A recently released email from Steve Jobs to James Murdoch of News Corporation, which owns HarperCollins, shows just how involved the late Apple executive was in developing the agency model and increasing ebook prices. Interpretation of the
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By Christopher Harris
2 days 14 hours ago
Chicago, IL (5/16/2013) – The American Library Association (ALA) and UMB CardPartner (cardpartner.com) have launched The American Library Association affinity Visa®Platinum Rewards credit card, expanding its Affinity/MVP Programs for ALA members.
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Skip Prichard has been named the next president and CEO of OCLC effective July 1, the firm announced May 16. He will succeed Jay Jordan, who will retire on June 30 after 15 years at the helm of OCLC.
Prichard was formerly president and CE
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By Beverly Goldberg
3 days 14 hours ago
Going to Book Expo America, May 29–June 1 in New York? If so, come join ALA President Maureen Sullivan at two events:
On May 30, Maureen will be on the panel “E-books from Libraries: Good for Authors?” at the invitation of the Association
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By Alan S. Inouye
4 days 20 hours ago
Libraries of all types are currently undergoing changes that most agree are transformative in nature.
But what do we mean when we talk about “transforming” libraries? We mean that we are not just dealing with quantitative change—doing more
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Keith Michael Fiels
5 days 17 hours ago
June 6 - ALA Virtual Membership Meeting 2013
CHICAGO - ALA President Maureen Sullivan, Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels, and the Committee on Membership Meetings (COMM) invite all ALA personal members
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We visited C2E2, the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo, on April 26–28, and found spacemen, superheroes, film and TV actors, comic book artists, authors, library advocates, and more who love American Libraries!
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By Phil Morehart
1 week 3 days ago
Caroline Kennedy has been a lifelong advocate for reading, literacy, and libraries. Her career has included work with the New York City Department of Education and the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. Most recently, she spoke at the 2013 ALA Midwinter
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The increasingly digital context brings challenges and opportunities for librarians, library staff, archivists, and museum professionals. New roles and the competencies required to perform them are evolving. One overriding role for all of us is that of the
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By Maureen Sullivan
1 week 4 days ago
Circulation Librarian Jane Ishibashi of Fullerton (Calif.)College Library read to some of the nearly 1,500 kindergartners, parents, and teachers on April 26 for KinderCaminata, an annual event that began at the library in 1994. (Caminata,
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