GSU E-Reserves Case Goes On After Publishers Win Second Appeal
Barring a settlement, the decade-old copyright case could still be far from a conclusion. more...and more.
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LibrariesThe Week in Libraries: December 14, 2018
Librarians keep the heat on in the final days of the 115th Congress; Congress wastes a chance to get answers out of Google CEO Sundar Pichai; and more on the University of California's tough negotiation with publisher Elsevier.
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Libraries
The Top 10 Library Stories of 2018
PW takes a look back at some of the library stories that captivated the publishing world in 2018, and what they portend for 2019.
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Libraries
Melinda Gates, Isha Sesay to Keynote 2019 ALA Midwinter Meeting
In Seattle, librarians will kick-start what figures to be a busy year with a slate of inspiring authors and speakers; a strong, future-oriented professional program; a host of awards and receptions; and a full slate of author signings and product demos in the exhibit hall.
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Libraries
My Book Is Reading Me Back!
Amazon, AI, and why tomorrow’s librarians are facing a potentially very different future
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Copyright
Appeals Court Shoots Down Digital Resale in ReDigi Case
In upholding a lower court ruling that ReDigi's attempt to create a service that could legally copy digital files for resale copyright infringement, the appeals court made the sale of used e-books all the more unlikely.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: December 7, 2018
Among the week's headlines: The 2018 'I Love my Librarian' award winners are honored at a reception in New York; ALA offers a legislative update as the 115th Congress enters its final weeks; and what does Tumblr's decision to police its platform for pornography say about the future of the internet?
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: November 30, 2017
Among the week’s headlines: Tributes pour in for former Librarian of Congress James Billington; a new report suggests library e-book lending generates reader awareness and sales; and it took just two weeks for Michelle Obama's 'Becoming' to become the year's bestselling book.
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Libraries
How Libraries Can Help Readers Become Writers
The Cuyahoga County Public Library’s writer-in-residence program demonstrates the library’s increasingly critical role in our literary ecosystem.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: November 16, 2018
Among the week's headlines: Oxford Dictionaries picks a fitting Word of the Year; privacy concerns grow as a shocking new report accuses Facebook of allowing user data to be compromised; and the library world says goodbye to Stan Lee.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: November 9, 2018
Among the headlines this week: Mixed results for libraries at the polls; the battle over Europe's bold open access plan heats up, as AAP and other stakeholders weigh in; and Tim Berners-Lee pushes his plan to save the Internet.
