Find out more about The Bookseller's Libraries of the Year focus, run in conjunction with sponsor Overdrive and partner The Reading Agency, including information on how to enter. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Week in Libraries, May 4, 2018: Among this week's headlines, librarians prepare to make their case to lawmakers in Washington D.C. as a rescission package looms; Congress could wade into the net neutrality battle. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
School librarians are unable to buy the range of books they want due to budget cuts, meaning children are not getting access to non-fiction and diverse titles, library professionals have told The Bookseller. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 21 Northamptonshire libraries at risk of closure have started legal action against the council. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Having staged its Special Guest City program at Paris' Salon du Livre, Sharjah this week has formalized its collaboration with Conakry, Guinea's World Book Capital, and is in production with its Gallimard translation exchange. The post Sharjah Supports Guinea Library’s Restoration, Opens... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Library of Congress, which awarded Denis Johnson with the 2017 Prize for American Fiction, invited several prize-winning writers to talk about the issues raised in his fiction—and in modern society—of violence, addiction, marginality, and isolation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Riga's mountainous monument to books is an awe-inspiring sight and a place of pride. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The government is to investigate Northamptonshire Council’s plans to close 21 libraries following strong protest from campaigners and libraries body CILIP. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Women earn 6.2% less than men per hour at the British Library, it has been revealed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) has raised more than double the initial target of £30,000 for its new library. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Libraries body CILIP has branded Northamptonshire County Council’s plan to cut 21 libraries as “careless and unreasonable” in a formal letter of complaint to culture secretary Matt Hancock. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Trump administration has again proposed to eliminate funding for the National Endowments for the Arts (NEA) and Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
As it did last year, the Trump administration has once again proposed the permanent elimination of the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, as well as the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Trafford Council has become the first public library authority to scrap fines for late returns in a bid encourage more people to use the services. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Stressing 'the centuries-old interface between the Christian West and the Arab and Islamic world,' this year's PROSE / Hawkins winner is the Arcadian Library Online, an ongoing digitization project of Bloomsbury. The post The 2018 PROSE Awards Are Led by Bloomsbury’s Arcadian Library Online... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury beat out more than 550 books, journals and digital products across 51 subject categories to take home this year's R.R. Hawkins Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Blackadder actor Tony Robinson has expressed his anger at Bristol councillors over their plans to close 17 of the city's libraries, calling them "stupid bastards" on social media. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Libraries body CILIP has called for a public inquiry to investigate whether the government knowingly issued contracts for the delivery of public services to a failing company following the collapse of Carillion. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Catherine Eccles reflects on the history of the Eccles British Library Writer's Award and how it supports authors' careers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones boss James Daunt has slammed the widespread closure of public libraries as a "disgrace", arguing that the decline will have a damning effect on the future of British society. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]