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How Strategic Library Initiatives Can Fail Miserably
Hard-learned lessons from the New York Public Library system that can help large and small libraries across the country.
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New Pew Report Explores Young Americans' Library Habits
A new report from the Pew Research Center Internet Project offers mixed news for public libraries.
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Check it Out with Michael Kelley: ALA Moves on Legislative Goals
Much of the media coverage of libraries in 2014 to date has centered on the modest progress made on the e-book issue. But 2014 has been a year of significant progress for libraries in the public policy sphere, with a number of library initiatives advancing.
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Floating Library Opening on the Hudson
Beginning September 6, New Yorkers will get a chance to visit a floating library, housed in an historic steamship berthed at Pier 25 on the Hudson River.
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How E-book Subscription Programs Will Affect Libraries
With the launch of Kindle Unlimited (KU), Amazon’s subscription service, consumer-oriented e-book subscription services are beginning to look like a coming thing.
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The P&L Sheet: Against “Curation”
I knew the word “curate” had successfully shed its musty history—cluttered with Etruscan vases and dioramas of American bison—when I got an email from Brooks Brothers a few years back announcing that it had “carefully curated” a collection of shirts for my consideration.
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A New Model for African-American Library Collections
As everyone knows, libraries are no longer just about books.
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Check it Out with Michael Kelley: The Rise in Digital Pricing
Pricing has always been a sensitive topic for publishers and libraries, dating back to the advent of “big deal” style e-journal packages and the so-called serials crisis.
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What’s Next for E-books in Libraries?
Here’s the good news: when it comes to libraries and e-books, there’s been progress.
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Podcast: The Future of Reading
Looking ahead to the American Libraries Association annual conference in Las Vegas later this month, Andrew Albanese takes stock of efforts by ALA’s Digital Content Working Group to influence the future direction of reading.
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Check it Out with Michael Kelley: E-books for Arizona Libraries
We’ve heard a lot about the progress libraries have made in the e-book realm.
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Ingram Beefs Up MyiLibrary
Ingram announced that it has added content from Hachette Book Group, O'Reilly Media and Kensington Publishing to MyiLibrary, its e-book platform for academic and public libraries.
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Alive and Clicking: Reference Books 2014
For the last two decades, the talk has been that library reference is dead. Is it time to change the conversation?
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Check It Out With Michael Kelley: Open Access Publishing
Can a group of libraries help to pioneer a new path in academic publishing?
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Sari Feldman Elected 2015-2016 ALA President
Sari Feldman, executive director of the Cuyahoga County Public Library, will lead the American Library Association for the 2015-16 term.
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ALA Summit Under Way at Library of Congress
ALA executive director Keith Fiels told PW the event was designed to help "get in front of things that might affect libraries in the long term.”
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The P&L Sheet: My Year of Reading Quickly
This past year I served on the selection committee for the American Library Association’s Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction & Nonfiction—a task I undertook with a good amount of dread.
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Total Boox Offers a Week of Free Reading
Total Boox, an unusual e-book delivery service based on metered reading, is making its library of 20,000 e-book titles available to the public to read entirely for free during the week of April 13 to April 20.
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ALA: 'Captain Underpants' Most Challenged Book of 2013
Compiled annually by the ALA, the list collects "reports on book challenges from librarians, teachers, concerned individuals and press reports."
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ALA Report: School Libraries Under Fire
Libraries remain popular, but the American Library Association's State of American Libraries report also features a sobering message: school libraries have been devastated by budget cuts nationwide.
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