All but one of Herefordshire’s main libraries are marked for closure or self service under the local authorities latest proposals. The Hereford Times has reported that community libraries would have to find their own funding for administration and support services in the Herefordshire Council plan, which goes further than the savings proposed for libraries in 2013. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Liverpool is the latest city to suffer library cuts as the council announced three locations will... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Library campaigners on watch outside Brent's Preston Library cried "Shame on you"... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-books and audio books on the Web site of the New York Public Library. Publishers are waiting for an industrywide approach to e-lending to gel. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2011-12-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The website offering resources for National Libraries Day, the national day to celebrate... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Books and the French online publication ActuaLitté have launched a digital library... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Actor Simon Callow has donated 1,000 of his own books to the Westminster Reference Library. Most... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Recently appointed shadow libraries minister Dan Jarvis has condemned "mindless closures... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hertfordshire county council has voted through the closure of its school library service. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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 ]
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The court of appeal's judgment on Brent library closures will be given this afternoon (19th... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In November, when Penguin abruptly announced it was pulling its frontlist ebooks from library lending programs, the move was widely perceived as a response to Amazonand a warning that, whatever the outcome of this latest struggle over ebooks, libraries are poised to become collateral damage. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three Twin Cities literary presses already renowned for collaborating in unconventional ways to promote books and authors are partnering with a Wisconsin literacy group and a Minneapolis museum to promote literacy, publicize the mission of each of the nonprofit organizations involved, and sell... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google is partnering with Bloomsbury's Public Library Online, sponsoring two of the digital... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Use it, Love it, Join it!" will be the strapline for National Libraries Day, to be... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Semi-Homemade, the magazine of Food Network celebrity chef Sandra Lee, will no longer be published by Birmingham, Alabama-based Hoffman Media following its January/February 2012 issue. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Somerset County Council has confirmed it is reversing its library cuts programme following the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Local campaigners have accused Lewisham council of operating a two-tier library service after the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Letterbox Library, a supplier of multicultural books to schools and early years settings, is... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Even in tense times, there is far more that unites publishers and libraries than divides them. And if one needs proof that librarians and publishers share common goals and can work together to mutual benefit, they need look no further than the career of Marcia Purcell, Random Houses v-p of... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Penguin announced last week that it was disabling library ebook lending on the Kindle and pulling its latest ebook titles from all library lending platforms, libraries and readers took the hit, but to some observers they were collateral damage in a fight between publishers and Amazon about... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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