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Check it Out with Michael Kelley: ALA's Code of Conduct
Does the American Library Association have an issue with harassment at its conferences?
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Cut to the Core: Better Luck Next Year
Fall 2013 will be remembered as the season that the Common Core State Standards began to take effect—and it was a rocky rollout indeed. As the calendar marks a new year, we pause now to reflect upon what has been a bumpy first few months.
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The Top 10 Library Stories of 2013
PW takes a look back at 10 big library stories of 2013, and a look ahead to what might be on the horizon in 2014.
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CCC Offers Scholarships for Librarians to Attend ALA Midwinter
Are you an academic librarian who wants to go the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia but just can't afford it? Here's your chance.
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Library of Congress Inks Deal for Digital Collection
Looking to upgrade its ability to archive digital content in an era of increasingly electronic-only publications, the Library of Congress has reached a five-year agreement with Data Conversion Laboratory.
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Are Libraries Essential? Mixed Message in Latest Pew Survey
While the survey showed Americans are almost evenly split over the essential role of libraries, libraries remain incredibly popular.
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The Common Core Toolkit: December 2013
Looking ahead to the ALA midwinter meeting.
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ALA 2014 Midwinter Preview: All Our Coverage
Are you going to ALA Midwinter 2014? Prepare for the show with our extensive preview of the issues libraries are facing, with features and analysis on everything from Google's book-scanning program to Common Core and more.
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ALA 2014 Preview: Getting Ready to Read
The conversation about the Common Core standards will be a hot topic at this year's ALA Midwinter Meeting, as many public librarians make efforts to reach their patrons and community members – as well as form partnerships with school librarians—to provide information on the standards.
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ALA 2014 Midwinter Preview: Google Books: Eight Years Later...
On November 14, Judge Denny Chin dismissed the long-running Authors Guild suit against Google, ruling that the digitization of books for Google Book Search is fair use.
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Cut to the Core: On the Front Lines of the Common Core Rollout
The rollout of the Common Core Standards has brought major upheaval to the educational realm, and librarians are now finding themselves in a position to offer critical support.
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ALA 2014 Midwinter Preview: The Librarian’s Guide to Paranoid Behavior
There’s a national conversation happening about libraries, and while librarians can contribute to it, we can’t control it.
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ALA 2014 Midwinter Preview: Meet the Team
At PW, we've always served the library community, but you've probably noticed that in recent months we've ramped up our commitment to covering library news and issues, with a lineup of monthly columnists writing on a broad range of issues affecting libraries and publishers.
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ALA 2014 Midwinter Preview: Let’s Talk It Out
The conference theme of the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting, set for January 24–28 in Philadelphia, is "the conversation starts here." It is a perfectly appropriate theme.
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The Common Core Toolkit: November 2013
Picture books are embraced during the month of November as authors, parents and educators come together to celebrate the early love of reading and learning that children gain by reading picture books.
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Cut to the Core: Has the Common Core Rollout Gone Awry?
The new school year is underway and as teachers look to align their lessons with the Common Core, many find themselves struggling with the implementation. In most cases this is not due to a lack of expertise, but rather inadequate training and resources.
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Check It Out with Michael Kelley: E-book Optimism and Lingering Concerns
Public librarians have applauded the increased access to e-books now being offered by the big five publishers—most recently Macmillan—has made its entire backlist of 11,000 titles available for lending. But the recent good news, librarians say, should not obscure the fact that the present system, with its plethora of licensing models and platforms, remains untenable.
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Brian Kenney: Revisiting the NYPL's Renovation Plan
Over the past decade, I’ve visited a lot of central libraries—from Chicago to Liverpool to Denver—only to come home to New York and wonder, why don’t we have a great public library?
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The Common Core Toolkit: October 2013
In this month's toolkit, PWcolumnists Margaux DelGuidice and Rose Luna highlight some education and common core-related resources with a focus on connecting.
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Michael Kelley: Sound Preservation and Copyright
The Belfer Audio Archive at New York’s Syracuse University houses one of the preeminent collections of historical sound recordings in the U.S.
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