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LibrariesHouse Votes to Save Library Funding, NEA and NEH
Despite the Trump Administration's proposal to eliminate virtually all federal library funding, the House yesterday passed a package of FY2018 spending bills that include full funding for libraries and the arts.
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Libraries
Discovery Happens Here: PW Talks with Wikipedia's Jake Orlowitz
From its launch in 2001, Wikipedia—the Internet’s hugely popular, user-created free encyclopedia—was viewed with suspicion by reference publishers and librarians. But today, many publishers and librarians today are collaborating with Wikipedia, seeing it not as a threat, but as an ally that can drive users to their local libraries, and to expert resources.
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Copyright
Judge Explains KinderGuides Copyright Case Decision
Judge Jed Rakoff needed just 12 pages to dispatch with Moppet Books' claims that their works were protected by fair use.
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Copyright
Will Ruling in ReDigi Case Open the Door to a Used E-book Market?
That’s the heart of the question now before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, after a lively hearing on Tuesday in the case of Capitol Records vs. ReDigi.
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Libraries
Nancy Pearl's Next Chapter
In September, "America's librarian" will publish her debut novel 'George & Lizzie' with Simon & Schuster's Touchstone imprint.
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Libraries
PW Welcomes New Library Columnist Sari Feldman
Feldman, executive director of the Cuyahoga County Public Library in Cleveland, Ohio, and a former president of both the Public Library Association (2009–2010) and the American Library Association (2015–2016), will write a monthly column as part of PW's library coverage.
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Copyright
Still No Opinion, but Judge's Order Bans Distribution of 'Infringing' KinderGuides
A federal judge has signed off on a permanent injunction immediately barring Moppet Books from distributing in the U.S. any versions of its KinderGuides series held to be infringing.
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Content / e-books
Spotlight on OverDrive and Digital Book Clubs
Libraries and publishers are seeing huge benefits from OverDrive's digital book clubs, especially the Big Library Read (Sponsored)
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Libraries
ALA Policy Paper: the Copyright Office Belongs in the Library of Congress
In a short, but deeply-sourced policy paper released this week, the American Library Association pushes back against a key talking point in the recent bid to make the Register of Copyrights a presidential appointee.
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Copyright
For Second Time, Appeals Court Hears GSU E-Reserves Case
The decade-old litigation over digitized course readings made another appearance before the 11th Circuit last week, but the case could still be far from a conclusion.
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Copyright
Publishers, Authors Win KinderGuides Copyright Case
A federal judge has found that Moppet Books had infringed copyright with its unauthorized children's "learning guides" to a host of classic novels.
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Publisher News
S&S Asks Court to Dismiss Yiannopoulos Suit
In a July 28 filing, S&S claims that Yiannopoulos legally "accepted" termination of the contract, and asked the court to "put an end to Yiannopoulos’s self-promotional misuse of judicial resources."
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Libraries
Congress Poised to Fund Libraries, Save the NEH and NEA
Defying President Trump's budget proposal, the House Appropriations Committee this week voted to fund the IMLS, and the NEH and NEA.
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Libraries
Libraries Clear First Budget Hurdle in Congress
The budget battle is kicking up again in Washington, but this time with a note of optimism for libraries and library supporters.
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Libraries
What Can Some of the World’s Most Historic Documents Tell Us About the Documents of the Future?
Our history, as individuals and as societies and cultures, is inextricably and necessarily intertwined with documenting things. And despite ever more technology, that will never change.
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Publisher News
Can Milo Yiannopoulos Win His Lawsuit Against S&S?
The 'Dangerous' author has filed a $10 million lawsuit against his former publisher, Simon & Schuster. Is it a publicity stunt? Or can he prevail?
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Libraries
In Chicago, Librarians Get Their Mojo Back
At the 2017 ALA Annual Conference, a strong slate of speakers expressed support for libraries and energized librarians for the political, professional, and budget battles that lie ahead.
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Libraries
ALA 2017: Why The Future of Tech Will Be Female
Reshma Saujani, founder of the national nonprofit Girls Who Code, told librarians that getting young girls interested in technology is the key to better future—and urged them to help her “change the culture” that is pushing girls away from coding, and computers.
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Libraries
ALA 2017: This Debut Novel Is Sarah Jessica Parker’s First ALA Book Club Central Pick...
Parker called Stephanie Powell Watts’ debut novel 'No One Is Coming to Save Us' “deeply compelling and richly satisfying," and described it as a “brilliant examination of the American dream among African-Americans in a struggling community in the contemporary South.”
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Libraries
ALA 2017: Colson Whitehead, Matthew Desmond Honored with Carnegie Medals
At a June 24 reception at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, Matthew Desmond and Colson Whitehead accepted their Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.
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