The nonprofit has said its National Emergency Library was a public service to people unable to access libraries during the pandemic, but publishers and authors accused it of theft. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-06-11 19:56:08 UTC ]
Safely lending books is just the beginning. Libraries are figuring out everything from how to remain welcoming spaces to how to respond to changing reader behavior. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-06-11 09:00:22 UTC ]
Museums are a lot like libraries and bookstores: quiet, contemplative spaces filled with wondrous objects that can light up your imagination and transport you to a different time and place. Now, like so many other cultural institutions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, most are shuttered for the time... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2020-06-09 11:00:00 UTC ]
We're talking to library staff about how libraries are working to plan for summer reading programs despite the limitations caused by a global pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-06-08 10:33:48 UTC ]
The UK's Save Our Libraries campaign, spearheaded by librarians and authors, began nearly 10 years ago - but has it achieved its goal of stopping closures? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-06-08 10:31:39 UTC ]
Suzanne Tonini, collection development supervisor for Denver Public Schools, shares how her the city’s public schools and libraries are continuing to meet students’ educational needs amid the pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
Facing closures and budget shortfalls, libraries look for new ways to support graphic novels amid the ongoing pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
As states push to reopen, many libraries are having to figure out their own way forward. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
Even with their physical locations shuttered, libraries have been an invaluable resource to everyone stuck at home and desperate for new reading material. According to Time Out New York, the NYPL has seen a 864% increase in digital library card sign-ups since March. Still, the loss of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-06-04 15:02:50 UTC ]
When libraries around the US began closing their doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Internet Archive (IA) responded by creating a “National Emergency Library,” a collection of 1.4 million books from its free e-book repository Open Library. Pu... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2020-06-01 19:33:58 UTC ]
We may not be able to escape to bookish destinations right now, but we can be transported by these books about libraries and bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-05-28 10:39:03 UTC ]
Even before the pandemic, Finnish libraries were usually more versatile than most libraries around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed hundreds of millions of people’s lives in countless ways since it went global in February of this year. Working from home quickly became a norm, online... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2020-05-27 07:20:21 UTC ]
Spotify has announced that it is lifting the content cap that previously limited the number of songs, albums and podcasts that could be added to a library. Until today is was only high-profile Spotify Rockstars who were able to store more than 10,000 items in their Spotify libraries, but now... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2020-05-26 14:59:04 UTC ]
Find out how some libraries are shifting summer reading programs into digital spaces, maintaining their communities, and learning from the process. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-05-26 10:33:13 UTC ]
Italy, the first Western country to be ravaged by coronavirus, has further eased its two-month-long lockdown, allowing everything from museums and libraries to sit-down dining and hairdressers to reopen leaving businesses to grapple with radical... Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2020-05-25 08:00:00 UTC ]
BookExpo Online's first full day of programming begins with a panel featureing five library leaders who will take stock of how libraries are handling the coronavirus pandemic thus far and how the public library might change in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
New research from application security specialist Veracode finds seven in 10 applications have a security flaw in an open source library on initial scan, highlighting how use of open source can introduce flaws, increase risk, and add to security debt. The study analyzed the component open source... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2020-05-19 09:57:36 UTC ]
Shelter in place orders throughout the country haven’t just brought the economy to a grinding halt, but frozen civic infrastructure as well. Sure, water still flows from our taps, police and firefighters are still on the job, but your local library l... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2020-05-11 15:00:59 UTC ]
From hip hop to Yiddish works to sourdough starter, explore some of the most niche libraries and collections found on the globe and online. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-05-11 10:32:24 UTC ]
These were the most popular books in libraries to kick off 2020. What have you read? Missed? Want to pick up from your library or bookstore next? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-05-08 10:32:36 UTC ]