Simon Armitage begins decade-long UK library tour
Back in 2019, a hundred years ago, the UK’s Poet Laureate Simon Armitage announced he was to tour the nation’s libraries each Spring over the next decade, to “give readings… Read more »
Librarians Lobby Leaders on Infrastructure Initiative
If there is one thing we have learned over the years, it is that librarians are fierce! So it came as no surprise when the American Library Association (ALA) sent… Read more »
Millennial professionals organize mobile libraries for children in rural India
Founded a year and a half ago, Dulkal Libraries has been organizing mobile and street libraries to help get books to children in government schools and rural communities across Tamil… Read more »
The late Riley Gale, singer of Power Trip, to have Dallas library named for him
Riley Gale, the singer of Dallas, TX, thrash heroes Power Trip, died unexpectedly this August at the simply tragic age of 34. He was one of the best frontmen in the… Read more »
Ex-Librarian and bookseller sentenced in decades-long theft scheme
Librarians, they’re just like us! Well, if you are someone who would steal $8 million of rare books and artifacts from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, that is. Michael Levenson… Read more »
Publishers sue “Internet Archive”; authors & editors irate
On Monday, a group of publishers sued the nonprofit Internet Archive, claiming that the group’s distribution of free e-books violated the terms of copyright and amounted to digital piracy. According… Read more »
The New York Public Library brings the sounds of the city to your home
If you’re living in New York City, you know that it’s quiet. Uncomfortably quiet. Not quite horror movie quiet, but basically birds, delivery trucks, and ambulances make up the majority… Read more »
“Silent Zoom” meetings are the new thing; zen zoomers seek serenity
(Note from the marketing director: Subsequent to last week’s fiasco, the managing editor has been restored to factory settings. We will continue to monitor his status closely.) The use of… Read more »
Book industry grits collective teeth; hard road seen ahead
On April 9 the Book Industry Study Group held a collective survey and televideo call in response to the ongoing novel coronavirus, with a tone that could be best described… Read more »
TFW you have to archive online culture for the federal government
We’re all pretty familiar with operations like the Internet Archive–specifically its Wayback Machine–which seeks to preserve online culture, and knowledge, before it disappears. But whose job is it, if anyone’s, to do that… Read more »