Candidates Hits Chicago And ALA Midwinter

Jan 30, 2015 | News

Politics makes for heated conversations. Any warmth will be welcome in Chicago in late January, though, where the American Library Association is holding its annual Midwinter Meeting. There, the race for ALA President is underway and promising to be generate...

Help Mark Dressler Fight Cancer

Jan 26, 2015 | Podcasts

The list of things we take for granted is a long one. And then, something happens to remind us of what matters most. Of course, it’s the people who matter. In the swirl of activity that takes up our waking hours – from home to work and back – we encounter and interact...

The Global Licensing Landscape

Jan 25, 2015 | Copyright, Events, International

At last week’s Buying & Selling Content 2015, attendees heard presenters from start-ups, international marketing agencies and leading publishers enumerate the new rules of buying and selling content. From data licensing and copyright to mobile, apps, and SaaS...

Obama Echoes Libraries For Free & Open Internet

Jan 23, 2015 | News

In this week’s State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress, President Barack Obama promoted the value of education and entrepreneurship as well as pledged a response to global warming. But a major plank in the speech specifically singled out a...

They Know What You Read

Jan 18, 2015 | Digital Transformation, Events

The owners of ebook platforms now have unprecedented and previously unattainable knowledge about how people read. They literally see every time an ebook is opened; on what device it is being opened; how fast it is read; and whether passages or entire works are...

We Are Charlie

Jan 16, 2015 | News

The world is coming to see the murderous attack in Paris on the staff of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical weekly magazine that regularly poked fun at Mohammed and mocked Islamic fundamentalists, as an assault on free speech and freedom of expression. While a dozen died in a...

Author Survey Weighs Risks, Rewards of Writing

Jan 11, 2015 | News

In almost every war, the factions all imagine that God sides with each one of them. Last summer, as a war of words raged over e-book pricing, Hachette and Amazon each cited reasons why authors should stand with their business model and against the other’s. What’s an...

The Zuckerberg Book Club

Jan 9, 2015 | News

The emphasis this week was on the book in Facebook. Company founder and Harvard drop-out Mark Zuckerberg announced intentions to share his personal reading list with Facebook friends and others. The new book-of-the-month club from the social media genius drew...