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CopyrightFearing Piracy, Authors Guild Pushes Change to Copyright Law
Citing a major uptick in Internet piracy, the Authors Guild has urged Congress to require ISPs to monitor and filter the Internet for pirated works.
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Apps
Baker & Taylor Launches Axis 360 Mobile App
Baker & Taylor this week announced that it has released a new “all-in-one” mobile app for library users.
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Content / e-books
Court Denies Class Action in Author Solutions Case
In a 30-page written opinion, Cote ruled that the plaintiffs failed to produce evidence to back up their fraud claims.
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Libraries
Could the Nomination of the Next Librarian of Congress Spark a Political Battle?
The president will get to appoint a new librarian of Congress, the first in the digital information age.
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Retailing
Apple Loses E-book Appeal—Now What?
Last week, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, by a 2–1 margin, affirmed Judge Denise Cote’s 2013 finding that Apple orchestrated a 2010 conspiracy with five major publishers to fix e-book prices.
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Shows & Events
ALA 2015: A Blockbuster San Francisco Conference
Ask any librarian who was there and they will almost certainly agree: the 2015 American Library Association Annual Conference in San Francisco was one of the best ALA shows, maybe ever.
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Content / e-books
Apple Loses Appeal, E-book Decision is Affirmed
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed Judge Denise Cote's 2013 finding that Apple orchestrated a scheme to fix the price of e-books.
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Conferences
ALA 2015: Gloria Steinem Says 'Librarians Saved My Life'
Steinem talked about her nomadic childhood and read from her upcoming memoir 'Diary of a Nomad: My Life on the Road.'
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Shows & Events
ALA 2015: All Our Coverage
Our complete coverage of 2015 ALA Annual Conference, including a survey of the main events; the speakers; the readings, discussions, and presentations; the panels, and more.
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Conferences
ALA 2015: On E-books, Libraries Pushing For Options
Digital Content Working Group co-chair Carolyn Anthony told members that ALA officials were "continuing to dialogue" with the Big Five publishers over e-book prices.
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Conferences
ALA 2015: Pelosi Honors Baltimore Librarians for 'Heroic' Work During Unrest
Librarians from the Enoch Pratt Free Library's Pennsylvania Avenue Branch, at the epicenter of the protests in Baltimore this spring, were honored for their work.
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Awards & Prizes
ALA 2015: Doerr, Stevenson Win Carnegie Medals
Doerr won for his book All The Light We Cannot See (which also received the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction), while Bryan Stevenson won for Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption.
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Conferences
ALA 2015: Sloan, Knight Foundation Grants For Digital Public Library of America
The two new awards, coupled with significant earlier support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the National Endowment for the Humanities, will help to establish the growth of DPLA’s "service hubs."
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Conferences
ALA 2015: On a Historic Day, Roberta Kaplan Delivers a Powerful Keynote
Roberta Kaplan, who argued the historic defeat of the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013, offered a powerful opening keynote speech at the 2015 ALA annual conference in San Francisco, just hours after a historic Supreme Court decision legalized same-sex marriage.
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Common Core
Cut to the Core: Education Reform and Libraries
Another school year is drawing to a close, but amid the celebrations and public festivities, melancholy looms over the library profession.
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Copyright
ALA Questions Bid for Independent Copyright Office
ALA joins a chorus of Internet and tech businesses in questioning a proposal to establish the U.S. Copyright office as its own independent agency.
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Conferences
ALA Annual Conference Kicks Off In San Francisco
The 2015 American Library Association Annual Conference kicks off today in San Francisco with more than 25,000 librarians, publishers and vendors expected to descend on the Bay Area.
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Shows & Events
ALA 2015: Summer of Love
The 2015 American Library Association Annual Conference, set for June 25–30 at the Moscone Center, should be quite a party. More than 20,000 librarians are expected to descend on the Bay Area for the show, which coincides with the city's annual Gay Pride Parade.
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Shows & Events
Fun with Metadata: How RDF Can Vastly Improve Book Discovery
A new format holds promise for significantly better book discovery and accessibility than its forbearer—the MARC record.
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Shows & Events
ALA 2015: Comics: Not Just for Kids
Adult comics collections in libraries have been slow to grow, even as the genre has surged in popularity and gained critical acclaim. We checked in with librarians from across the country to find out why.
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