E-Books Can Subvert Book Bans, But Corporate Profit-Seeking Stands in the Way Exorbitant costs and restrictive licenses are obstructing libraries’ efforts to resist book bans via...
It’s time yet again to take a look back at the memorable library stories from the past year. Two themes dominated headlines in 2023: attacks on...
A majority of this year’s finalists at the national book awards made a collective statement calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war at the ceremony...
https://lisnews.org/war-sows-disruption-at-the-national-book-awards/
The ARChive of Contemporary Music, which houses more than 90m songs and is supported by names such as Martin Scorsese, is in need of a new...
https://lisnews.org/no-one-else-is-saving-it-the-fight-to-protect-a-historic-music-collection/
WSJ about new variations of book clubs, for people who don’t like the traditional ones – and it does feature a cool “not-a-book-club book club” at...
Pella voters keep library independent by slim margin following failed 'Gender Queer' challenge In a tense battle over book censorship, Pella residents voted Tuesday to protect...
https://lisnews.org/iowa-election-2023-pella-public-library-retains-independence/
A door at a Swedish library was accidentally left open — 446 people came in, borrowed 245 books. Every single one was returned They say a...
Moves are spreading in Japan to set up private libraries where each bookshelf is owned by individuals who display books on their hobbies or those that...
Shining a Light on the Digital Dark Age Without maintenance, most digital information will be lost in just a few decades. How might we secure our...
My Books Were Used to Train AI I have said in one of my few forays into nonfiction (On Writing) that you can’t learn to write...
https://lisnews.org/stephen-king-my-books-were-used-to-train-ai/