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 »
Prince of Pulp Patterson props up pedagogues; teachers thanked with timely donation
Regardless of what one thinks about super-best-selling novelist James Patterson’s books—our managing editor confesses to not having read one word of the Newburgh, New York, native’s one hundred-plus tomes —… Read more »
Internet Archive vs. Publishers feud intensifies; court ruling will settle kerfuffle
The battle between the nonprofit Internet Archive and the publishing industry, which has accused the former of digital piracy, took a definitive turn when the publishers filed a copyright infringement… Read more »
Engineering nerds build replica of Renaissance book-reading wheel; internet agog
Among the many devices designed by the 16th-century scientist and gentleman scholar Agostino Ramelli was an ingenious, if essentially useless, machine: a rotating wheel with small shelves for books, allowing… 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 »
“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 »
Pandemic closes public libraries; e-resources remain vital
The myriad ways the novel coronavirus is upending daily life includes the shuttering of public libraries across the United States. Led by the Library of Congress, thousands of libraries have… Read more »
Edmund de Waal mourns lost British libraries in latest installation
Contemporary artist Edmund de Waal, known mostly for his installations of row upon row of porcelain vessels, has a new installation on view at the British Museum. This time around,… Read more »
Librarians leery on latest e-book plan; softening of stance seen?
The ongoing war between Macmillan honcho John Sargent and librarians over e-book pricing continues to simmer, with the publisher’s latest plan hinting at a compromise, while librarians remain skeptical. To… Read more »