The American Library Association's (ALA) exec director was "out" in october and now has a new interim exec director. I heard many employees have left ALA recently. We need a strong ALA, hopefully this helps.
PublishersWeekly.com
Tracie D. Hall Out at American Library Association
Executive Director Tracie D. Hall will resign from her position effective October 6, bringing a sudden end to a challenging four years for the orga...
Library Journal infoDOCKET
Leslie Burger Appointed Interim Executive Director of the American Library Association (ALA)
From ALA: The American Library Association Executive Board has selected Leslie Burger as ALA’s interim executive director. Her first day is Nov...
Conservative state libraries are leaving American Library Association because ALA is against book bannings from AP: "This summer, the state libraries in Montana, Missouri and Texas and the local library in Midland, Texas, announced they’re leaving the ALA, with possibly more to come. Right-wing lawmakers in at least nine other states — Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota and Wyoming — demand similar action."
AP News
Conservative book ban push fuels library exodus from national association that stands up for books
More libraries are cutting ties with the American Library Association as the professional group stands up for books some say children shouldn't hav...
"Reclaiming Control: The Internet Archive Empowers People. Gatekeepers Keep Suing" --Jennie Rose Halperin of Library Futures in
Techdirt
Reclaiming Control: The Internet Archive Empowers People. Gatekeepers Keep Suing
As a child, nothing warmed me more than my mother’s “Three C’s Soup”: Cabbage, Carrot, Carraway from Jane Brody’s Good Food Book: Living ...
"First, the Big 5 do not SELL ebooks to libraries. Not one. Libraries do not own title one from the Big 5. We license them. And that makes all the difference in the world for cost, depth and breadth of collection, and preservation. Nobody should ever use the word 'sell' in a sentence combining 'Big 5' and 'library ebooks.' This is not nit-picking. It is the essence of the problem." And they are suing to stop Controlled Digital Lending of the books we did buy.
Readers First
Big 5 License Terms as of July 2023 — Readers First
Michael Kozlowski from Good e-Reader has published a list of the license terms the Big 5 publishers offer to libraries through OverDrive. The ...