…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 ...

The encyclopedia maker could have become a casualty of the Wikipedia era. But it has remade itself into a digital learning giant that is weighing going public. By the time the last Encyclopaedia ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WSJ about new variations of book clubs, for people who don’t like the traditional ones – and it does feature a cool “not-a-book-club book club” at the public library in Woodstock, Vt.

he 132-year-old University of Chicago houses more than 800,000 volumes related to South Asia, making it one of the world's premier collections for studies on the region. But how did such a treasure ...

The Big Five publisher made a deal with an unnamed “artificial intelligence technology company” and is allowing authors to opt-in if they want to join the agreement. Authors Guild CEO Mary Rasenberger ...

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 ...

State has ordered books by 13 authors, 12 of them women, to be removed from every public school, classroom and library The 13 books could be banned under House bill 29, which became effective from 1 ...

As conservative parents, educators, and politicians spread the book-banning movement across the nation, Utah has quickly arisen as one of the most dystopian states when it comes to the right to read.