A pandemic might close a library, but it can’t stop librarians. They were still finding new ways to remind us that libraries are about connections and experiences, writes Heidi LM Jacobs. Continue reading at 'CBC'
[ CBC | 2022-04-17 08:00:00 UTC ]
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The anonymous messages come as conservatives wage a culture war over events and books with LGBTQ or racial justice themes. Continue reading at HuffPost
[ HuffPost | 2022-09-23 21:22:11 UTC ]
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Booksellers appreciated the mix of big and small and regional and national publishers who made the trip to Tacoma for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association fall trade show. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The American Library Association has released its preliminary data on attempts to censor books or limit library resources, and the numbers are bad. From Jan. 1 to Aug. 31, there were 681 “attempts to ban or restrict library resources,” targeting 1,651 titles in total. This number already exceeds... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-09-16 16:06:45 UTC ]
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Kyle K. Courtney, the chair of Library Futures, defends controlled digital lending, the practice at issue in a key copyright case. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Near summer's end in the Northern Hemisphere, NPD's Kristen McLean sees the US market 'bucking uncertainty in the wider economy.' The post NPD BookScan: US Print Book Market Shows a ‘Strong August Performance’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-09-13 00:21:46 UTC ]
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In today's German and international news conferences, key elements of Frankfurt Book Fair were spotlighted by organizers. The post Frankfurt Aims for 70 Percent of Its Pre-Pandemic Size appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-09-08 20:35:29 UTC ]
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Tracie D. Hall, the South L.A.-raised executive director of the American Library Association, will receive the 2022 Literarian Award. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-09-07 14:14:03 UTC ]
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Authors and publishers’ organisations have also called on the new government to support author visits to schools and to introduce an online sales taxNew prime minister Liz Truss should abolish “the last remaining tax on reading”, ensure schools have funding for author visits and invest in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-09-07 08:06:33 UTC ]
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Buckley’s “Has Anyone Seen My Toes?,” a novel about a screenwriter who’s gone off the rails, takes aim at pandemic-fueled neuroses. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-09-04 11:00:00 UTC ]
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A New Jersey man named Bob Jablonski has finally returned Hitler to the local library. No, this is not The Onion. Bob Jablonski checked out the 1936 biography of Adolph Hitler in 1947, for a school book report, and presumably kept it all these years just to make sure the Allies had truly won... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-09-02 14:55:57 UTC ]
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Alongside heartbreaking snapshots of kids' challenges as schools closed, Anya Kamenetz explains the systemic failures that made so many vulnerable. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-09-02 10:00:24 UTC ]
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A new law has led to Missouri school districts getting rid of any graphic novels that could be seen as sexual, including The Handmaid's Tale. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-08-30 17:45:17 UTC ]
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I borrowed William Faulkner’s book Light in August from the university library three days before the first strikes on Kyiv in February. My electronic reader card shows the date. There were no people in the reading room; everyone was at home updating the news and packing their bags. The librarian... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-08-30 08:59:00 UTC ]
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The Gale-Bodleian Libraries partnership is in its second year of Asia-Pacific research into digital humanities fellowships. The post Cengage’s Gale and Bodleian Libraries: Asia-Pacific Fellowships appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-08-24 20:19:36 UTC ]
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The union of HBO Max and Discovery+ is already causing pain through layoffs, and now the move is affecting some shows. Warner Bros. Discovery has confirmed to Variety that it's removing 36 titles from HBO Max as soon as this week while it prepares for the Discovery+ platform merger. Most of the... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2022-08-18 20:30:29 UTC ]
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What public libraries in flooded regions of Missouri and Kentucky are doing for their communities + how you can support them. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-08-16 13:01:51 UTC ]
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Covid-19 deaths are a symptom of many other social ills, including inequality, federalism and factory farms, John Ehrenreich argues. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-07-29 12:00:40 UTC ]
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Being able to play modern, high-quality video games on just about any kind of PC is the big pitch of the handful of cloud gaming services out there. Using a subscription model, these services allow people with a strong internet connection to tap remote servers in order to play video games of... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2022-07-29 10:30:00 UTC ]
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Following the "Don't Say Gay" bill, Florida teachers have been told to pull their classroom libraries until each title has been approved. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-07-25 17:58:04 UTC ]
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These were the most popular in-demand books in US libraries from April to June 2022. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-07-25 10:40:00 UTC ]
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