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Shows & EventsALA 2016: Michael Eric Dyson, Margaret Atwood Highlight ALA Author Appearances
The 2016 American Library Association Annual Conference (June 23–28, in Orlando) will feature more than 2,000 scheduled events, including hundreds of author appearances.
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Shows & Events
ALA 2016: Librarians Say Patrons Are Mostly Satisfied with E-Book Service
As librarians and publishers prepare for the 2016 ALA Annual Conference, an informal PW survey offers an interesting snapshot of public library purchasing trends.
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Libraries
Hayden Close to Making History at Library of Congress
The Senate Rules Committee on Thursday voted to recommend that the full Senate approve President Obama's nomination of Carla Hayden as Librarian of Congress. If approved she will become the first woman and the first African American to hold the post.
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Libraries
Survey: Institutional Library Spending Up Slightly in North America; Europe Declines
The annual survey, conducted by the Publishers Communication Group (PCG) found that a sputtering global economy is still affecting library budgets.
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Shows & Events
Doing Well by Doing Good
BISG’s 2016 Making Information Pay event stressed social responsibility.
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Content / e-books
Making Information Pay: Is Privacy Becoming a Commodity?
At BISG's Making Information Pay seminar, Pew's Lee Rainie told attendees that, in a recent survey, 91% of Americans said they feel they have lost the ability to control their personal data.
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Libraries
Carla Hayden for Librarian of Congress
An experienced library leader is exactly what the Library of Congress needs.
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Copyright
Hail and Farewell to The Google Books Case
Google’s scanning project and the subsequent lawsuits once commanded the attention of the publishing and library worlds. But in the end, the litigation merely confirmed a few realities of modern publishing.
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Libraries
Librarians: Take PW’s Survey on Purchasing Trends in Public Libraries
If you are a public librarian, we want to hear from you. Please take our quick 20-question survey (the survey should take you no more than 10 minutes) and help us get an anecdotal look at what is going on with public library purchasing and spending.
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Copyright
After Copyright Win, GSU Seeks $3.3 Million from Publishers
The request comes after GSU defeated a publisher lawsuit over the university’s use of digitized e-reserves for a second time last month.
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Libraries
Jim Neal Elected ALA President for 2017-2018
In a tight three-person race, James G. (Jim) Neal, university librarian emeritus at Columbia University, New York, has been elected president of the American Library Association (ALA) for 2017-2018.
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Copyright
Google Case Ends, but Copyright Fight Goes On
At its April 15 conference, the Supreme Court declined to take up Authors Guild v. Google, effectively ending one of the defining copyright battles of the digital age.
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Copyright
Supreme Court Rejects Google Books Appeal
The decision ends one of the publishing industry's defining legal dramas of the digital age.
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U.S. Book Show
BEA 2016: Chicago is a Library Town
Over the past few years, librarians have become an increasingly important part of BookExpo America, with the expanded Library Insight track and more events and promotions for librarians.
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Copyright
Publishers’ Loss in GSU Copyright Case Just Got a Little Worse
In an order filed yesterday, a federal judge clarified that the publisher plaintiffs prevailed on just four counts of alleged infringement, rather than seven.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2016: Translators Champion Books in Underrepresented Languages
In a panel called "Translating from the Margins,” literary translators shed light on the advantages of bringing books written in underrepresented languages into English.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2016: Meet the Woman Who Could Revolutionize Indian Publishing
Chiki Sarkar, the former publisher of Penguin Random House India, is launching Juggernaut Books this month.
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Conferences
London Book Fair 2016: Librarians Respond to Hachette CEO's IPA Speech
The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) is pushing back against Hachette CEO Arnaud Nourry's suggestion that proposed "vast exceptions to copyright law for libraries," would devastate European publishers.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2016: LBF Opens with Wind at Publishers' Backs
After years of sales declines in the U.K., the London Book Fair opened Tuesday with U.K. sales on the rise.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2016: Rebuck, Pullman Celebrate the Staying Power of Books
In their keynotes, Penguin Random House U.K. publisher and bestselling author Philip Pullman stressed that while technology is changing, publishing's mission, storytelling, is not.
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