Librarians Brace For a Tough 2011

Attendance dipped to its lowest level in a decade and traffic on the show floor was noticeably slow, but last week's 2011 American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in San Diego, Calif., was anything but quiet. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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