Nick Poole, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals (CILIP), has written an open letter to Birmingham City Council, urging it to keep its libraries open and professionally staffed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
LitRes, Russia's dominant ebookseller, is helping to develop the country's National Digital Library, which is expected to host 1.5m + titles by 2018. The post LitRes Aids Procurement for Russia’s National E-Library appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Birmingham City Council has confirmed it is making cuts to the number of books it will buy for libraries, after libraries in the area asked members of the public to donate titles. In a statement, city councillor Penny Holbrook told The Bookseller the council is stopping its book fund. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The St Bride Foundation Library, which dates from 1895 and has a historic collection of printing trade and typographical materials, will open on a limited, paid-for basis only from now on, instead of having weekly opening days for visitors. Meanwhile its library manager, the only member of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Media Source CEO, Randy Asmo will serve as interim publisher while a search is conducted for Singer's replacement. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lincolnshire library campaigners have called the council’s aim of transforming its library service “perverse” at the High Court. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The anticipation of the publication of "Go Set a Watchman" has led to increased interest in Harper Lee’s other book, "To Kill a Mockingbird." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Items that inspired 'Mary Poppins,' given by P.L. Travers herself, are on view at the Children's Center of the main branch of the New York Public Library. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Birkbeck, part of the University of London, has been awarded a grant of $741,000 (£476,372) to “cement and expand a new model for open-access publishing in the humanities disciplines”. The grant, from the Andrew W Mellon Foundation, will go towards the Open Library of Humanities (OLH) platform... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Libraries in Arizona and New York were each picked to receive nearly $7,000 in books and vouchers to promote graphic novels and build comics collections. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The two new awards, coupled with significant earlier support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the National Endowment for the Humanities, will help to establish the growth of DPLA’s "service hubs." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Library content service Hoopla Digital is broadening its recently launched comics category with new graphic novel content from DC Comics. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tanya Landman, who this morning picked up the CILIP Carnegie medal for Buffalo Soldier (Walker Books), used her acceptance speech to speak out against the closure of libraries, as well as how schools are killing the creative process. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is updating its royalty terms for authors enrolled in Kindle Unlimited and Kindle Owners Lending Library and will pay authors based on the number of pages read in each book borrowed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the end of 2014, after a groundswell of media attention and public protests, New York Public Library officials abandoned a controversial renovation dubbed the Central Library Plan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ann Cleeves, Mark Billingham and Peter James [pictured] are among the six authors shortlisted for the CWA 2015 Dagger in the Library Award. The award, sponsored by Penguin Random House’s crime community Dead Good Books, honours an author’s complete body of work. Also shortlisted are... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Libraries minister Ed Vaizey will review the decision to close four libraries in Harrow, after being challenged on the subject in the Houses of Parliament. Vaizey has said he would review the council's plans, "as I do with every authority that seeks to close libraries". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Libraries minister Ed Vaizey has said he is “keen” on the idea of creating a national libraries framework, and urged senior librarians to contribute to discussions on how it can be achieved. The framework could set out guidelines on how public libraries are structured and what they offer. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kensal Rise Library is set to open for the first time in five years this weekend, with a community open day. The library was closed by Brent Council in 2011 and denied permission for a community library in the space, becoming a flashpoint for library campaigners, with authors such as Alan... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Eight publishers' representatives kept the mood light as they introduced librarians to the anticipated titles of fall. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]