If you needed yet another reason to love libraries: they help during heatwaves. Libraries in Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, California, ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-07-28 10:31:48 UTC ]
Critical Linking is a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web sponsored by Libro.fm. “This ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-07-21 10:30:01 UTC ]
As library e-book issues gain urgency, the OverDrive funded effort to measure the impact of libraries on authors and publishers taps industry vet Guy LeCharles Gonzalez to take the project to the next level. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate has joined forces with audio publisher Bolinda to make its audiobooks available to libraries in a new partnership. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-18 10:30:26 UTC ]
Both the United States-based Rakuten OverDrive and the UK-based Nielsen Book are named today as new partners for CILIP in Libraries Week 2019. The post Nielsen Book and Rakuten OverDrive Named Supporters of the UK’s Libraries Week appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-07-17 08:10:12 UTC ]
Nielsen Book has joined forces with library and information association CILIP to sponsor its reading campaign alongside National Libraries Week in a new two-year partnership. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-16 17:15:51 UTC ]
In his op-ed for Forbes last year, Panos Mourdoukoutas, a professor of economics at LIU Post in New York, suggested that Amazon stores should replace libraries to save taxpayers money. Following the backlash this preposterous suggestion created, Forbes took the article down. But the outpouring... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-07-12 08:48:09 UTC ]
The digital content market for libraries is about to get even more unsettled; Elsevier cuts off researchers at the University of California; and librarians gear up for the 2020 census. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
A coalition of some 44 public libraries across Washington state is organizing a six-month boycott of Blackstone Publishing's digital audiobooks after the publisher announced last month that it would withhold new release audio titles from libraries for 90 days. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
A National Libraries Conference, due to take place later this month, aims to ensure the service’s “continued survival” in a digital age, organisers say. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-11 05:47:50 UTC ]
From oldest to largest, most popular to smallest, explore the planet and update your travel plans with this list of the best libraries in the world. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-07-10 10:39:02 UTC ]
Essex County Council has announced it is ditching plans to close its libraries and their future is secure for the next five years following a huge community campaign, supported by authors including David Walliams and Jacqueline Wilson. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-09 00:31:48 UTC ]
Library campaigners are calling on Essex County Council to launch a new consultation on the future of its libraries in a new bid to save the services. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-08 10:24:45 UTC ]
Critical Linking, a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web, is sponsored by Book Riot’s ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-07-07 10:30:45 UTC ]
A movement supported by nonprofit groups and libraries is creating literary spaces in places where children find themselves with time on their hands. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-07-02 09:00:13 UTC ]
Microsoft has closed its ebook store—and will soon make their customers' libraries disappear along with it. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2019-06-30 11:00:00 UTC ]
Brand offers financial support to help restore parks, libraries and leisure centres. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2019-06-28 09:22:56 UTC ]
An agreement between publisher Springer Nature and Sweden's Bibsam consortium - made up of institutional libraries and funders - will see the two share the costs of publishing in Springer Nature's Open Access journals. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-27 01:33:22 UTC ]
Writers say a lack of funding and cuts to libraries mean children from disadvantaged backgrounds are missing out when it comes to school visits, after a new report shows that independent schools are far more likely to have welcomed an author in the past year than state schools. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-26 04:33:29 UTC ]
The libraries cited unsustainable costs in ending the service. Cinephiles took to social media with their reactions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-06-24 23:21:19 UTC ]