The Booksellers Association of Ireland has launched a manifesto calling for the Irish government to reconsider its controversial national library tender scheme due to commence in September. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Peter Pearson, executive director of The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, will retire December 31. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Romantic fiction publisher Mills & Boon is partnering with The Reading Agency to work with libraries across the UK to help readers “fall in love” at their library. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dan Brown has donated €300,000 (£237,000) to a library in Amsterdam to help make texts on alchemy and mysticism which inspired his novels to be viewable online by the public. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
A petition against Haringey Council’s proposals to move the library on Muswell Hill to a different site has garnered the support of more than 2,000 signatures in three days. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
EveryLibrary is the only national political action committee fighting for libraries at the local level. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Senate Rules Committee on Thursday voted to recommend that the full Senate approve President Obama's nomination of Carla Hayden as Librarian of Congress. If approved she will become the first woman and the first African American to hold the post. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
An annual study of institutional libraries' budget forecasts shows participating libraries in the Middle East and Africa forecasting the largest increases; Europe the only region forecasting a (slight) decrease. The post International Institutional Library Budgets Forecast to Increase 1.4... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The annual survey, conducted by the Publishers Communication Group (PCG) found that a sputtering global economy is still affecting library budgets. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
On Saturday, which also happened to be National Readathon Day, the Minneapolis nonprofit Little Free Library hosted its first-ever Little Free Library Festival, featuring book swaps and the building of 100 little free libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new library fund for libraries has been created by professional body CILIP to help improve access to library services. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Toronto Comics Arts Festival highlights included packed panels on diversity, and guest artists that included Brian K. Vaughan, MariNaomi, Spike Trotman, Raina Telgemeier, and Marguerite Abouet. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
South London poet Chrissie Gittins is to petition London Mayor Sadiq Khan (pictured) about the future of Lewisham's library services. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Lancashire MP has criticised plans to close 29 libraries in the region and is launching a petition to get the council to “seriously consider” other alternatives. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
There has been a "significant" decrease in public library usage over the last nine years with usage falling from 14.3 percentage points since 2005, new figures have revealed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Vodafone and the British Library have partnered to make some of the earliest and rarest editions of Shakespeare’s plays available to download from specially-designed wallpaper featuring virtual library bookshelves. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge to Google Inc.'s online book library from authors who said the project makes it harder for them to market their work. The justices let stand lower court rulings in favor of Mountain View, Calif.-based Google and rejected the authors' claim that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Over the past few years, librarians have become an increasingly important part of BookExpo America, with the expanded Library Insight track and more events and promotions for librarians. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A letter from authors and illustrators calling on Lambeth Council to keep libraries in the borough open. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Actress Adjoa Andoh has joined campaigners protesting at Carnegie Library as Lambeth council issued occupiers with a possession order against them. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]