Search Results by tag: Libraries

Addressing the needs of young readers, part 2

In Edinburgh, Scotland, where unemployment has risen to over 18% and 23% of households fall under the low-income threshold, stability has been found in a somewhat unlikely place: a local library. Turning young, rambunctious patrons ... Read More »

April 26, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Band of brothers

By Scott MacDonald

Should you find yourself in the American Midwest in the next few weeks or on the eastern seaboard in the month of May, be sure to check out a book-themed indie rock band named Harry ... Read More »

March 28, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

On the historical value of a pink plastic belt

By Scott MacDonald

Though her books are some of the more famous YA novels to have been banned in libraries, very few people know of the changes Judy Blume voluntarily made to one of her books in the ... Read More »

March 7, 2006 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

For those who love books more than people

By Scott MacDonald

A couple of weeks after some American booksellers were in the news for doing a similar thing, two Belgians are attempting to start speed-dating programs in Belgian libraries. The initiative, created by Eric Van der ... Read More »

February 14, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Author condemns ALA

By Scott MacDonald

In the latest issue of the Villager, a publication serving lower Manhattan, writer and broadcaster Andrei Codrescu rebukes the American Library Association over their failure to condemn or otherwise intervene in the arresting of Cuban ... Read More »

February 3, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

HarperCollins to offer digital content online

By Scott MacDonald

In a landmark move in the controversy over digitizing books for online use, HarperCollins announced yesterday that it would create a digital library of all its book and audio content that will be both available ... Read More »

December 13, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Reading in the native language

By Scott MacDonald

A story in The Guardian discusses both spoken and written language in India. Despite its approximately one billion people and nearly 800 spoken languages and dialects, India, like other former English colonies, is a linguistically ... Read More »

November 16, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

On the theft of books

By Scott MacDonald

Amidst the constant presence in the news of library scanning projects and lawsuits for copyright infringement, Matthew Battles, an editor of the Harvard Library Bulletin, reiterates in an article for The Boston Globe the importance ... Read More »

November 2, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Confessions of a Gorgeous Hussy

By Scott MacDonald

With a lawsuit well underway against Google for their Google Print project, the search engine's decision to digitize the contents of major libraries has raised questions about the merits and disadvantages of the Internet's role ... Read More »

September 29, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Authors Guild sues Google for copyright infringement

By Scott MacDonald

Representing more than 8,000 writers from across the United States, the Authors Guild is suing Google for "massive copyright infringement," claiming damages and "demanding the search engine stop uploading the contents of library books," James ... Read More »

September 21, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

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