Tanya Landman, who this morning picked up the CILIP Carnegie medal for Buffalo Soldier (Walker Books), used her acceptance speech to speak out against the closure of libraries, as well as how schools are killing the creative process. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An independent report on the public library service in England has been commissioned by culture... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist Lesley Pearse will talk about saving libraries and why they should not be allowed to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ReadersFirst was born because libraries need to have in-house ebook collections,” explains Rachel Wood of the Arlington Va. Public Library, a member of the Leadership Working Group of ReadersFirst, an international coalition of libraries that have banded together to set down principles,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Big libraries get all the attention. But in late September of 2013, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) issued an interesting report on small and rural libraries in the United States. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Live-fire cooking is the ultimate slow-food experience,” says Storey editor Carleen Madigan, talking about Cooking with Fire by Paula Marcoux, a food historian and editor of Edible South Shore, a one of the few women to have written a grilling book. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kate Atkinson MBE has scored her third consecutive Official UK Top 50 number one. The mass-market... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thanks to a “bumper year” of nominations, the Chartered Institute of Library and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two Pulitzer Prize-winners and a Man Booker-shortlisted author are among the 16 people longlisted... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nathan Filer, winner of the Costa Book of the Year with his debut novel The Shock of the Fall, says he was "shocked and delighted" as the announcement was made. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2014-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the ALA Midwinter Conference this past Sunday, Lee Rainie discussed the latest Pew Research Center Library survey and announced plans to develop a widget that will provide librarians with community-specific data. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dumfries and Galloway Council is facing criticism after revealing plans to reduce the library... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A public library in Franklin, Tennessee has launched its own publishing imprint, Academy Park Press, using the IngramSpark platform for distribution and print-on-demand. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Library chief, Roy Keating, says show will explore field from Misty comics and superhero classics to graphic novelsBoys in the late 1970s probably assumed the girls comic Misty was all boring romance, puppies and ponies. How wrong they were. They were full of "incredibly dark, weird,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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3M Library Systems has announced that Cloud Library eBook Lending System will now launch in Canada—3M’s first international expansion. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Getty Publications has introduced a virtual library that will provide free online access to more than 250 backlist titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ed Nawotka visits BiblioTech, the new all-ebook library in San Antonio, Texas, which is opening new opportunities for the low-literacy community. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new Department of Culture, Media and Sport library report estimating that only 90 static... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Doncaster’s council has put forward cost-cutting plans which could leave just four out of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After entering the library ebook market last April with a pilot, Simon & Schuster is expanding its program to more libraries, and adding OverDrive as a vendor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At Digital Book World, independent booksellers and librarians answered two questions: Why are we still here, and how do we stay here? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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