The court of appeal has rejected the Brent library campaigners' appeal against the closure of... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
My name is Marion Tessier and I work at Kingston Libraries. This year has been really stressful but also very exciting. I had the opportunity to use skills I developed before but never got to use for concrete projects, as well as learning new skills and discovering new tools and resources. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-05 17:21:01 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#lockdown made
Take a book, give a book. Learn more about Little Free Libraries and how they're making appearances across all seven continents. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-01-04 11:37:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#libraries
#making appearances
#free libraries
The results of the AIE's fifth annual #IoLeggoPerché book donation program for schools and libraries surprised organizers with 300,000 books. The post Italy’s Fifth ‘Why I Read’ Campaign Generates Broad-Based Response appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-01-04 09:46:32 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#libraries
#post italy
In a year dominated by a global pandemic and American politics, some might find it fitting that the library book most likely to be checked out across Ontario was a hopeful memoir written by the former first lady of the United States. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2020-12-31 09:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#libraries
#memoir
#library book
#american politics
#global pandemic
#year dominated
Verizon right to carry programming from Hearst TV stations expires Midnight December 31. Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2020-12-30 15:30:53 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#hearst
A reader on saying goodbye not only to the books she can't bring on the next phase of her journey, but to her roomie, her sister. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-12-30 11:31:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#libraries
#free libraries
Want a Little Free Library or lending library for your home? Here are 17 awesome Little Free Libraries to buy right now. - Kelly Jensen Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-12-23 11:32:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#libraries
#lending library
#free library
#free libraries
Six libraries through history which have been destroyed and the history behind them. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-12-21 11:33:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#libraries
Bloomsbury is partnering with Holland & Barrett as part of the marketing campaign for Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Eat Better Forever: 7 Ways to Transform Your Diet. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-21 10:37:27 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#bloomsbury
Bloomsbury is to embark on "one of its biggest campaigns" ahead of the paperback release of Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-18 11:17:53 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#bloomsbury
#paperback release
Nicole A. Cooke on why, as librarians and publishers, we must have honest, direct conversations about anti-racism, equity, and inclusion, and acknowledge our roles as gatekeepers and perpetuaters of Western norms. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#western norms
It’s largely accepted as a truism that libraries connect and work together—interlibrary loan, consortia, union catalogs. However, working together and connecting is not a simple task. Add in different histories, cultures, languages, political systems and you begin to get a sense of what... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#libraries
#public libraries
#nonprofit organization
#political systems
#simple task
#connecting libraries
PW looks back at the library stories that captivated the publishing world this year—and what they portend for 2021. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#publishing world
#library stories
On Late Night with Seth Meyers this week, Slave Play and Daddy playwright Jeremy O. Harris announced he is donating a collection of 15 plays by Black playwrights to 53 libraries and community centers across the United States—and is donating one such collection to Northwestern University in Seth... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-12-09 17:29:54 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#libraries
#literary hub
#northwestern university
#united states—
#community centers
#black playwrights
#seth meyers
#late night
#black writers
Take a peek at the most popular under-the-radar books in public libraries across the United States for the 2020 third quarter. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-12-09 11:33:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#public libraries
Another win for technology! Library users in Okayama City are able to check out library books without fear of illness, thanks to a high-tech ultraviolet light sterilizer that cleans books thoroughly. The sterilizer also blows air on the books to clear off potential dust. Said one library-goer,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-12-08 16:44:03 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#libraries
Oxford University Press (OUP) has launched a campaign to highlight the inspiring power of words, involving authors and illustrators such as Anthony McGowan and Lauren Child sharing the quotes they would "gift" to children at Christmas. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-08 00:25:09 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Dame Helen Mirren has become an ambassador of the World Literacy Foundation's (WLF) UK initiative, UK Reads, and has added her support to its Christmas appeal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-07 18:36:55 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
A survey of library services shows 1.4% of staff have tested positive for Covid-19 since reopening in July, suggesting safety measures have worked, according to Libraries Connected. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-07 11:43:42 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#libraries
#libraries connected
Octopus is rolling out a guerilla marketing campaign for Women Don’t Owe You Pretty, as the debut feminist memoir's sales exceed 100,000 copies through UK Bookscan in its first six months. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-07 02:21:29 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#bookscan
#women don