"The data forces us to conclude, reluctantly, that not only does print still offer libraries a far better bang-per-book than digital, but that for the most popular titles, digital collections are becoming increasingly difficult to sustain," the report concludes.
Hayden will “pursue scholarship, writing, and research projects” while also advising Mellon on “opportunities to support and advance libraries, archives, and other organizations in the public knowledge ecosystem.”
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The 2025 ALA Annual Conference is underway, and as has become something of a tradition, the Supreme Court has weighed in with two major decisions that will impact libraries. In
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Daniel J. Montgomery, currently President of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, will take the helm at ALA this fall.
Some five years after it was chartered, the Palace Project will now be solely owned and operated by Lyrasis.
As the library world prepares to converge on Philadelphia for the 2025 American Library Association Annual Conference, challenges abound. But this week, librarians got a little backup from the Government
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In a filing this week, Trump administration lawyers said they would move to have the ALA's lawsuit to save the IMLS dismissed.
The Constitution grants the President "no unilateral authority to withhold funds from obligation," concludes the independent, nonpartisan watchdog.
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