Library campaigners in Essex are gearing up for a county wide day of action next month, as more than 1,600 people sign a petition against plans for volunteers to run some facilities. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-28 05:47:04 UTC ]
In a message sent to library customers, Tom Mercer, senior v-p of digital products for Bibliotheca (formerly 3M), called out Amazon for its role in the increasingly contentious library e-book market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
Essex library campaigners are warning community groups could face an “unsustainable burden” of nearly £50,000 a year if they choose to run a local library service - and are calling on more to withdraw their offers to run local libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-19 21:57:18 UTC ]
Teachers and librarians share their best ideas for boosting awareness and support of their programming. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
As reductions in education funding still loom nationwide, school librarians seek out ways to showcase and defend the benefits of the work they do. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Literacy efforts flourish in the partnership between independent bookstores and schools serving low-income students. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Suzanna Panter, library program manager at Tacoma Public Schools, has developed a series of videos that highlight her school library and how it benefits students. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Across the country, educator nights are deepening ties for booksellers and teachers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan Publishers recently announced a two month embargo on all newly published e-book titles. This will greatly effect libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-08-12 10:34:07 UTC ]
Night School by Lee Child (Bantam Press) was the most borrowed library book of 2017/18, according to new statistics. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-07 09:43:10 UTC ]
In a memo to authors and agents, Macmillan CEO John Sargent asserted that 45% of Macmillan’s U.S. “e-book reads” were now 'being borrowed for free' from libraries," and said the publisher's new terms are "designed to protect the value of your books during their first format publication." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
The London Library has joined forces with indie publisher Jacaranda for its #Twentyin2020 project, celebrating black British writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-22 11:44:25 UTC ]
Not-for-profit firm Jisc has launched three "next generation" library services for the higher education sector, including one that makes academic collections visible through web searches. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-22 04:09:36 UTC ]
Canongate has joined forces with audio publisher Bolinda to make its audiobooks available to libraries in a new partnership. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-18 10:30:26 UTC ]
A new state-of-the-art library has opened in the centre of Barnsley as the “cornerstone” of a £180m regeneration project. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-17 11:03:48 UTC ]
Essex library campaigners are planning new protests after accusing the council of planning library cuts “by stealth”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-16 14:49:13 UTC ]
Digital reading app Libby has for some time allowed bookworms to play its audiobooks through Android Auto. Following an update that arrived today, folks with CarPlay-enabled infotainment systems can listen to the app's books through their setups too. Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2019-07-15 19:07:00 UTC ]
In his op-ed for Forbes last year, Panos Mourdoukoutas, a professor of economics at LIU Post in New York, suggested that Amazon stores should replace libraries to save taxpayers money. Following the backlash this preposterous suggestion created, Forbes took the article down. But the outpouring... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-07-12 08:48:09 UTC ]
New library borrowing figures from the US show how far England is lagging behind other countries because of its facilities’ falling book stocks, according to new analysis from library campaigner Tim Coates. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-09 08:23:20 UTC ]
The British Library has acquired the 40-year archive of Granta magazine featuring letters and papers from authors including Margaret Atwood, JG Ballard, Angela Carter and Kazuo Ishiguro. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-09 06:16:31 UTC ]