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LibrariesNew PLA Survey Illustrates Critical Digital Role Played by Public Libraries
The report, '2020 Public Library Technology Survey,' provides a current, detailed snapshot of how libraries serve as digital equity hubs.
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Libraries
ALA Expands Award for Books, Articles on Intellectual Freedom
The award will now honor journal articles in even number years and books in odd number years, with the Oboler committee now seeking nominations for the 2022 journal article award.
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Promotional
Editor's Note: Preview for Librarians Will Be Back on September 17
PW Preview for Librarians is taking a week off. Happy Labor Day!
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Copyright
Copyright Office Weighs in on Maryland Library E-book Law
In an opinion issued this week, U.S. Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter concluded that Maryland’s new library e-book law is “likely” preempted by federal copyright law.
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Libraries
It’s Crunch Time for Library Supporters After $3.5 Trillion Budget Bill Passes House
With a September 15 deadline looming for legislators to earmark how to spend $3.5 trillion approved by Congress this week, library supporters are mounting their most critical advocacy effort in a generation.
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Libraries
Macmillan Learning Launches Employee-Created Program to Recruit Diverse Talent
A new paid externship program aims to entice students from underrepresented groups to consider a career in educational publishing.
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Libraries
Senator Wants Copyright Office to Weigh in on Maryland Library E-book Law
In a May 26 letter North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis asked the Copyright Office to offer an opinion on whether Maryland’s library e-book law “encroaches on the exclusive domain” of federal copyright law.
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Libraries
Define 'Reasonable': Can Maryland's New E-book Law Help Change the Marketplace?
Maryland's recently passed library e-book law will require any publisher offering to license "an electronic literary product" to consumers in the state to also offer to license the content to public libraries "on reasonable terms." The question now is: what are reasonable terms?
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Copyright
Publishers Blast Internet Archive’s ‘Extraordinary’ Demand for Sales Data
Lawyers say the Internet Archive's sweeping demand for 10 years' worth of monthly sales data is "burdensome in the extreme" and legally "irrelevant."
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Business Deals
Clarivate Purchase of ProQuest Delayed
After receiving a second notice for information from the FTC, Clarivate said it has extended the deadline for completing its $5.3 billion purchase of ProQuest from November 8, 2021, to December 31, 2021.
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Libraries
Internet Archive Seeking 10 Years of Publisher Sales Data for Its Fair Use Defense
In their filing August 9, IA lawyers insist the sales data is crucial to its fair use defense in a lawsuit filed last year, while the plaintiff publishers have balked at the extraordinary request.
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Libraries
An Inflection Point for Libraries
With billions in federal funding at stake, library leaders must see this moment for what it is, writes PW library columnist Sari Feldman: a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to truly transform the future of libraries.
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Libraries
Libraries Join Effort to Boost Covid-19 Vaccine Confidence
The ALA has announced that it is partnering with Communities for Immunity, a collaborative effort among libraries and museums to boost Covid-19 information and vaccine confidence in communities across the U.S.
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Obituaries
Obituary: Michael Rockliff
Michael Rockliff, a longtime marketing and sales executive at publishing houses including Random House and Workman, has died at 76.
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Libraries
ALA Welcomes SUCCESS Act, Proposed Federal Funding Increases for Libraries
“Congress is getting the message that libraries of all kinds are key to the vitality of communities,” said ALA president Patty Wong in a statement.
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Libraries
War Is Over (If We Want It)
In his new book, 'Forged in War: How a Century of War Created Today’s Information Society,' author and library educator R. David Lankes explores how a century of war has shaped our knowledge infrastructure—and why we must chart a new, more humane course for the future.
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Publisher News
Plaintiffs Oppose Discovery Delay in E-book Price Fixing Case
Lawyers for a potential consumer class alleging an e-book price-fixing conspiracy among Amazon and the Big Five publishers told the court this week that they will oppose an expected bid to delay discovery in the case.
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Libraries
Kodansha Inks Major Distribution Deal with LibraryPass
In a huge boost to manga fans, more than 200 titles are available now in Comics Plus, with more to be added to the collection over the summer.
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Libraries
With Acquistion Complete, HarperCollins to Change Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Library E-book Terms
In a notice sent to library customers this week via their vendors, e-book titles from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will soon be available via a 26-lend metered access model, a change from its previous perpetual access terms.
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Libraries
B&T to Offer ‘Diversity Analysis’ Tool for Library Collections
Powered by the wholesaler's collectionHQ technology, Baker & Taylor’s “Diversity Analysis” tool will help identify opportunities for libraries to evaluate their collections against industry-accepted diversity subjects.
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