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LibrariesLibrary Community Mourns John Eldred, Pioneering Founder of Midwest Tape
John Eldred, president and owner of Midwest Tape, died on May 27. In a thoughtful remembrance shared with PW, Jeff Jankowski, Eldred's partner for over 30 years at Midwest Tape, recalled Eldred as a beloved friend who combined his passion for libraries with his love for history, movies, television shows, and books to change the library marketplace.
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Libraries
New York Legislature Passes Library E-book Bill
New York is now the second state to pass a bill that would ensure public libraries the right to license and lend e-books that are available to consumers in the state. The bill is now headed to governor Andrew Cuomo's desk.
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Libraries
OverDrive to Acquire Kanopy
The acquisition of Kanopy adds an extensive video catalog to the OverDrive platform, with some 30,000 films available to students and library users through the Kanopy platform.
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Libraries
ALA Working Group Calls for Change in the Library E-book Market
In a new paper, the American Library Association’s Joint Digital Content Working Group offered a frank assessment of the state of the library e-book market and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Libraries
Barack Obama to Keynote 2021 ALA Virtual Conference
Obama will close the 2021 ALA Annual Conference, which is virtual only, on Tuesday, June 29. He will appear in conversation with Lonnie G. Bunch III, the 14th secretary of the Smithsonian and first African American appointed to the role.
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Libraries
Maryland Library E-book Bill Becomes Law
The new law requires any publisher offering to license "an electronic literary product" to consumers to also offer to license the content to public libraries on "reasonable" terms.
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Libraries
U.S. Book Show: Key Findings from Project Panorama's 'Immersive Media & Books 2020' Report
Professors Rachel Noorda and Kathi Inman Berens offer a 21-minute presentation of some key findings from their groundbreaking survey report 'Immersive Media & Books 2020.'
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Libraries
U.S. Book Show: Why America Needs Libraries Now More than Ever
In his May 25 keynote at the U.S. Book Show's Libraries Are Essential program, author and sociologist Eric Klinenberg called libraries "the best exemplars of our collective life," arguing that strong libraries will be key to the nation's recovery after a historically challenging year.
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Obituaries
Longtime Sales Exec Paul Von Drasek Dies at 71
Paul Von Drasek, who worked in the sales departments at a number of publishing companies over the course of his 40-year career, died on May 16 at age 71.
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Libraries
Amazon Publishing, DPLA Ink Deal to Lend E-books in Libraries
The deal represents a major step forward for the digital library market. Not only is Amazon Publishing finally making its digital content available to libraries, the deal also gives libraries a range of models through which it can license the content.
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Business Deals
Clarivate to Buy ProQuest for $5.3 Billion
In a huge deal in the library and information publishing world, London-based Clarivate has agreed to acquire ProQuest, an acquisition expected to be completed later this year.
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Libraries
U.S. Book Show: Libraries Are Essential
The U.S. Book Show’s opening seminar will offer attendees a look at challenges and opportunities for libraries in 2021.
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Business Deals
RBmedia Buys M-H Professional Audiobook Business
RBmedia has acquired the audiobook publishing business of McGraw-Hill Professional in a deal that adds about 400 business books to the audio publisher's list, chief content officer Troy Juliar said.
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Libraries
Report Urges Library Leaders to Address Decline in Public Library Usage Stats
In 'The Freckle Report 2021' veteran London-based bookseller, library advocate, and former Waterstones managing director Tim Coates says that U.S. public library usage statistics show a steady decline—and he suggests that library leaders must do more to reverse the slide.
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Libraries
Parker to Retire, Childs Promoted in 'Major' Restructuring of PRH Library Team
Penguin Random House senior v-p Skip Dye said the move to unify the publisher's library sales and library marketing groups will foster "even more mutually advantageous and enjoyable relationships with our libraries and librarians nationwide."
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Libraries
Libraries Can Use ARPA Funds on E-books, but Change May Be Needed
Because ARPA funds must be used within a 16-month window, some of the metered access licenses currently offered by publishers may not qualify without an adjustment.
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Libraries
Pelayo-Lozada Elected ALA President
Pelayo-Lozado will take office at the 2022 ALA Annual Conference.
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Libraries
ALA Announces $1.25 Million Grant Fund for Libraries Impacted by Covid-19
Under the ALA COVID Library Relief Fund, libraries can apply for grants ranging from $30,000 to $50,000 to bolster a wide range of library operations and services.
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Libraries
PRH Extends Temporary E-book, Digital Audio Terms for Libraries
Under the terms of its program, which PRH began more than a year ago, libraries have the option to license e-books and digital audio for one-year terms at a 50% prorated price as an alternative to the existing two-year term (for e-books) or perpetual access (for digital audio).
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Libraries
The Awesome Power of Picture Books
Sari Feldman reflects on how these “wizards of the literary world” can be the key to a lifelong love of reading.
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