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LibrariesHouse Members Go to Bat for Library Construction Funds in FY2023 Budget
The House has yet to sign on to the Senate's $20 million proposal to fund library construction and renovation, which, if passed, would be the first federal funding for updating library facilities in some 26 years.
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Libraries
Panel Explores Surge in Book Bans, Policies Targeting the LGBTQ Community
With a wave of book bans and educational gag orders surging across the country, an online panel this week explored how the bans are targeting and impacting the LGBTQ community—and how concerned communities can push back.
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Libraries
Missouri Proposes New ‘Protection of Minors’ Rule for Libraries
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft last week announced a new proposed rule he says will protect minors in the state’s libraries, but librarians and freedom to read advocates say the unwieldy new rule is a "First Amendment minefield."
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Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair 2022: A 'Seismic Transformation' in Scholarly Publishing
From Plan S to the recently announced White House OSTP open access policy, scholarly publishers must navigate a rapidly shifting policy landscape
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Libraries
ALA Soliciting Nominations for Three Annual Intellectual Freedom Awards
With censorship and book bans still on the rise, one powerful way to defend intellectual Freedom is is to honor those who fight for it.
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Libraries
Publishers, Internet Archive Ready for Summary Judgment Hearing in Book Scan Case
With a final round of briefs now filed, a federal judge could soon hear oral arguments for summary judgment in a closely watched copyright case over the scanning and lending of library books.
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Libraries
The Truth About Fiction
A longtime librarian discovers that a healthy love of fiction is actually, well, healthy.
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Libraries
Biden Reestablishes President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
The committee, which had collapsed under the Trump Administration, will advise President Biden and the heads of the three major U.S. cultural agencies—the IMLS, the NEA, and the NEH—on “policy objectives, philanthropic and private sector engagement, and other efforts to enhance federal support for the arts, the humanities, and museum and library services.”
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Libraries
Reed, Grijalva Introduce Bill to Support School Libraries
The Right to Read Act would authorize up to $500 million in Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grants as well as investing in recruiting state-certified school librarians. The legislation also reaffirms that "First Amendment rights apply to school libraries," a direct response to a troubling wave of book bans and educational gag orders.
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Publisher News
Court Dismisses 'Implausible' Price-Fixing Suits Against Amazon, Big Five Publishers
The long-shot cases, first filed in early 2021, had alleged a conspiracy between Amazon and the Big Five publishers to eliminate price competition in the print and e-book markets, claims the defendants called "irrational" and "implausible."
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Libraries
Register Today for AAPI Communities in Conversation #10 Featuring Weike Wang, Author of 'Joan Is Okay'
Wang will appear in conversation with Lalitha Nataraj from the California State University San Marcos University Library.
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Libraries
Authors, Advocacy Group Pen Open Letter Urging Publishers to Support Libraries
The advocacy group Fight for the Future has organized an open letter demanding that publishers and their trade organizations cease efforts the authors say are undermining libraries. In response, the AAP has labeled the campaign "disinformation," while a group led by the Authors Guild called the statement "highly misleading."
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Libraries
Congressional Resolution Condemns Nationwide Book Banning Efforts
In honor of Banned Books Week, the resolution seeks to recognize the “alarming threats to freedom of expression” sweeping the country, and calls for “local governments and educational institutions” to protect the rights of Americans “to read a wide array of books reflecting a multitude of viewpoints and perspectives.”
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Libraries
EveryLibrary Poll Finds Book Bans Are Broadly Unpopular With Voters
A new poll released to coincide with Banned Books Week confirms that efforts to censor books remain unpopular with voters across party lines.
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Libraries
PEN America Report Shows ‘Rapid Acceleration’ of Book Bans in Schools
Coinciding with Banned Books Week 2022, PEN America has released an alarming new report, which found that more than 2,500 book bans were issued in some 140 school districts in 32 states during the 2021-22 school year.
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Soapbox
In Defense of Library Lending
Kyle K. Courtney, the chair of Library Futures, defends controlled digital lending, the practice at issue in a key copyright case.
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Libraries
On Eve of Banned Books Week 2022, ALA Says Challenges Are Rising
ALA documented 681 attempts to ban or restrict library resources involving 1,651 different titles through August, on pace to shatter last year's record number of challenges. Banned Books Week 2022 is set to run September 18-24.
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Libraries
Library Futures Joins NYU’s Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy
At NYU, the two year-old library advocacy group will become part of a wider community of "practitioners, scholars, students, and researchers working together to further knowledge and policy in the service of the public good,” said Library Futures director Jennie Rose Halperin.
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Cory Doctorow
We Wrote a Book About Why Audible Won’t Sell Our Book...and Snuck It Onto Audible
In his new book with Rebecca Giblin, 'Chokepoint Capitalism,' Cory Doctorow explores how large companies have positioned themselves between consumers and creatives and with a new Kickstarter campaign once again takes aim at the world's dominant audiobook platform.
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Libraries
After Strong First Season, Literati Book Fairs Expand into New Territories
Schools in select cities across the country will be able to operate a Literati Book Fair in the new academic year.
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