Library campaigners are calling on Essex County Council to launch a new consultation on the future of its libraries in a new bid to save the services. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-08 10:24:45 UTC ]
The book world is “sleepwalking into oblivion” if there are not changes to the terms under which e-books are made available to libraries, a chief librarian has warned. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-02 06:29:44 UTC ]
S&S officials confirmed that as of August 1, public libraries will be able to license S&S e-books for two-year terms, on a one copy/one user model, with most “new release” e-books priced between $38.99 and $52.99. Previously, S&S e-books were sold on one-year licenses, though at a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
In her research for "The Library Book," Susan Orlean was surprised to learn how many people call the Los Angeles Library on a daily basis with outlandish questions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-26 21:09:36 UTC ]
In her research for “The Library Book,” Susan Orlean was surprised to learn how many people call the Los Angeles Library on a daily basis with outlandish questions. Some people want help cheating on crossword puzzles. Others have more personal queries. “There is a guy who calls the library... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-26 20:35:00 UTC ]
CILIP is launching a network for BAME professionals within the library sector, led by CILIP trustee Shirley Yearwood-Jackson. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-26 11:02:53 UTC ]
The Los Angeles Times Book Club is reading "The Library Book," the Susan Orlean bestseller about the 1986 L.A. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-21 14:00:04 UTC ]
The Los Angeles Times Book Club is reading “The Library Book,” the Susan Orlean bestseller about the 1986 L.A. Library fire. We invited readers to share their library stories. I was the Community Redevelopment Agency’s deputy administrator for downtown L.A. when I managed the outside... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-21 14:00:00 UTC ]
The Los Angeles Times Book Club is reading "The Library Book" by Susan Orlean. Here's an excerpt. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-19 10:00:08 UTC ]
The Los Angeles Times Book Club is reading "The Library Book" by Susan Orlean. Here’s an excerpt. The opposite of a sensory-deprivation tank might be to spend a Monday morning in the library’s InfoNow Department. The phone rings with that weird blooping electronic tone all day long, and the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-19 10:00:00 UTC ]
The idea makes practically no sense at all. Full works of long-form literary fiction uploaded to ... Instagram? And specifically to Instagram Stories, a format known for its fast and fleeting posts about nights on the town and outfits of the day? But the New York Public Library pulled it off,... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2019-06-14 20:20:07 UTC ]
Angelica Gonzalez used to read about a book a year. Then she discovered the Libby app, which allows anyone with a Los Angeles Public Library card to borrow e-books, audiobooks and other electronic media — for free. Now Gonzalez regularly checks out titles and transfers them to her Kindle.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-12 10:00:00 UTC ]
Just in time for summer reading, "The Library Book" by Susan Orlean is the L.A. Times Book Club's first selection and community read. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-08 13:00:00 UTC ]
Just in time for summer reading, the Los Angeles Times Book Club has chosen "The Library Book" as our first community read and will host a June 25 forum with bestselling author Susan Orlean. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-06 10:00:06 UTC ]
They meet one Wednesday a month in the wood-paneled boardroom of the art-filled Cerritos Library, with its life-sized replica of a Tyrannosaurus rex and 15,000-gallon saltwater fish tank. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-06 10:00:01 UTC ]
They meet one Wednesday a month in the wood-paneled boardroom of the art-filled Cerritos Library, with its life-sized replica of a Tyrannosaurus rex and 15,000-gallon saltwater fish tank. They are mostly retired and most sincerely avid readers. They are polite and funny and kind. They are... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-06 10:00:00 UTC ]
Just in time for summer reading, the Los Angeles Times Book Club has chosen “The Library Book” as our first community read and will host a June 25 forum with bestselling author Susan Orlean. Join us as we explore Orlean’s bestseller, a whodunit about the mysterious 1986 fire that gutted Los... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-06 10:00:00 UTC ]
New BookNet Canada research indicates that consumers who borrow books from libraries also purchase more books per month than those who don't use libraries. The post Canadian Study: Library Patrons Tell Researchers They Buy More Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-05-29 03:14:45 UTC ]
It has been a year of joy mixed with sorrow for Little Free Library, but the Wisconsin nonprofit just keeps growing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
Ian Rankin has donated his literary archive, including correspondence with authors like J K Rowling, Iain Banks and Ruth Rendell, to the National Library of Scotland. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-23 15:07:11 UTC ]