Desk Set, e-books, and digital vs. analog
How long have the digital and the analog been at war in libraries? Longer than you might expect. This lesson was driven home to me in a fun little movie I...
Library collection weeding and e-books
There’s an amusing article in the New Yorker about the quandary librarians face when it comes to deciding what should remain in their collections. Like a bookstore, a library has only...
E-books don’t smell
Here is another 'pro' argument for the e-book camp: e-books don't smell.
Obvious? Yes. But the physicality of paper books and the physical spaces which house them can be a surprisingly complex...
Librarian of Congress nominee Carla Hayden has smooth sailing at Senate confirmation hearing
Dr. Carla Hayden, President Obama’s nominee to be the 14th Librarian of Congress, faced a Senate confirmation hearing on April 20 and seems to have passed with flying colors. Senators...
Sony and Datalogics announce partnership in DADC e-book DRM
Digital Book World is carrying a press release in which Sony crows that it has entered into a partnership with Datalogics, Inc. to use Sony’s DADC e-book DRM.
Sony developed this DRM...
Supreme Court declines to hear Authors Guild appeal; Google Books remains legal fair use
It’s deja vu all over again. For the second time this year, a long-running e-book-related court case has ended with the Supreme Court declining to take a hand. With characteristic terseness,...
Ohio shows highest U.S. library use, strong economic contribution of libraries
A new report from the Ohio Library Council, highlighted in the Columbus Dispatch, highlights the strength, and benefits, of public library usage in the Buckeye State. And judging by the data,...
Indianapolis’s Kurt Vonnegut Library raises money to move downtown
It may still be a little unclear exactly how Kurt Vonnegut felt about e-books, but the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library in Indianapolis is a great resource for finding out just about...
Is online piracy of academic books really such a threat?
A rather alarmist report in the Chronicle of Higher Education, entitled "Online Piracy of Academic Materials Extends to Scholarly Books," paints the threat to current academic publishing in very graphic terms....
Latest OverDrive Digital Library Trends report cites 30-40 percent library ebook boost
America's favorite ebook and audiobook distributor OverDrive has announced its 2016 Digital Library Trends report ahead of its airing at the 2016 Public Library Association (PLA) Conference. And OverDrive predicts that: "public libraries'...