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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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Check it Out with Michael Kelley: Simon & Schuster’s E-book Lending Pilot
When it comes to the library e-book lending market, it’s fair to say that Simon & Schuster has been the most cautious of the major houses.
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Tips for Librarians: Spanish Books Spring 2014
While many public libraries in the U.S. have been serving Spanish-speaking patrons for years, in some parts of the country libraries are just beginning to engage this part of the community.
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"What Does All This Have To Do With Libraries?"
For me, the Public Library Association Conference—held every two years—is the single most important event for gauging where public libraries are headed. And this month’s event didn’t disappoint.
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Library Lover, or Distant Admirer?
On March 13, the Pew Research Center published a “typology” that profiled Americans’ information- and tech-oriented behaviors, and their associated library use.
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Pew: Americans are ‘Actively Engaged’ with Public Libraries
Calling it “the first of its kind” Pew officials said the report, “sheds light on broader issues around the relationship between technology, libraries, and information resources in the U.S.”
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Check It Out With Michael Kelley: The Digital Public Library of America
When it was first proposed, the Digital Public Library of America—a visionary project that aims to make discoverable and accessible online the gems of local library collections nationwide—drew many questions.
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Cut to the Core: Resource Selection and the Common Core
The rollout of the Common Core standards may be mired in controversy, but the education materials marketplace is booming.
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Check It Out with Michael Kelley: Small Libraries Make a Big Impact
Big libraries get all the attention. But in late September of 2013, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) issued an interesting report on small and rural libraries in the United States.
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