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. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
This year’s show features a new venue (the New York Public Library), a relocated Artist Alley, and a preview of the revamped Harvey Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
NYPL and New York Comic Con are partnering to offer a day of professional programming on graphic novels for librarians and teachers on October 5, at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue. Here is a preview of the schedule, which will be finalized closer to NYCC. Admittance requires... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
EveryLibrary, a library political action committee, is launching a campaign to get more than a million Facebook supporters by November 7. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Campaigners will stage a candlelit "eve of destruction rally" at the closed Carnegie Library in London’s Herne Hill. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The British Library is leading an 18-month project to determine the possibility of a single digital presence for UK public libraries, backed by more than £260,000 worth of funding. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lincolnshire and Powys are the latest councils to come under the spotlight for planned cuts to their public library service. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
All you need is an internet connection, a library card, and a good e-reader to dive into your next page-turner. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2017-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Arts Council England (ACE) is launching a series of podcasts to highlight the "positive impact" libraries have on the community. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new alliance has formed between the library-centric social welfare nonprofit and the educational services company that focuses on school library advocacy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) and digital textbook provider Kortext have bought a reading lists management system, rebus:list, from library management supplier PTFS Europe. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lee Child's Night School (Bantam) tops the LibScan lending chart for the year to date, with a whopping 17,537 loans between January and July. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Trade union Unison is challenging Derby City Council's decision to stop running 10 libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The government is to investigate the reduction of Barnet Council's library provision following complaints and protests from campaigners. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Library campaigners are jubilant after the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has pledged £40,000 to help reopen Cricklewood Library after it was closed by Brent Council in 2011. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A children’s author will do free events at libraries throughout the UK this summer after revealing how they “changed his life”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Accreditations for significant library supply contracts worth millions of pounds have been awarded, with Blackwell’s, Dawson and the JS Group among the winners. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The chief executive of the Libraries Taskforce, Kathy Settle, has waded into the debate about desk space rentals, saying it is a "business opportunity" for the sector. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]