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Kate DiCamillo has won the Newbery Medal for "Flora & Ulysses"; Brian Floca has won the Caldecott Medal for "Locomotive"; and Marcus Sedgwick has won the Printz Award for "Midwinterblood." more...ALA Midwinter in Philadelphia: A PW Photo-Essay
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Libraries
Check It Out with Michael Kelley: Small Libraries Make a Big Impact
Big libraries get all the attention. But in late September of 2013, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) issued an interesting report on small and rural libraries in the United States.
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Awards & Prizes
Elsevier Takes Home Top Honor at AAP PROSE Awards
For the sixth year in a row, the PROSE program attracted a record-breaking number of submissions: 535 entries of books, reference works, journals and electronic products in more than 40 categories.
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Common CoreGetting Up to Speed on Common Core: An ABPA Panel
Publishing professionals gathered for an informal discussion about the Common Core during a January 30 event sponsored by the American Book Producers Association.
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Content / e-booksClass Plaintiffs: Apple Should Pay $840 Millions in Damages
If the plaintiff number is granted, it would put the total damages in this e-book conspiracy at over $1 billion. Five publishers have already paid $166 million.
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Shows & Events
Librarians and Friends Gather In Philly
Despite temperatures in the low teens, a messy Saturday afternoon blizzard, and numerous reports of weather-related travel snarls, 12,207 people attended the 2014 American Library Association Midwinter Meeting.
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Content / e-booksFiling Schedule Set for Apple’s Damages Trial
Amid more legal maneuvering, Judge Denise Cote this week officially set a briefing schedule for Apple’s e-book damages trial.
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LibrariesALA Midwinter 2014: Pew Previews Library User Typology
At the ALA Midwinter Conference this past Sunday, Lee Rainie discussed the latest Pew Research Center Library survey and announced plans to develop a widget that will provide librarians with community-specific data.
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Content / e-booksALA Midwinter 2014: Abrams Gets in the E-book Game
Digital versions will be available simultaneously with the release of print editions. Libraries can license the titles for a one-year period.
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LibrariesThe User Is (Still) Not Broken
Revisiting "The User Is Not Broken: A Meme Masquerading as a Manifesto" eight years after it was first published.
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Content / e-booksALA Midwinter 2014: On E-books, Librarians Urged to Think Bigger (and Smaller)
At ALA Midwinter 2014, librarians were urged not to be satisfied by recent e-book developments, and to look more deeply at their digital future.




