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Update: ban-tastic library revokes heinous policy

Earlier this week, In Other Media linked to the story of an Indiana library's new restrictions on homeless shelter residents' lending privileges and their cutting shelter children off from borrowing entirely.The Post-Tribune reports today that ... Read More »

June 22, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Shelter kids denied access to library books: for shame!

By Cassandra Drudi

In a scandal broadcast far and wide by book-blogs Bookslut and Bookninja, children from homeless shelters in Indiana's Porter County are having their library cards taken away and their lending priviliges revoked, according to the ... Read More »

June 20, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

The search is on for Canada's next top poet

By Cassandra Drudi

Can you wield a metaphor with ferocity? Sling stanzas with the best of 'em? Have you won a GG or Griffin or two? Well, you may be in luck, because the hunt is on for ... Read More »

May 10, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

For those who love books more than people

By Scott MacDonald

A couple of weeks after some American booksellers were in the news for doing a similar thing, two Belgians are attempting to start speed-dating programs in Belgian libraries. The initiative, created by Eric Van der ... Read More »

February 14, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

A book is a live thing like your dog, says bookseller

By Scott MacDonald

An article posted on the Toronto Star website today profiles the Dog Lovers Bookshop, an online bookseller carrying new and used books on all subjects canine. Formerly a bricks-and-mortar store, the business is co-owned by ... Read More »

February 3, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

TO bookstore goes world-class

By Leigh Anne Williams

Author Jeremy Mercer, who's written a book called about his stint living in the Paris bookstore Shakespeare and Co., has put together a list of his favourite bookstores from around the world for The Guardian.Coming ... Read More »

December 8, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

Authors Guild sues Google for copyright infringement

By Scott MacDonald

Representing more than 8,000 writers from across the United States, the Authors Guild is suing Google for "massive copyright infringement," claiming damages and "demanding the search engine stop uploading the contents of library books," James ... Read More »

September 21, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Get 'em while they're young (and hip)

By Scott MacDonald

In an attempt to appeal to a younger readership, The New York Times Magazine is introducing a new front section that will feature work of interest to a younger demographic. The section is to include ... Read More »

September 7, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

Dawn of the machines (in the library stacks)

By Leigh Anne Williams

The robots are coming! The online B.C. magazine The Tyee reports on the University of British Columbia library's plan to launch "a new storage system that uses robotic cranes to fetch books." Once the system's ... Read More »

November 1, 2004 | Filed under: Events

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Search Results by tag: library

Update: ban-tastic library revokes heinous policy

Shelter kids denied access to library books: for shame!

The search is on for Canada's next top poet

For those who love books more than people

A book is a live thing like your dog, says bookseller

TO bookstore goes world-class

Authors Guild sues Google for copyright infringement

Get 'em while they're young (and hip)

Dawn of the machines (in the library stacks)

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