How will public libraries handle being unable to be community centers when their communities are most in need of them? Continue reading at 'Book Riot'
[ Book Riot | 2020-08-13 10:35:00 UTC ]
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The King County (WA) Library System, the nation's top digital-circulating library, has said it will stop buying new release Macmillan e-books once a two-month embargo begins next month. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Riot speaks to authors and librarians on the importance of LGBTQ+ books in educational environments such as schools and libraries. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-09-27 10:35:05 UTC ]
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Author Cressida Cowell has argued that the industry will become "dead in the water" without more support for children's reading, as she reiterated her campaign to make school libraries a statutory requirement. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-24 04:02:45 UTC ]
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A reader attended the Santa Monica Public Library's book club discussion about THE HATE U GIVE and shares the library's list of further reading. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-09-16 10:33:34 UTC ]
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Women’s title will continue online and overseas print editions are unaffectedThe UK edition of Marie Claire is to cease publication after 31 years as the monthly women’s title joins a growing list of magazines that have succumbed to the shift to digital reading.A version of the magazine – which... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-09-10 11:45:36 UTC ]
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A Catholic school in Tennessee has removed the Harry Potter books from its library after the school's priest decided they could cause a reader to conjure evil spirits. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-09-03 12:14:12 UTC ]
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Teachers and librarians share their best ideas for boosting awareness and support of their programming. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Across the country, educator nights are deepening ties for booksellers and teachers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Night School by Lee Child (Bantam Press) was the most borrowed library book of 2017/18, according to new statistics. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-07 09:43:10 UTC ]
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An investment from the city will help public libraries perform census outreach and provide internet access throughout the city to ensure all New Yorkers are counted in the 2020 Census, the de Blasio... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2019-08-01 19:48:34 UTC ]
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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 at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-16 17:15:51 UTC ]
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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 at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-12 08:48:09 UTC ]
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The School Library Association (SLA) has awarded the School Librarian of the Year Award to Ros Harding from The King’s School Chester. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-01 07:49:08 UTC ]
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The libraries cited unsustainable costs in ending the service. Cinephiles took to social media with their reactions. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-06-24 23:21:19 UTC ]
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If you want to get Susan Orlean riled up, just ask her about the economist who suggested the government could eliminate public libraries and "save taxpayers lots of money" now that we have Amazon for books and Starbucks as a gathering place. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-20 10:00:09 UTC ]
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If you want to get Susan Orlean riled up, just ask her about the economist who suggested the government could eliminate public libraries and “save taxpayers lots of money” now that we have Amazon for books and Starbucks as a gathering place. This modest proposal was published on Forbes.com... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-20 10:00:00 UTC ]
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The idea makes practically no sense at all. Full works of long-form literary fiction uploaded to ... Instagram? And specifically to Instagram Stories, a format known for its fast and fleeting posts about nights on the town and outfits of the day? But the New York Public Library pulled it off,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-06-14 20:20:07 UTC ]
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They meet one Wednesday a month in the wood-paneled boardroom of the art-filled Cerritos Library, with its life-sized replica of a Tyrannosaurus rex and 15,000-gallon saltwater fish tank. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-06 10:00:01 UTC ]
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They meet one Wednesday a month in the wood-paneled boardroom of the art-filled Cerritos Library, with its life-sized replica of a Tyrannosaurus rex and 15,000-gallon saltwater fish tank. They are mostly retired and most sincerely avid readers. They are polite and funny and kind. They are... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-06 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Here we go again, tumbling down the shaft and into a bizarro world in which school libraries lock out students who need them most. L.A. Unified elementary school libraries are on the chopping block once again, and library aides, many of whom could lose their jobs, are screaming for justice. Some... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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