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AASL, ARSL Wrap Up Successful In-Person Library Conferences
The conclusion of the first in-person library shows in nearly two years should bolster ALA’s hopes for a return to major conferences in 2022.
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Midwest Tape's Hoopla Expands Internationally—and at Home
Amid a period of strong growth, Midwest Tape has announced new hires, new offerings, and the first overseas launches of its hoopla digital platform, which is now live in Australia and New Zealand.
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PRH Once Again Extends Temporary E-book, Digital Audio Terms for Libraries
The publisher's pro-rated terms and its temporary story time permissions will now run through March, 31, 2022, as the pandemic continues to impact schools and libraries.
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OverDrive Education Acquires TeachingBooks.net
Leading digital library and education platform OverDrive has acquired TeachingBooks.net, a popular online source of supplemental reading materials for educators.
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PLA 2022 Setting Up to Be the First Major In-Person Library Conference Since 2020
Plans are full steam ahead for an in-person PLA 2022 conference in Portland, Oregon, potentially the first major in-person library conference since the pandemic began in 2020.
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School Librarians Must Treat the Fight for Their Future Like the Political Campaign It Is
John Chrastka, executive director of EveryLibrary, argues that the time has come for school librarians and their allies to abandon their traditional advocacy toolkits and to act boldly to secure the future of the profession.
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ALA Accepting Applications for $2 Million in NEH-Funded Covid-19 Relief Grants
Up to 200 U.S. libraries of all types will be selected to receive $10,000 grants to support, restore, and sustain their core activities.
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Emily Drabinski, Kelvin Watson Running for ALA Presidency
Ballot mailing for the ALA election will begin on March 14, 2022 and will run through April 6, 2022.
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ALA Kicks Off Banned Books Week 2021
The theme for this year's event is "Books Unite Us, Censorship Divides Us," and comes as LGBTQIA+ books and books that focus on racism and racial justice are being challenged in alarming numbers.
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Wyden, Eshoo Question Big Five Publishers Over Their Library E-book Practices
The lawmakers seek a wide range of information not only on the publishers’ digital library practices, but also on the economics of the market.
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In Deal with LibraryPass, TKO Studios Makes Full Digital Catalog Available to Libraries
The distribution deal includes day & date access to new releases.
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Covid-19 Forces ALA to Make Inaugural LibLearnX Conference Virtual Only
The ALA's plans to hold the in-person portion of its new LibLearnX conference in San Antonio have been shelved due to the Covid-19 surge, coupled with the size, scope and location of the event, the ALA said.
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New PLA Survey Illustrates Critical Digital Role Played by Public Libraries
The report, '2020 Public Library Technology Survey,' provides a current, detailed snapshot of how libraries serve as digital equity hubs.
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ALA Expands Award for Books, Articles on Intellectual Freedom
The award will now honor journal articles in even number years and books in odd number years, with the Oboler committee now seeking nominations for the 2022 journal article award.
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It’s Crunch Time for Library Supporters After $3.5 Trillion Budget Bill Passes House
With a September 15 deadline looming for legislators to earmark how to spend $3.5 trillion approved by Congress this week, library supporters are mounting their most critical advocacy effort in a generation.
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Macmillan Learning Launches Employee-Created Program to Recruit Diverse Talent
A new paid externship program aims to entice students from underrepresented groups to consider a career in educational publishing.
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Senator Wants Copyright Office to Weigh in on Maryland Library E-book Law
In a May 26 letter North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis asked the Copyright Office to offer an opinion on whether Maryland’s library e-book law “encroaches on the exclusive domain” of federal copyright law.
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Publishers Blast Internet Archive’s ‘Extraordinary’ Demand for Sales Data
Lawyers say the Internet Archive's sweeping demand for 10 years' worth of monthly sales data is "burdensome in the extreme" and legally "irrelevant."
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Define 'Reasonable': Can Maryland's New E-book Law Help Change the Marketplace?
Maryland's recently passed library e-book law will require any publisher offering to license "an electronic literary product" to consumers in the state to also offer to license the content to public libraries "on reasonable terms." The question now is: what are reasonable terms?
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