…so says Barbara Vey in her blog at Publishers Weekly about the RWA Conference in hot Dallas. “Today was all about the librarians. In a program founded by author and former librarian Cathie Linz, the ...

Simultaneous searching of multiple collections and resources through a single interface (sometimes called "federated searching" or "one search" solutions) would represent the biggest improvement in ...

The 23,600 volumes he accumulated between the 1970s and his arrest in March of 1990 were all stashed in his 17-room home — wall to wall, floor to ceiling, in hallways, closets and bathrooms. But the ...

How public libraries are becoming community hubs in the midst of disastersBeyond just green upgrades, libraries across the country have become centers for resilience and recovery in the face of ...

Behind the scenes of the Free Library’s Author Events resignations and rebirthThe walkout and subsequent firing of Author Events staff this year was the result of a decades-long, murky relationship ...

According to ChatGTP, below are the main themes of this year’s library headlines (using Library Link of the Day as the source): Highlighting state legislation targeting librarians, legal battles in ...

Before every San Francisco Symphony concert, you%u2019ll see a black-clad figure distributing folders on the musicians%u2019 stands. Most of the time, that%u2019s Margo Kieser, the orchestra%u2019s ...

As AI-generated text continues to evolve, distinguishing it from human-authored content has become increasingly difficult. This study examined whether non-expert readers could reliably differentiate ...

It’s again time (for the 20th time!) for a look back at the notable library stories from the last year. In September, Lizzo toured the Library of Congress, stopping to play a crystal flute that once ...

His Preface, “The Freedom of the Press” was omitted from the first edition of the book, then disappeared, and was not rediscovered until 1971. From it, we learn that Orwell had considerable difficulty ...

The history of the printed book stretches back well over a millennium, the title of the oldest known book currently being held by a Tang Dynasty work of the Diamond Sutra. But what about the most ...

The fact is that the health of the nation%u2019s libraries is a national security issue. We learned this lesson once, and profoundly, during World War II. The story of how underinvesting in our ...