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Cut to the Core: Has the Common Core Rollout Gone Awry?
The new school year is underway and as teachers look to align their lessons with the Common Core, many find themselves struggling with the implementation. In most cases this is not due to a lack of expertise, but rather inadequate training and resources.
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Check It Out with Michael Kelley: E-book Optimism and Lingering Concerns
Public librarians have applauded the increased access to e-books now being offered by the big five publishers—most recently Macmillan—has made its entire backlist of 11,000 titles available for lending. But the recent good news, librarians say, should not obscure the fact that the present system, with its plethora of licensing models and platforms, remains untenable.
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Brian Kenney: Revisiting the NYPL's Renovation Plan
Over the past decade, I’ve visited a lot of central libraries—from Chicago to Liverpool to Denver—only to come home to New York and wonder, why don’t we have a great public library?
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The Common Core Toolkit: October 2013
In this month's toolkit, PWcolumnists Margaux DelGuidice and Rose Luna highlight some education and common core-related resources with a focus on connecting.
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Michael Kelley: Sound Preservation and Copyright
The Belfer Audio Archive at New York’s Syracuse University houses one of the preeminent collections of historical sound recordings in the U.S.
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Brain Hive Names Soutor President; Adds Features
Brain Hive, a pay-as-you-go e-book lending service for K-12 school libraries, has added new features to the platform in addition announcing changes to its management.
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Brian Kenney: How to Make a Make-It-Happen Library
It’s the job of futurists to predict the future. Librarians have the tougher job: responding to the present.
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World Book Offers Subscription E-book Access
Print and digital reference publisher World Book Inc. is launching World Book eBooks, a subscription service that offers librarians and educators access to an online interactive platform of World Book digital reference products.
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'The Rosie Project' Tops LibraryReads List for October
Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Project (Simon & Schuster) tops the October LibraryReads list, and Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch (Little Brown) will not disappoint fans of The Secret History who "will rediscover the Tartt they loved back in 1992."
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Libraries in the Lead
Our “Cut to the Core” columnists talk with the new ALA president, Barbara Stripling, about the library’s role in supporting the Common Core State Standards—and what’s needed from publishers.
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Cut to the Core: Distinguishing Common Core Myth from Reality
Distinguishing myths about the Common Core from reality will be a chief function of this new column, as we explore the issues and opportunities of the new educational standards.
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Check It Out with Michael Kelley: The Provincetown Public Press
We’ve heard lots of talk recently about libraries serving their communities by becoming publishers. Well, here is one that is walking the walk.
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Rosen Publishing Debuts $3,000 EveryLibrary Funding Challenge
EveryLibrary, a political action committee that works in support of library funding issues in local elections, announced that educational publisher Rosen Publishing has established a $3,000 fundraising challenge that will last through August 31.
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Follett to Offer Random House E-books to School Libraries
Under the arrangement Follett’s school library e-book customers can access more than 36,000 titles published by Random House imprints and the publishers it distributes.
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How to Land a Library Job
I don’t claim to be an expert in much, but when it comes to securing a library job I’ve got hard-won advice worth sharing.
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Developing Collections ‘By Any Means Necessary’
Some call it multicultural, some call it Africana, some call it a “special collection.” PW spoke with librarians about collecting materials for and by African-Americans for public, school and academic libraries.
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EveryLibrary Works to Help Libraries Raise Funding
EveryLibrary.org is a library political action committee founded by former ALA membership director John Chrastka that focuses on helping local libraries win local elections that have critical library funding issues on the ballot.
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Pew Survey Shows Power of Print
Despite their comfort with technology, most young Americans still read and borrow printed books, and value libraries and library services.
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New AcademicPub Service Adds Library Content Deals
AcademicPub Custom College Plus, an automated legal coursepack service, is now offering Off The Shelf, a service that allows schools to integrate standing content licensing agreements into the AcademicPub service.
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2013 Library of the Year Award Goes to Howard County Library System
Maryland's Howard County Library System has been named 2013 Library of the Year by Gale and Library Journal.
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