Sources say that a settlement may finally be near in publishers’ lawsuit over Google’s controversial program to scan books from library shelves. AAP and Google say it isn't so.
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LJ's complete coverage on Sarah Palin's Wasilla Library book censorship and banning controversy, posture toward libraries, plus additional sources and related links.
Now Playing: The Library: Uncatalogued trailer Using only an $800 grant, one student employee, and many volunteers, Anika Fajardo of the College of St. Catherine Library, St. Paul, MN, created the information literacy film The Library: Uncatalogued. More Videos >>
TENNANT: DIGITAL LIBRARIES Roy Tennant, Senior Program Manager, OCLC Programs and Research October 9, 2008 Where Goals Belong
Goals belong high, but not too high. Let me explain.
I bought my current house mor... More
XPRESS REVIEWS
Jonathan Kellerman's Bones, Alex Cox's X-Films, and Sarah Vowell's The Wordy Shipmates PREPUB
Fiction Armstrong, Kelley. Men of the Otherworld. Spectra: Bantam. Feb. 2009. c.496p. ISBN 978-0-553-80709-7. $22. Two novellas that originally appeared on the author's web site give us the lowdown on the Otherworld's sexy werewolves Clay and Jeremy. Berenson, Alex. The Silent Man. Putnam. Feb. 2009.
SUPPLEMENTS
Library By Design, Spring 2008
On December 11, approximately 115 librarians, architects, and planners convened at the Chicago Public Library's (CPL) Harold Washington Center for LJ's second Design Institute (DI). Through a daylong series of green-themed presentations, panels, and breakout sessions, they conferred on the latest developments, options, strategies, concerns, and solutions relating to sustainable design....
The 2008 Periodicals Information Directory is now online! Click here to see it.