Libraries are increasingly being targeted by local and state legislators and protestors trying to ban books and block LGBTQ content. How is that affecting the people who work in them? Scratch nearly any kind of story—political, social, economic, cultural, and so on—and you’ll find a labor... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2023-04-14 03:00:00 UTC ]
After a federal judge ordered the return of more than a dozen books improperly removed from the Llano County Public Library shelves, the county's commissioners are set to discuss shutting the library down altogether. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
What states spend the most money on their public libraries and what states see the most use per person? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-04-06 11:21:40 UTC ]
In a victory for freedom to read advocates, federal judge Robert Pitman found that Llano County's "targeting and removal" of a host of allegedly "inappropriate" books from library shelves constituted viewpoint and content discrimination. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Little Free Library nonprofit literacy organization announced that it hopes to eliminate book deserts across the U.S. by partnering with local community organizations to install and maintain book-sharing boxes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
OverDrive, the service you can use to borrow ebooks, audiobooks and other digital media from your local library, school or university, is shutting down. In a blog post spotted by TechCrunch, OverDrive announced last week it would shutter the app on May 1st, 2023. The company first shared it was... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-03-28 19:48:07 UTC ]
ALA officials are urging library advocates in every congressional district to ask their representatives to cosign letters in support of critical library programs. With an abbreviated process this year, the House deadline for signatures is March 20. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
A man so upset by the Pride programming at his local libraries that he felt moved to graffiti “GROOMERS” onto the windows has been charged with possession of child pornography, the Washington Post reports. The man, Charles M. Sutherland, vandalized two branches in Maryland’s Prince George’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-03-14 15:13:40 UTC ]
A year after a federal judge struck down Maryland's groundbreaking library e-book law, library advocates are backing revised legislation they say can help ensure “fair and equitable licensing terms" for library e-books while avoiding the thorny copyright issue that doomed Maryland’s effort. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
PJ Library, a nonprofit program that distributes 245,000 books each month free to families in the U.S. and Canada, has partnered with the Jewish Braille Institute on a braille edition of its family-friendly guide to the Passover seder, 'In Every Generation: A PJ Library Family Haggadah.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The latest initiative from Little Free Library will provide book-sharing boxes for installation on tribal lands and in other Indigenous communities throughout the U.S. and in Canada. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
With its bookstore on the ground floor and its library upstairs, India's Trilogy serves a loyal following: 'Getting books is our only headache.' The post Mumbai’s Bookstore and Library Trilogy: An Eighth Anniversary appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-01-09 13:28:28 UTC ]
The 2022 figures suggest that demand for digital resources in libraries continues to be robust even as the rate of growth slows from pandemic levels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
As well as being centres for learning and community, libraries can be great locations for arts and crafts sessions. One Rioter shares ways to set up creative meetings in your local library. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-12-12 11:30:00 UTC ]
PW looks back at the library stories that captivated the publishing world this year, and what they portend for 2023 Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
US law enforcement isn't just interested in shutting down video pirates. The feds have charged two Russian nationals, Anton Napolsky and Valeriia Ermakova, for allegedly running the pirate e-book repository Z-Library. The site was billed as the "world's largest library" and held over 11 million... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-11-17 21:44:09 UTC ]
Two Russian nationals behind the site were charged with criminal copyright infringement, wire fraud, and money laundering. On November 3, the massive pirated e-book database Z-Library disappeared from the internet, with its domains leading to a cryptic message that the website had been seized... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2022-11-17 13:20:00 UTC ]
In a statement this week, the Michigan Library Association called the vote to defund the Patmos Library (Jamestown, Mich.) over the library’s refusal to pull several LGBTQ-themed books from library shelves "a local tragedy with national implications." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
Lately, we’ve been writing a lot about the relentless attacks on libraries by craven gangs of “concerned parents” mobilized by Republican rhetoric and Facebook, so today it’s my pleasure to shine the light on some more fun library news. For the past month, in honor of its 125th birthday, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-11-14 15:09:34 UTC ]
If you haven't considered running a comic book club in your school library, here are reasons why you should (& activities to do!). Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-11-11 11:37:00 UTC ]