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For Librarians, 2017 Is Off to a Rough Start
Low attendance at ALA Midwinter, and thorny questions about the fate of libraries under Trump.
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ALA Midwinter 2017: Colson Whitehead, Matthew Desmond Win ALA Carnegie Medals
The selections were announced on Sunday, January 22, at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta, with an official award ceremony to come this summer, at the ALA annual conference, set for Chicago.
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ALA Midwinter 2017: Could ESSA Spark a School Library Renaissance?
The federal education law known as ESSA, set to take effect this year, would provide critical support for school libraries if allowed to stand by the Trump administration.
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ALA Midwinter 2017: Librarians Ponder the Future Under Trump
In his opening keynote at the 2017 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta, just hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, W. Kamau Bell made a plea to librarians: don’t let Trump’s vision of America become the new normal.
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ALA Midwinter 2017: Penguin Random House Announces Library Grant Winners
The awards, first announced last year by the Penguin Random House Foundation, are an effort to support and recognize the work oflibrarians.
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Three Critical Issues Facing Librarians in Trump’s America
As a new administration takes office, a look at how librarians can make a difference.
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Hoopla Touts Growth, Announces New Partners
For digital library platform Hoopla Digital, 2016 was a very a good year—and 2017 looks to be off to a strong start.
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OverDrive Pushes into Spanish
Based in Cleveland, Ohio, OverDrive has worked exclusively to distribute digital content since 1986, becoming one of the first companies to be involved in supplying digital content to libraries, first with audio and then with e-books.
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School & Library Spotlight December 2016: All Our Coverage
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PW Talks with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
The nation's chief librarian discusses technology, collections, and legacy.
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Who Will Win the Newbery Medal?
Teachers, librarians, and students make their best guesses in mock Newbery programs.
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The Top 10 Library Stories of 2016
PW takes a look back at some of the library stories that captivated the publishing world in 2016, and what they portend for 2017.
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New York Public Library, Macmillan Launch Publishing Partnership
The agreement will create and publish a program of print and e-books for adults and for children, inspired by the library’s collections.
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Wary of Trump, ALA Joins Coalition Advocating Key Tech Principles
The document urges Trump to pursue “policies that respect the principles that have allowed the internet to become what it is today."
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Library As Financial Literacy Hub
Here’s what it takes to run a successful financial literacy program at a library.
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Macmillan Children’s Publishing Expands E-book Lending
Macmillan Children's Publishing Group will now offer all frontlist e-books for library lending on the same day they go on sale in the retail market.
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Small Stories, Big Picture
Why a new era of multimedia storytelling, fueled by smartphones and powerful digital tools, means change for libraries and publishers.
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An Award-Winning Acquisition: Newbery and Caldecott Collection Finds Its Forever Home
A feel-good story about a personal passion-turned-profession, a selfless act, and a few fortuitous connections. And a very happy ending for a cherished collection of Newbery and Caldecott books.
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Justice Department Reaffirms Reader Privacy Protections
After sending a request to Attorney General Loretta Lynch asking whether she is committed to keeping the reader privacy policy adopted by her predecessor, the department reffirrmed that it will abide by those protections.
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Follow the (Grant) Money
What do the grants funded by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services tell us about the future of libraries?
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