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Libraries
Check it Out with Andrew Richard Albanese: OverDrive's Digipalooza
I’m going to e-book summer camp!
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Awards & PrizesIs This the Greatest Book Award Acceptance Speech Ever?
Bryan Stevenson took home the Carnegie Medal for 'Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption' and gave a riveting speech that left the audience buzzing.
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Common CoreCut to the Core: How Are E-books Faring in School Libraries?
The 2015 strategic plan for the American Library Association declares, “The rapid shift from print to digital content is one of the more dramatic developments now transforming libraries of all types.”
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CopyrightFilings Set Stage for New Ruling in GSU Copyright Case
With remand briefs now filed by both sides, the stage is set for a new decision in a closely watched copyright case.
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CopyrightFearing Piracy, Authors Guild Pushes Change to Copyright Law
Citing a major uptick in Internet piracy, the Authors Guild has urged Congress to require ISPs to monitor and filter the Internet for pirated works.
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AppsBaker & Taylor Launches Axis 360 Mobile App
Baker & Taylor this week announced that it has released a new “all-in-one” mobile app for library users.
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Content / e-booksCourt Denies Class Action in Author Solutions Case
In a 30-page written opinion, Cote ruled that the plaintiffs failed to produce evidence to back up their fraud claims.
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LibrariesCould the Nomination of the Next Librarian of Congress Spark a Political Battle?
The president will get to appoint a new librarian of Congress, the first in the digital information age.
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RetailingApple Loses E-book Appeal—Now What?
Last week, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, by a 2–1 margin, affirmed Judge Denise Cote’s 2013 finding that Apple orchestrated a 2010 conspiracy with five major publishers to fix e-book prices.
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Shows & EventsALA 2015: A Blockbuster San Francisco Conference
Ask any librarian who was there and they will almost certainly agree: the 2015 American Library Association Annual Conference in San Francisco was one of the best ALA shows, maybe ever.
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Content / e-booksApple Loses Appeal, E-book Decision is Affirmed
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed Judge Denise Cote's 2013 finding that Apple orchestrated a scheme to fix the price of e-books.
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ConferencesALA 2015: Gloria Steinem Says 'Librarians Saved My Life'
Steinem talked about her nomadic childhood and read from her upcoming memoir 'Diary of a Nomad: My Life on the Road.'
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Shows & EventsALA 2015: All Our Coverage
Our complete coverage of 2015 ALA Annual Conference, including a survey of the main events; the speakers; the readings, discussions, and presentations; the panels, and more.
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ConferencesALA 2015: On E-books, Libraries Pushing For Options
Digital Content Working Group co-chair Carolyn Anthony told members that ALA officials were "continuing to dialogue" with the Big Five publishers over e-book prices.
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ConferencesALA 2015: Pelosi Honors Baltimore Librarians for 'Heroic' Work During Unrest
Librarians from the Enoch Pratt Free Library's Pennsylvania Avenue Branch, at the epicenter of the protests in Baltimore this spring, were honored for their work.
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Awards & PrizesALA 2015: Doerr, Stevenson Win Carnegie Medals
Doerr won for his book All The Light We Cannot See (which also received the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction), while Bryan Stevenson won for Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption.
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ConferencesALA 2015: Sloan, Knight Foundation Grants For Digital Public Library of America
The two new awards, coupled with significant earlier support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the National Endowment for the Humanities, will help to establish the growth of DPLA’s "service hubs."
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ConferencesALA 2015: On a Historic Day, Roberta Kaplan Delivers a Powerful Keynote
Roberta Kaplan, who argued the historic defeat of the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013, offered a powerful opening keynote speech at the 2015 ALA annual conference in San Francisco, just hours after a historic Supreme Court decision legalized same-sex marriage.
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Common CoreCut to the Core: Education Reform and Libraries
Another school year is drawing to a close, but amid the celebrations and public festivities, melancholy looms over the library profession.
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CopyrightALA Questions Bid for Independent Copyright Office
ALA joins a chorus of Internet and tech businesses in questioning a proposal to establish the U.S. Copyright office as its own independent agency.



