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Macmillan Learning Announces Winners of First Annual “Black History, Black Stories” Contest
The contest was created by Macmillan Learning "to elevate Black voices in education and in recognition of the fight for social justice inspired by the #BlackLivesMatter movement."
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Why 2021 Is Setting Up to Be a Pivotal Year for Digital Content in Libraries
In the wake of a historic pandemic, the library community must make progress in the ongoing quest for equitable access to digital content.
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New Bill Proposes $5 Billion for Library Infrastructure
If passed, the bill would be Congress's first dedicated funding boost for library facilities since 1997 and comes as libraries nationwide are facing new infrastructure challenges related to Covid-19.
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ALA Announces 2021 Annual Conference Will Be Virtual Only
“We had hoped that by this summer it would be safe to meet again in person. However, that is clearly not the case," said ALA president Julius C. Jefferson Jr.
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New Nonprofit to Advocate for Digital Content in Libraries
Among the group's priorities will be to advocate for “less restrictive" e-book licenses and new digital licenses that would allow libraries to "own" digital works with the same associated rights as print materials.
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ALA 2021 Virtual Midwinter Meeting Gets Underway
First Lady Jill Biden, Author Ibram X. Kendi, and Amanda Gorman, the Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of the United States who stole the show at President Biden's inauguration this week, are among those scheduled to speak at the 2021 ALA virtual Midwinter Meeting, which runs through Tuesday, January 26.
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BiblioBoard, PW’s BookLife Launch New Library E-book Program for Self-Published Authors
BookLife Elite will offer public libraries access to a curated collection of unlimited, simultaneous-use indie e-books, meaning library readers can access the books instantly—no holds lists.
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Food, Shelter, and the Public Library
If there is any American institution that connects the threads of literacy, learning, and community welfare, it is the local public library. But without access to healthy food and safe housing, writes PW columnist Sari Feldman, no community can fully thrive, a fact driven home during this pandemic year.
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New Report Offers Post-Pandemic Outlook for Book Business
In a free 50-page report, three veteran publishing and digital media consultants offer a postmortem on 2020 and a glimpse at what the future holds for publishers, booksellers, libraries and readers.
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OverDrive Reports Surge in Digital Library Lending in 2020
Readers worldwide borrowed some 430 million e-books, audiobooks and digital magazines in the past 12 months, a hefty 33% increase over 2019, OverDrive officials reported, based on data drawn from some 65,000 libraries and schools worldwide.
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First Lady Jill Biden to Speak at the 2021 ALA Virtual Midwinter Meeting
The January 25 appearance, in what will be among Dr. Biden's first appearances as First Lady of the United States, is a major show of support for the library community.
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IMLS, NEA, NEH Score Increases in 2021 Budget Bill
The 2021 budget marks the eighth straight year of increases for IMLS, the last four years of which included proposals by the Trump Administration to permanently eliminate the agency.
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What It Means to Decolonize the Library
Nicole A. Cooke on why, as librarians and publishers, we must have honest, direct conversations about anti-racism, equity, and inclusion, and acknowledge our roles as gatekeepers and perpetuaters of Western norms.
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The Top 10 Library Stories of 2020
PW looks back at the library stories that captivated the publishing world this year—and what they portend for 2021.
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Ibram X. Kendi, Ethan Hawke Among ALA Midwinter Meeting Speakers
Covid-19 has forced the final ALA Midwinter Meeting to go online only, but a typically strong program awaits.
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ALA Urges Members to Push for Libraries in Covid-19 Relief Package
With time running out on the 116th Congress, the ALA this week issued an advocacy alert urging librarians and library supporters to push their U.S. representatives and senators to include funding for libraries in a potential Covid-19 aid bill.
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The Skillset Podcast #11: Corinne Hill on the Secret to the Chattanooga Public Library's Success
In the last interview of the first season of The Skillset Podcast, Corinne Hill, Executive Director at The Chattanooga (TN) Public Library, explains how moving the community to center of everything helped transform Chattanooga into into one of the best public libraries in the world. Hill talks about the need for bringing on good people—and even the value in seeing great employees move on.
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Librarians Will Miss BookExpo
Over the years, librarians had to fight for a place at a show that initially catered to booksellers. And over the years, BookExpo became a valuable place for for librarians to learn about new titles each year.
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PW Talks to Megha Majumdar
In her day job, Megha Majumdar publishes other authors' books. And now, her debut novel, 'A Burning' (Knopf) is a finalist for the American Library Association's prestigious Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. PW caught up with Majumdar to talk about how she balances editing and writing, and how it feels to see her work recognized by the library community.
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Amazon Publishing in Talks to Offer E-books to Public Libraries
The potential deal would be a breakthrough moment in the library e-book market as Amazon currently does not make its digital content available to libraries. It would also be a major coup for the Digital Public Library of America's upstart e-book platform and its SimplyE library reading app.
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