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Conferences
ALA 2016 Kicks Off in Orlando
The 2016 American Library Association Annual Conference officially kicks off today in Orlando, with a keynote by author and public intellectual Michael Eric Dyson.
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Business Deals
ProQuest Acquires Alexander Street
Alexander Street president Stephen Rhind-Tutt will stay on board, reporting to ProQuest Information Solutions’ general manager and senior v-p Rafael Sidi.
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Content / e-books
Apple E-book Refunds to Begin June 21
The $400 million in refunds due following Apple e-book price-fixing settlement will begin flowing into customer accounts on June 21—with refunds for New York Times bestsellers approaching $7 per purchase.
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Libraries
‘Defiant’ ALA Responds to Orlando Attack
The attack in Orlando comes just days before the ALA’s annual conference is set to open there.
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Shows & Events
ALA 2016: Field Notes: PW talks with R. David Lankes
In a wide-ranging conversation, PW's Annie Coreno talks with R. David Lankes about community engagement, libraries as publishers, and his new book, The New Librarianship Field Guide.
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Shows & Events
ALA 2016: Program Picks
PW columnist Brian Kenney offers his (highly subjective) program picks for ALA 2016, in Orlando.
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Shows & Events
ALA 2016: Inside EveryLibrary's National Campaign for Local Library Support
EveryLibrary is the only national political action committee fighting for libraries at the local level.
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Shows & Events
ALA 2016: The Pura Belpré Award at 20
The Pura Belpré Award for children and young adult books, which honors Latino writers and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino experience, will celebrate its 20th anniversary at the 2016 ALA annual conference.
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Book News
N.Y.C. Schools’ Carmen Fariña Turns a Page on E-books
PW talks with Carmen Fariña, the chancellor of New York City’s Department of Education, about introducing more technology into schools.
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Book News
How To Keep Kids Reading During Summer
Schools, libraries, and publishers are working to keep literacy up during summer breaks.
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Book News
What Publishers Are Doing to Strengthen Summer Reading
A survey of publisher initiatives intended to stave off the summer reading slide.
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Book News
Are Publishers Influenced by Teacher and Librarian Feedback?
We ask publishers large and small about how they communicate with educators, and ways they incorporate teacher and librarian feedback.
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Shows & Events
ALA 2016: Michael Eric Dyson, Margaret Atwood Highlight ALA Author Appearances
The 2016 American Library Association Annual Conference (June 23–28, in Orlando) will feature more than 2,000 scheduled events, including hundreds of author appearances.
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Shows & Events
ALA 2016: Librarians Say Patrons Are Mostly Satisfied with E-Book Service
As librarians and publishers prepare for the 2016 ALA Annual Conference, an informal PW survey offers an interesting snapshot of public library purchasing trends.
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Libraries
Hayden Close to Making History at Library of Congress
The Senate Rules Committee on Thursday voted to recommend that the full Senate approve President Obama's nomination of Carla Hayden as Librarian of Congress. If approved she will become the first woman and the first African American to hold the post.
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Libraries
Survey: Institutional Library Spending Up Slightly in North America; Europe Declines
The annual survey, conducted by the Publishers Communication Group (PCG) found that a sputtering global economy is still affecting library budgets.
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Shows & Events
Doing Well by Doing Good
BISG’s 2016 Making Information Pay event stressed social responsibility.
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Content / e-books
Making Information Pay: Is Privacy Becoming a Commodity?
At BISG's Making Information Pay seminar, Pew's Lee Rainie told attendees that, in a recent survey, 91% of Americans said they feel they have lost the ability to control their personal data.
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Libraries
Carla Hayden for Librarian of Congress
An experienced library leader is exactly what the Library of Congress needs.
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Copyright
Hail and Farewell to The Google Books Case
Google’s scanning project and the subsequent lawsuits once commanded the attention of the publishing and library worlds. But in the end, the litigation merely confirmed a few realities of modern publishing.