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LibrariesMacmillan 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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Libraries
James McBride, Rebecca Giggs Win ALA's 2021 Carnegie Medals
The awards, which were established in 2012, have become a highly coveted literary honor, reflecting the expert judgment and insight of library professionals and booksellers who work closely with adult readers.
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Publisher News
Big Five Publishers Now Defendants in E-book Price-Fixing Suit
The initial complaint, first filed on January 14 by Seattle-based firm Hagens Berman, had portrayed the Big Five publishers as "co-conspirators" in the alleged price-fixing scheme but had named only Amazon as the defendant. The amended complaint, filed on February 4, now draws the publishers into the suit.
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Libraries
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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Libraries
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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Libraries
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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Soapbox
How Libraries Can Help Us Make a More Perfect Union
Throughout our history, we've see that when we come together in civil, honest conversations based on facts and science, history and truth, we find commonality, says R. David Lankes.
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Libraries
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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Publisher News
Amazon Hit with E-book Price Fixing Suit
The law firm that successfully sued Apple and five major publishers for colluding to fix e-book prices in 2011 has filed a class action suit against Amazon, accusing the company of colluding with the Big Five publishers to eliminate price competition from the e-book market.
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Libraries
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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Libraries
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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Libraries
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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Libraries
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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Libraries
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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Copyright
CASE Act Set to Pass as Part of Omnibus Bill
A four year-old bill that would establish an extra-judicial “small claims court” for copyright cases is now set to become law after Congressional leaders slipped the measure into the Covid-19 relief and omnibus spending bill now headed to President Trump’s desk.
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Libraries
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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Libraries
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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Libraries
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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Libraries
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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Libraries
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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