Essay Photo by Miko Guziuk / Unsplash In his newest book, What Is American Literature? (Oxford University Press, 2022), award-winning cultural commentator, translator, and editor Ilan Stavans, the publisher of Restless Books and the Lewis-Sebring... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2022-02-02 19:59:22 UTC ]
The pandemic is showing the holes in social safety nets across the U.S., but public libraries aren't the answer to those problems. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-01-12 11:42:00 UTC ]
Leading library service provider OverDrive this week reported that a total of 121 public libraries and consortia across seven countries and from 37 U.S. states surpassed one million digital lends in 2021, a significant jump from 2020, when 102 libraries hit the mark. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
In exceeding more than 500 million annual lends for the first time, OverDrive's 2021 figures suggest the pandemic has, as librarians have suggested, raised demand for digital content in public libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
A law forcing publishers in the US and abroad to license e-books to the state's public libraries in the US state of Maryland is expected to come into effect as planned on 1st January 2022 after a court challenge was set for February. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-22 09:32:19 UTC ]
The Publishers Association and the Federation of European Publishers have voiced their support for the Association of American Publishers’ challenge of an “unprecedented, unjustified” Maryland law which could force publishers both in the US and abroad to license e-books to the state's public... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-20 16:08:03 UTC ]
Alongside Richard Osman and JK Rowling, figures show huge successes for relative unknowns Ellery Adams and Brenda ChapmanThe UK’s library users are widely seen as a traditional bunch when it comes to choosing their next read, but while Richard Osman might have topped the list of the year’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-12-08 16:34:37 UTC ]
With the ongoing climate crisis, public libraries are a temporary refuge from extreme temperatures for low-income families like my own, writes Carol Eugene Park. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2021-11-07 15:00:00 UTC ]
In 2008, as the global financial crisis peaked and Ireland faced a long period of austerity, the government announced that the primary school library fund would be cut in its entirety. The €2.2m annual investment from the then-Department of Education & Science had been in place for 37 years;... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-10 10:30:52 UTC ]
The report, '2020 Public Library Technology Survey,' provides a current, detailed snapshot of how libraries serve as digital equity hubs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
Maryland's recently passed library e-book law will require any publisher offering to license "an electronic literary product" to consumers in the state to also offer to license the content to public libraries "on reasonable terms." The question now is: what are reasonable terms? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
The pandemic has prompted, among other things, a slew of relocations. Some of those relocations (ie. to your mom’s house) have proved, or will prove, temporary; others, encouraged by new work-from-home policies, may become permanent. Or maybe you’re one of those people who looked around at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-07-21 17:19:56 UTC ]
The Niles-Maine Public Library in suburban Chicago is being destroyed from the inside by politically-conservative Board officials. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-07-15 10:40:00 UTC ]
New York this week became the second state to pass a bill that would ensure public libraries the right to license and lend e-books that are available to consumers in the state. The bill is now headed to governor Andrew Cuomo's desk. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
The new law requires any publisher offering to license "an electronic literary product" to consumers to also offer to license the content to public libraries on "reasonable" terms. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
Here’s an incredible archival project you might not know about: Reveal Digital is partnering with academic and public libraries to fund an expanding, open access collection of American prison newspapers. “American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020: Voices From The Inside” is collecting and digitizing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-05-28 17:24:30 UTC ]
Long considered a tool to encourage patrons to return materials on time, in the past few years hundreds of public libraries have decided late fees do more harm than good by keeping away low-income and disadvantaged readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2021-02-21 09:00:00 UTC ]
Arts Council England (ACE) is awarding £152,000 to help public libraries buy e-books and digital audio products after demand soared during the pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-21 11:35:36 UTC ]
The free provision of e-books for children by Oak National Academy has been branded a "wake up call" for a sector still awaiting its long-discussed shared website for all public libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-21 04:54:52 UTC ]
BookLife Elite will offer public libraries access to a curated collection of unlimited, simultaneous-use indie e-books, meaning library readers can access the books instantly—no holds lists. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-13 05:00:00 UTC ]