Nearly three years after it first announced a 90-day embargo to libraries on its newly published audio titles, Blackstone Publishing this week announced that it is changing course. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
Because we can never resist adding another line item to the eternal ledger of what we owe libraries: Californians can now use their library cards to get free entry into state parks! The three-year pilot program will give libraries (including mobile libraries) at least three passes to California... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-04-08 15:54:11 UTC ]
Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin, chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, plans to hold a hearing April 7 to examine the wave of attempted book bannings in schools and libraries across the country. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
ALA kicked off National Library Week with the release of its annual State of America's Libraries report, and its "Top 10 Most Challenged Books" list. The 729 challenges tracked by ALA in 2021 represent the highest number of attempted book bans since ALA began compiling its list 20 years ago,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
A rite of spring, the White House budget proposal officially kicks off the congressional appropriations cycle each fiscal year. And this year, library advocates have their work cut out for them. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
The decision in New York City set off a wave of returns, accompanied by bashful notes of apology and gratitude. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-03-31 14:46:31 UTC ]
At Slate, Maia Kobabe discusses writing Gender Queer, a memoir about self-acceptance and understanding, which has been challenged in schools and libraries across the country in recent months. “What I’m learning is that a book challenge is like a community attacking itself,” Kobabe says. “The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2022-03-30 20:30:51 UTC ]
Opening these libraries up promises to re-balance the continent’s place in world history when it comes to its intellectual life. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2022-03-29 16:12:23 UTC ]
Libraries can provide joy and relief by offering a chance to play. Here are some of my favorite ways to include play in the school library. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-03-28 10:30:00 UTC ]
As London Public Library in southwestern Ontario commits to adding a full-time addiction and mental health specialist to its staff, experts say more social work training and support is exactly what urban libraries need. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2022-03-16 19:33:18 UTC ]
In March 2020, I happened to be working at a library for the first time (shoutout to my friends at BPL), and got to witness up-close how quickly the staff pivoted their services to respond to the pandemic: shifting programming online and expanding their virtual presence; starting a delivery... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-03-09 19:43:39 UTC ]
Prone to flooding, by the 1970s Brisbane’s South Bank was largely undeveloped open space. It is now home to Queensland’s major cultural institutions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2022-03-02 05:39:40 UTC ]
Andrew Pettegree, co-author of “The Library: A Fragile History,” discusses the centuries-long development of libraries as a civic necessity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2022-02-24 18:26:27 UTC ]
Valve’s portable PC gaming machine, the Steam Deck, is gaining a lot of attention as its official release date draws near. But between its Linux-based Steam OS operating system and its power-efficient AMD parts, players could be forgiven for wondering which high-powered games can actually run... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2022-02-23 17:14:15 UTC ]
A look at secretive libraries and hidden repositories of books around the world, and how people came to discover them. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-02-21 11:30:00 UTC ]
As both the Chrome and Firefox browsers approach their 100th versions, what should be a reason for the developers to celebrate could turn into a bit of a mess. It turns out that much like the Y2K bug, the triple-digit release numbers coded in the browsers' User-Agents (UAs) could cause issues... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-02-17 08:54:22 UTC ]
Neal and Sullivan have been recognized with honorary membership, the ALA’s highest honor, for their "outstanding contributions of lasting importance to libraries and librarianship." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
“She was a renaissance woman in the most exemplary sense.” Morgan Jerkins on the underread Jessie Redmon Fauset. | Lit Hub History Ilan Stevens in praise of the American library, an “essential ingredient” of democracy. | Lit Hub Bookstores & Libraries “Few others so relentlessly place the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-02-16 11:30:27 UTC ]
In ruling for the AAP, judge Deborah L. Boardman held that "striking the balance between the critical functions of libraries and the importance of preserving the exclusive rights of copyright holders" is "squarely in the province of Congress and not this Court or a state legislature." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
We once again have to point out that you cannot actually “steal” from a little free library. And you should definitely not get the cops involved if you think someone is “stealing” the explicitly free things you’ve put out. Little free libraries do NOT come with means tests. But is it possible... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-02-11 15:43:09 UTC ]