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Search, revise, and repeat. This is the habit in which users often find themselves when searching through mountains of content. To be faced with a repository of information and not find one’s desired knowledge is not a new dilemma, and now with AI, one never knows if what is retrieved is accurate or authentic.

Putting off adoption of new technologies puts libraries at risk of falling behind in serving their users effectively. For libraries tackling new initiatives, the ability to manage change is crucial. We spoke with several library leaders to learn how they reduce organizational stress and navigate change at both the organizational and individual levels.

How old is your library? In 2021, the American Library Association reported that the average library building is over 40 years old and that the nation’s 17,000 public libraries would need approximately $32 billion dollars for construction and renovation over the next 25 years.

Nearly half of current audiobook consumers had borrowed a digital audiobook from their library in the last year, according to the survey. “The BookTok/Bookstagram space has changed discoverability,” says Jolene Barto, marketing director of Dreamscape Media. “And with Spotify entering as a retailer this year, we’re seeing new opportunities.

Awarded for fiction and poetry, the BCALA self-publishing prizes recognize outstanding achievements in the presentation of the cultural, historical, and sociopolitical aspects of the Black Diaspora. Nashville-based Lavelle Andrew Miller, Sr. won this year’s award forYour Turn.

At the MIT Press, we believe that everyone deserves access to scholarship. Our dedication to this mission remains strong as we head into the fourth funding cycle for Direct to Open (D2O), our model for open access monographs. Libraries and consortia can commit to support the program through November 30, 2024.

Graphic novels have enjoyed a meteoric rise in popularity in the last five years. Since 2019, sales of graphic novels have risen over 100 percent. While that growth has leveled off, graphic novels are now the third best-selling genre (35 million books sold) in the U.S. and Canada, behind only general fiction and romance. 

We’ve been shaking things up at the MIT Press for over 60 years, changing how knowledge flows between academics and the world. Reflecting and amplifying the values of an educational institution that places a premium on experimentation and open knowledge, the MIT Press has been a leader in open access publishing for decades.

Indie presses have more latitude to take on titles about a vast array of boundary-pushing subjects or narrow their focus to a single niche genre. The publishers we spoke with this month exemplify the diversity in the indie ecosystem.