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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 have an exclusive essay by acclaimed author and library educator R. David Lankes on his decision to self-publish his new

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've shown us since we soft-launched at the London Book Fair back in March. While we've come

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 a bit of good news, after nearly two years of searching the ALA has found its new executive director. In

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 Accounting Office, which released a report concluding that, yes, the Trump Administration's withholding of IMLS funding is illegal.

After two legal victories in May, library advocates were feeling better about their chances of saving the Institute of Museum and Library Services from a Trump executive order. But after a federal judge in Washington D.C. backtracked on issuing an injunction and with an appeal seeking a stay of

In a sharp about face, a federal judge in Washington D.C. has denied the ALA's bid for a preliminary injunction to block the Trump Administration's efforts to dismantle the IMLS. The decision comes after a federal judge in Rhode Island decided he will not stay