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CopyrightEU Court: Libraries Can Digitize, But Not Distribute
In a directive issued this week, a European Union court held that European libraries can digitize works in their collections but, without an explicit exception by a member state, are limited to displaying digitized works at dedicated reading terminals.
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Libraries
New Pew Report Explores Young Americans' Library Habits
A new report from the Pew Research Center Internet Project offers mixed news for public libraries.
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Content / e-books
Amazon Customers Notified of Apple Settlement
Amazon this week emailed Kindle customers court-mandated notice of the terms of Apple’s recent deal to settle damages in its e-book price-fixing case.
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Common Core
Cut to the Core: Low Support for Common Core After First Year
One year ago this month, in September 2013, we opened our inaugural PW column with a look at the myths and realities that surround the Common Core State Standards.
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Publisher News
New Murakami Book on the Way
To be released in December, 'The Strange Library' will be Murakami’s second work published in 2014, a 96-page illustrated book designed by Chip Kidd.
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Awards & Prizes
Judith Appelbaum to Get BISG Lifetime Award
Judith Appelbaum will be presented with the 2014 Lifetime Service Award at the BISG annual meeting on September 19, 2014 in New York City.
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Religion
Religion Update 2014: What Turns Librarians On—and Off
We don’t deal directly with publishers at all,” says Jarad Millet, who works in collection management at Birmingham Public Library in Alabama.
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Libraries
Check it Out with Michael Kelley: ALA Moves on Legislative Goals
Much of the media coverage of libraries in 2014 to date has centered on the modest progress made on the e-book issue. But 2014 has been a year of significant progress for libraries in the public policy sphere, with a number of library initiatives advancing.
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Conferences
Frankfurt's LitAg Draws Record Numbers for 2014 Fair
Some 308 agencies from 33 countries are booked for the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair, including 72 U.S. agencies.
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Comics
How Graphic Are These Novels?
Read with caution: in September, a number of libraries will invite patrons to read comics and graphic novels that have been challenged or banned in schools and public libraries in recent years.
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Content / e-books
Judge Orders Mediation in Latest E-book Price-Fixing Suit
The litigation represents the latest legal front for Apple and the publishers stemming from the 2010 agency switch.
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Content / e-books
BiblioBoard Announces New Partnership Deals
New partners include ePubDirect, Independent Publishers Group, CoreSource and Firebrand Technologies.
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Common Core
Cut to the Core: New Standards After Common Core
As students, teachers, and parents across the country gear up for the start of another school year, many are left wondering what the fate of the Common Core will be when they return to their districts.
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Content / e-books
BISG Higher Ed Study Shows Continuing Disruption
New findings from BISG's ongoing survey of student and faculty attitudes show students will pay for solutions that reduce study time, improve outcomes.
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Content / e-books
Report: Libraries Struggling with E-books
U.S libraries have made the most headway with e-books in libraries, but internationally, the situation remains problematic, according to a new report from the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA).
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Content / e-books
Court Grants Preliminary Approval to Apple Settlement
As expected, Judge Denise Cote granted preliminary approval to a deal that would settle money damages arising from Apple’s e-book price-fixing case.
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Libraries
How E-book Subscription Programs Will Affect Libraries
With the launch of Kindle Unlimited (KU), Amazon’s subscription service, consumer-oriented e-book subscription services are beginning to look like a coming thing.
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Content / e-books
Apple Settlement Won’t Be Modified
The parties in the Apple settlement indicated that they would not be modifying the agreement, after a hearing last week in which Judge Cote expressed concerns with the deal.
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Content / e-books
Macmillan Expands Library E-book Lending
Macmillan announced today that it will make its full catalog of frontlist e-book titles available to libraries via its public library e-lending pilot.
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Libraries
The P&L Sheet: Against “Curation”
I knew the word “curate” had successfully shed its musty history—cluttered with Etruscan vases and dioramas of American bison—when I got an email from Brooks Brothers a few years back announcing that it had “carefully curated” a collection of shirts for my consideration.
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