library Systems and NISO have joined together in an effort to drive future innovation of the Standard Interchange Protocol (SIP) as an American National Standard. Originally this was developed by 3M to provide a common communication language that would drive adoption of self-service systems for libraries. SIP has become the defacto standard for the communication between self-service devices and Integrated Library Systems (ILS) globally. <<more>>
May 31, 2012. 3M Cloud Library continues to build content offerings. 3M Library Systems will feature its growing list of offerings for the 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service at Book Expo America 2012, to be held June 4-7 at the Javits Center in New York City. Visitors to the 3M Library Systems booth, DZ2417, will learn about 3M Cloud Library’s new partnerships with INscribe Digital, Smashwords, The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group and the National Book Network (NBN) which are increasing the eBook system’s total list of offerings to more than 200,000 titles from over 300 publishers. <<more>>
May 31, 2012. 3M Cloud Library Continues to Build Content Offerings. 3M Library Systems will feature its growing list of offerings for the 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service at Book Expo America 2012, to be held June 4-7 at the Javits Center in New York City. Visitors to the 3M Library Systems booth, DZ2417, will learn about 3M Cloud Library’s new partnerships with INscribe Digital, Smashwords, The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group and the National Book Network (NBN) which are increasing the eBook system’s total list of offerings to more than 200,000 titles from over 300 publishers. <<more>>
April 25, 2012. 3M Cloud Library to be unveiled for patrons. The 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service will be introduced to the public today in an open house event from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Sun Ray location of the Saint Paul Public Library. The library is one of a number of beta sites where library staff members have undergone training and are now ready to unveil the system to patrons. <<more>>
January 19, 2012. Innovations continue for 3M Cloud Library . 3M Library Systems will showcase continuing innovations in its 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting beginning January 20. With word spreading through the library community about the system’s ease of use and growing list of offerings, ALA attendees will be able to see for themselves the unique turnkey system of digital content, in-library hardware, and apps for borrowing and reading. <<more>>
January 10, 2012. Texas Library on board with 3M RFID. Kyle Community Library located in Kyle, Texas, recently purchased 3M RFID and security products for their busy library. The library will install a Model 9100 3M Detection System, 3M SelfCheck System, and 3M Command Center which will, collectively provide the library with statistical reporting capabilities to allow detailed item and financial reports along with status reports of the library’s equipment. <<more>>
November 1, 2011. Dundee and Skokie libraries choose 3M RFID. Dundee Public Library and Skokie Public Library, both located in Illinois, have chosen 3M RFID Systems to enhance productivity in their libraries. <<more>>
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- Tom Mercer -- Marketing Manager, 3M Cloud Library
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3M Library Systems is a division of 3M, a public company traded on NYSE under the symbol MMM.
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Key Articles from Library Technology Guides
The following are a sample of articles related to the major events in the corporate history of 3M Library Systems, or you can view all articles related to the company from Library Technology Guides.
Breeding, Marshall, Smart Libraries Newsletter (July 2011). 3M Library Systems Makes a Bold Step Into the Library e-book Arena
In a move that places it in direct competition with established competitors, 3M Library Systems will launch a new service called the 3M Cloud Library. 3M aims to provide libraries with an e-book lending service that's easy for library patrons to use and for libraries to manage, with a competitive collection of titles. 3M is no newcomer to the library market. The company has been involved with libraries for 40 years, initially through theft-detection products like its Tattle-Tape Strips and exit control gates and eventually through modern innovations like selfcheck stations, automated return and sorting equipment, and many products based on RFID technology. With the launch of this new set of e-book-related offerings, 3M expands its presence in libraries beyond products geared toward a library's physical collection into the realm of electronic materials
Breeding, Marshall, Smart Libraries Newsletter (December 2007). Checkpoint Systems and 3M Library Systems Converge on RFID
Two of the top competitors in the library-focused RFID and library security products arena, 3M Library Systems and Checkpoint Systems, have consolidated their efforts to produce and market products to libraries. The arrangement, announced October 29, 2007, results in melding the 3M Library Systems marketing channels with products from Checkpoint Systems. Effective the beginning of 2008, 3M Library Systems will serve as the exclusive worldwide distributor and service provider for Checkpoint’s family of products oriented toward libraries.