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LibrariesThe Week in Libraries: August 24, 2018
Among this week's headlines: A newly released study shows a dramatic slide in reading among teens; ALA rescinds controversial policy change on letting 'hate groups' use the library meeting rooms; And NYPL launches Insta Novels program on Instagram.
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Content / e-books
Librarians Question Tor’s E-book Embargo
Librarians have been looking at the data and they say Macmillan’s recent claim that library e-book lending is having a “direct and adverse” impact on science fiction publisher Tor’s retail e-book sales appears to be more fiction than science.
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Libraries
A Dystopian Twist for Library E-Books
Why Tor’s decision to embargo new e-book releases in libraries is a wake-up call for librarians.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: August 10, 2018
Nominate your local librarian for a 2018 'I Love My Librarian' award; How librarians find that elusive book you can't quite recall; And Facebook removes a purveyor of hate speech, but Twitter hedges.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: August 3, 2018
Among this week’s headlines, Susan Orlean’s forthcoming ‘love letter’ to libraries; Tor officials brush off librarian concerns over e-book lending; And why it’s never too late to become a reader.
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Content / e-books
Cengage Answers Lawsuit Over New Subscription Service
In a court filing, the publisher denies that its new subscription service will improperly cost its authors sales and royalty payments.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: July 27, 2018
Why librarians should thank Forbes for its misguided (now retracted) anti-library editorial; The Library Publishing Coalition releases an “Ethical Framework for Library Publishing”; And, Facebook faces the music.
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Editorials
Libraries Are Better Stewards of Taxpayer Dollars Than Corporations
ALA president Loida Garcia-Febo responds to the controversial (and recently retracted) 'Forbes' article, 'Amazon Should Replace Local Libraries to Save Taxpayers Money.'
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: July 20, 2018
Making headlines this week: Library groups respond to Tor's decision to scale back e-book lending; Progress on net neutrality; And, is Amazon really so bad?
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Libraries
Tor Scales Back Library E-book Lending as Part of Test
Tor's e-books are now being made available to libraries four months after the book's publication as part of a test to see whether "library e-book lending is one of the contributing factors" to declining e-book sales.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: July 13, 2018
Among this week's headlines: The FCC continues to generate controversy; Should "hate groups" get to use the library meeting rooms?; And you know all those new books piling up on your shelves? The Japanese have a word for that.
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Libraries
Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Thinks Net Neutrality Was Unconstitutional
Kavanaugh, in a 2017 dissent, likened ISPs to bookstores, and calls the FCC’s net neutrality rules “half-baked” and “foreign” to the First Amendment.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: June 29, 2018
PW rounds up the news and issues making headlines in the library world this week, including good news for libraries from Capitol Hill, and the swearing in of ALA's next president, Loida Garcia Febo.
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Libraries
ALA 2018: A Headline Grabbing ALA Annual Conference Wraps Up in New Orleans
A star-studded slate of authors and speakers energized and inspired librarians from the show’s main stages.
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Libraries
B&T, Penn Foster Team to Provide Education, Training Via Public Libraries
The partnership will make Penn Foster’s extensive library of courses, degree, and certificate programs available to public library patrons nationwide through Baker & Taylor’s Axis 360 platform.
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Libraries
ALA Strips 'Laura Ingalls Wilder' Name from Children's Book Award
The Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, voted on Saturday to rename the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, in response to the long-running discussion around prejudice in the author’s work.
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Libraries
ALA 2018: Librarian of Congress, National Archivist Trade Quips
Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, and David S. Ferriero, U.S. Archivist, touched on the challenges of public outreach, preservation, and POTUS.
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Libraries
ALA 2018: In ‘Turbulent’ Times, Doris Kearns Goodwin Offers a Ray of Hope
The award-winning historian, whose new book, 'Leadership: In Turbulent Times' will be published this fall, told librarians that America has faced and overcome great struggles in our past.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: June 22, 2018
The Supreme Court delivers a win for digital privacy advocates; In Europe, a controversial copyright proposal advances; And, how is the FY 2019 federal budget shaping up for libraries? PW rounds up the news and issues making headlines in the library and publishing worlds.
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Libraries
ALA 2018: Penguin Random House Honors 'Library Awards for Innovation' Grant Recipients
The awards recognize the nation’s “most innovative public libraries and librarians for community-based library programs that engage citizens in reading and strengthen the social and cultural fabric of their community.”
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