The Eleanor Roosevelt Center this week announced 10 honorees for the 2025 Eleanor Roosevelt Awards for Bravery in Literature, including bestselling author Margaret Atwood, who will receive the Eleanor Roosevelt
Among the week's headlines: EveryLibrary takes stock of the legislative landscape; New Hampshire's Ayotte vetoes book ban bill; the book ban battles rage on in Alabama; and the 'New York Times' reports on the state of library ebooks.
In this week's newsletter we dive in with some thoughtful takes on where AI is taking the library and publishing worlds. First up, we're delighted to
In her latest book, 'Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age,' Vara delivers a potent, highly engaging exploration of AI, technology, and humanness.
Among the week's headlines: Rhode Island enacts the strongest 'freedom to read' law yet; a Georgia librarian fired for including an LGBTQ+ book in a library display is getting community support for her reinstatement; and North Carolina Governor Josh Stein vetoes several anti-DEI bills.
"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.”
It's official. We're official. At the 2025 American Library Association Annual Conference, Words & Money officially launched. We are humbled and grateful for the support you&
Among the week's headlines: the ALA Annual Conference draws more than 14,000 to Philadelphia; Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoes a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ library provision; authors ask publishers to eschew AI; and why Idaho schools just got less welcoming, and more political.
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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
the Supreme Court delivered two major rulings on June 27, one negatively impacting the freedom to read, and one saving the popular E-rate program.
Among the week's headlines: two key fair use decisions roil the AI landscape; A major Supreme Court decision threatens the freedom to read; Texas signs its controversial school library bill into law; and the Library of Congress faces a budget cut.
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