The reconciled FY2022 budget signed by President Biden last week contained only flat funding for the Library Services and Technology Act—despite the House last summer approving a $9 million increase. “This disappointment is a wake-up call for library advocates," said ALA President Patty Wong. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Called an an effort to 'optimize the work of all major libraries,' Russia's plan to merge digital collections of several libraries is seeing resistance. The post Russian Librarians Warn of Crisis in Library Consolidation Plans appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a statement, the American Library Association called Trump's proposal to effectively eliminate all federal library funding "counterproductive and short-sighted," and vowed to fight. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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President Trump's budget proposal for fiscal 2018 calls for completely eliminating funding for the NEA and NEH as well as a number of other domestic programs. The LitNet arts coalition called the NEA proposal "an assault on free expression." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The American Library Association this week criticized the FCC (now under Trump appointee Ajit Pai’s leadership) for revoking a key program and retracting a number of the agency’s recent reports. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Low attendance at ALA Midwinter, and thorny questions about the fate of libraries under Trump. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vincent Monadé, president of the French National Book Centre (Centre National du Livre, CNL), yesterday called for all institutions in the book sector to join forces and prepare a common set of proposals for books to present to candidates in the French presidential election. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In his opening keynote at the 2017 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta, just hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, W. Kamau Bell made a plea to librarians: don’t let Trump’s vision of America become the new normal. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reform of the migration system to enable easy access to critical skills and talent from both EU and non–EU countries is a key recommendation of a new report on Brexit from the Creative Industries Federation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forming its steering committee three years ahead, the land of Karl Ove Knausgård and Jo Nesbø inspected the 2016 Frankfurt Guest of Honor project at Buchmesse. Even as France takes on the mantle of Frankfurt Book Fair’s Guest of Honor project for 2017, the leadership of the 2019 Guest of Honor... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Current education policies threaten the UK's standing as a global creative power, a problem which will be exacerbated by Brexit, the Creative Industries Federation has claimed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amy McKay from Corby Business Academy has been announced as the winner of the School Librarian of the Year award, organised by the School Library Association. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In his first address since being named BISG executive director, Brian O’Leary acknowledged the challenges the group faces, and stressed the importance of focusing on the organization’s fundamental work. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What publishers are doing ahead of new Labor Department regulations that will expand the number of employees eligible for overtime pay. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Carla Hayden was officially sworn in yesterday as the 14th Librarian of Congress, making her the first woman, and the first African American, to hold the post. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Librarians from Devon, Dorset, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Edinburgh are in the running for this year’s School Librarian of the Year Award, given by the School Library Association. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amid falling book production, sagging sales, low readership, and higher book prices, one of Brazil's key publishing events opens next week, the industry looking for ways forward. The post São Paulo’s Book Fair: Brazil’s Bid for Hope in a Tough Market appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a dramatic turn of events, Carla Hayden has become the first African-American Librarian of Congress in history, and is the first professional librarian to hold the office in over 60 years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW has learned that Republican senators have placed an anonymous hold on Carla Hayden's nomination to serve as the nation’s 14th Librarian of Congress. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The show’s total attendance of 16,597 was the lowest for an ALA annual conference in 22 years, but the librarians who did make it to Orlando certainly injected a large measure of positivity to the grief-stricken city. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As librarians and publishers prepare for the 2016 ALA Annual Conference, an informal PW survey offers an interesting snapshot of public library purchasing trends. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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