The Week in Libraries: February 2, 2018

Among this week's headlines: ALA's new diverse books initiative; a look at how libraries can fill the void left by the loss of local newspapers; and a proposed budget cut endangers the University Press of Kentucky. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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The Week in Libraries: February 2, 2018

Among this week's headlines: ALA's new diverse books initiative; a look at how libraries can fill the void left by the loss of local newspapers; and a proposed budget cut endangers the University Press of Kentucky. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: February 2, 2024

Among the week's headlines: PLA 2024 is next on the library conference calendar; Alabama takes aim at ALA; and Georgia proposes a book rating law. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: November 2, 2018

Among the week's headlines: Libraries hope to win at the ballot box; NYPL sends a 'powerful' message via its library card design; and a look at how the battle over privacy is shaping up in Congress. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: March 2, 2018

Among this week's headlines: Sherman Alexie is the latest author to face misconduct allegations; Carla Hayden and Dolly Parton share the stage; and libraries face the opiate crisis. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: February 23, 2018

Among this week's headlines: mixed news in LJ's annual budget survey; Hachette's CEO calls ebooks 'stupid products'; and a curator reflects on 47 years looking after rare books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: February 16, 2018

Among this week's headlines: Trump again targets library funding; a strong program but weak attendance at the ALA Midwinter Meeting; and a Wired article raises a central question about Facebook: is it a publisher? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: February 9, 2018

Among this week’s headlines: The budget deal could be good news for libraries; EFF founder John Perry Barlow has died; and the 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting gets underway. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: February 16, 2024

Maryland lawmakers seek to protect libraries, Florida governor Ron DeSantis appears to acknowledge that book banning efforts have gone too far, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: February 9, 2024

Among the week's headlines: The American Library Association announces five new "Core Values" for librarianship; a candidate for Missouri secretary of state campaigns by burning library books with a flamethrower; and OCLC is suing a shadow archive site. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: June 2, 2023

Among the week's headlines: a library-led coalition has filed a lawsuit challenging a new Arkansas law that exposes librarians and booksellers to criminal prosecution for making allegedly inappropriate books available, while a new 'harmful to minors' rule in Missouri is causing confusion and... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: February 24, 2023

Amid criticism, Puffin revises its plan to soften some of the language in Roald Dahl's classic works; North Dakota passes a new law that wou ban sexually explicit materials in public libraries; and Library Futures releases a policy paper on digital ownership. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: February 17, 2023

Among the week's headlines: PEN America reports that 'educational censorship' bills are continuing to spread nationwide; the Utah Library Association delivers a powerful statement on censorship; and registration is now open for the 2023 ALA Annual Conference, set for June 22-27 in Chicago. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: February 10, 2023

Among the week's headlines: The Colorado Civil Rights Division rules that a librarian who objected to censorship efforts in her library was illegally terminated; more on the College Board's questionable interactions with Florida officials; Library Journal releases its annual budget survey... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: February 3, 2023

The ALA's first in-person LibLearnX is in the books; book bans (and Florida) stay in the news; and the Urban Library Council releases a white paper addressing food insecurity in our communities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: February 15, 2019

Why a controversial copyright reform bill in Europe just might sway the EU parliamentary elections this spring; drag queen story hours continue to draw cowardly threats, and enormous support; and Kevin Kelly offers a mindblowing take on our AR-driven future. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: February 8, 2019

The AAP weighs in on the latest skirmish over library book scanning; how libraries often struggle to rebound from budget cuts; and the Library of Congress wins a Mellon grant to study the condition of academic library book collections. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: February 1, 2019

For librarians, art (pretty accurately) imitates life in Emilio Estevez’s new film ‘The Public’; ALA Midwinter wraps up in Seattle; and a key legal battle over net neutrality is heard before the Washington D.C. Court of Appeals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: December 14, 2018

Librarians keep the heat on in the final days of the 115th Congress; Congress wastes a chance to get answers out of Google CEO Sundar Pichai; and more on the University of California's tough negotiation with publisher Elsevier. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: December 7, 2018

Among the week's headlines: The 2018 'I Love my Librarian' award winners are honored at a reception in New York; ALA offers a legislative update as the 115th Congress enters its final weeks; and what does Tumblr's decision to police its platform for pornography say about the future of the internet? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: November 16, 2018

Among the week's headlines: Oxford Dictionaries picks a fitting Word of the Year; privacy concerns grow as a shocking new report accuses Facebook of allowing user data to be compromised; and the library world says goodbye to Stan Lee. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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