ALA customers Alan Inouye, Barb Macikas, and Sari Feldman march in direction of the offices of a main publisher, Macmillan, in Manhattan. They carry containers of petitions dealt with to John Sargent, at the time Macmillan’s CEO. The petitions protest a controversial plan on e-publications in libraries. American Library Affiliation/ALA […]
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The Internet Archive lawsuit highlights the tricky economics of e-books and libraries
The World wide web Archive — a nonprofit, on the internet library that lent out digital books in the course of the pandemic — was observed to infringe four publishers’ copyrights in a ruling manufactured community last week. Back again in March 2020, the World wide web Archive released the […]
School libraries across the country adding books on gender and white supremacy | National News
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8 Libraries That Let Nonresidents Check Out E-Books
Ralf Geithe / Shutterstock.com E-books are a godsend for book lovers. They reduce clutter and allow you to take a library on the go when you travel. You can even check out e-books from the library and read them on your phone or e-reader. But what happens when your library’s […]
How School Libraries Buy Books, Struggle for Funds, and Confront Book Bans: An Explainer
Debates over school library books that have overtaken school board meetings across the country have thrust a generally (and sometimes literally) quiet corner of American public schools into the political spotlight. Hundreds of titles—including literary works like Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer, the graphic novel Maus, […]
University Libraries highlights Athens County’s past with W.E. Peters collection exhibit
An image from “Mapping the Historical Array Publications of W. E. Peters: An Exploration of Athens County, Ohio Past and Current.” Ohio College Libraries is wanting into the past and showcasing the functions of William Edward Peters, a civil engineer, land surveyor, law firm, author and genealogist who posted quite […]