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A bill in Louisiana, HB 777, would make it a crime for librarians to use public funds to join the American Librarian Association or attend an ALA conference, punishable with prison time and hard labor for up to two years.
#libraries #education #books #librarians #theocracy
Does your public library use Overdrive/Libby for ebooks or audiobooks? ⚠️
In the US and Canada, the answer is probably yes. And you should speak to your library staff and commission about it.
Libby is now owned by a private equity firm & making sketchy changes: https://buttondown.email/ninelives/archive/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries/
The latest development is that their overbroad privacy policy allows them to sell your borrowing history to advertisers: https://infosec.exchange/@longobord/112243098104196246
Thank you @karawynn and @longobord!
The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries
Global investment vampires have positioned themselves to suck our libraries drybuttondown.email
Eric Adams is the worst.
‘NYC public libraries shutter weekend service due to Mayor Adams budget cuts’
https://pix11.com/news/local-news/nyc-public-libraries-shutter-weekend-service-due-to-mayor-adams-budget-cuts/
#EricAdams #NYC #Libraries #NYPL
NYC public libraries shutter Sunday service due to Mayor Adams budget cuts
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Public libraries in Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn will be forced to close on Sundays after Mayor Eric Adams announced the full list of proposed cuts to city funding.Charline Charles (PIX11)
The #UMontana is cancelling more than 5,000 #journals from #Elsevier, #TaylorAndFrancis, and #Wiley, forced by "rising journal…#prices and a stagnant #budget…The library has seen a $700,000 reduction in money received since fiscal year 2020."
https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/mansfield-library-at-um-set-to-cut-largest-e-journal-packages
#Academia #Cancellations #Libraries #Publishers #ScholComm #Universities
@academicchatter
Mansfield Library at UM set to cut largest e-journal packages
Cuts are coming to the Mansfield Library’s collections to address a more than $300,000 funding gap.When University of Montana students access the library’s onliKECI
Let's talk about Utah, libraries, and finding out....
#News #Utah #Libraries #MaliciousCompliance #BeauOfTheFifthColumn
Let's talk about Utah, libraries, and finding out....
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I do love having Library Extension in my browser. As soon as I clicked the link to look at the book title on Amazon, Library Extension told me that my local library had the book (both printed copy and ebook), and I was able to place a hold on a copy on the spot. There will be a short wait — some holds already placed — but it saves me the price of the book.
The nonprofit #InternetArchive is appealing a judgment that threatens the future of all #libraries.
Big #publishers are suing to cut off libraries’ ownership and #control of digital #books, opening new paths for #censorship.
Please, Internet, Do Your Thing!
https://www.battleforlibraries.com/
Battle for Libraries
Don’t let libraries die. As the future goes digital, major publishers are suing to cut off libraries’ defense of digital books from censorship. It’s time to fight back.Fight for the Future
#LibrariesOfMastodon @libraries #libraries
@libraries #libraries #library #PublicLibrary
