eBook Embargo on Libraries is Only the Tip of the Iceberg
eBook Embargo on Libraries is Only the Tip of the Iceberg As of November 1st, 2019 McMillan Publishing, one of the largest print publishers in the...
View ArticleLibraries using Internet Trust Tools
“NewsGuard’s green-red ratings signal if a website is trying to get it right or instead has a hidden agenda or knowingly publishes falsehoods or propaganda, according...
View ArticleTen Stories That Shaped 2019
As we limp headfirst into a new decade, it’s beginning to feel like many of these stories have become perennial entries. 2019 saw yet more drag...
View ArticleKeats Tops NYPL Most Circulated Books
NPR reports that New York Public Library has calculated its most circulated books of all time (so far). Only one non-fiction book made the top ten.
View ArticleLibraries Are Dealing With New Demand For Books And Services During The Pandemic
NPR On Openings If you find yourself scrambling for a good novel to escape the novel coronavirus, you’re not alone. Across the country, libraries have seen...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter: Librarians share books, films that shine light on race,...
At UC Berkeley, members of the Library staff have shared lists of books and films to provide a deeper understanding of race and racism, and to...
View ArticleStacking books to contact tracing: LA librarians embrace new role during...
“We thought we were going to get a lot of hang-ups. … We all know those telemarketers that call in the middle of the day. You...
View ArticleKept Out of the Library, a School District Tries Summer Reading by Drone –...
A Virginia school district, determined not to let a pandemic keep students from their summer reading, is delivering books to students via the drone company run...
View ArticleTen Stories That Shaped 2020
Here’s my annual look back at some of the notable library headlines from this year. Can you guess what number one is? 10. News Flash: Prejudice...
View ArticleWhat’s the Matter with Fiction Sales?
According to 2017 estimates released this summer by the Association of American Publishers, sales of adult fiction fell 16% between 2013 and 2017, from $5.21 billion...
View ArticleWill the world embrace Plan S, the radical proposal to mandate open access to...
Robert-Jan Smits, the European Commission’s OA envoy in Brussels, who is one of the architects of Plan S, says publishers have stalled by emphasizing the need...
View ArticleHopepunk can’t fix our broken science fiction.
Yet I have come to suspect these punk derivatives signal something more than the usual merry-go-round of pop culture. These punks indicate that something is broken...
View ArticleThe Beats’ Holy Grail: The Letter That Inspired On the Road
This is not the portrait of a family man, no matter his desire or intention, but of someone coming apart at the seams. “I wake to...
View ArticleHow Dylan Thomas’s writing shed inspired Roald Dahl – BBC News
Both are world-famous authors who wrote some of their best known works in their sheds. But, as Roald Dahl’s centenary is celebrated across the country, his...
View ArticleA Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions
Dan Mallory, who writes under the name A. J. Finn, went to No. 1 with his début thriller, “The Woman in the Window.” His life contains...
View ArticleThe Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens
E-readers and tablets are becoming more popular as such technologies improve, but research suggests that reading on paper still boasts unique advantages From The Reading Brain...
View ArticleThe Very Modern Anger of Shakespeare’s Women
Literary scholars often hear about dangers of presentism: we are warned against looking at the past for confirmation of our own progress — the distance between us and...
View ArticleHow Do You Preserve History On The Moon? : NPR
Historic preservationists are hoping that the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing this summer will persuade the United Nations to do something to...
View ArticleThe greatest of all novels: War and Peace
Just 150 years ago, in 1869, Tolstoy published the final installment of War and Peace, often regarded as the greatest of all novels. In his time,...
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