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For Banned Books Week 2022, A Record Year
Through the first eight months of 2022, ALA has recorded 681 attempts to ban or restrict library resources in schools, universities, and public libraries.
2022 “Global 50” Rankings for Publishers
“The very big trade publishing houses have done their homework,” says the author of Global 50: The Ranking of the Publishing Industry.
Awaiting Decision in Publisher Antitrust Case
Post-trial briefs likely serve as the penultimate act before Judge Florence Pan rules in the antitrust case.
Shutting Down Paper Mills
No matter what the discipline, fake papers published in unsuspecting scholarly journals are damaging to the trust that researchers and other readers have in what they read.
“Is the publishing industry broken?”
The daily grind of life in the book publishing industry has come under close inspection this week in a much-discussed Publishers Weekly feature.
Best of VOC: Gen Z Explained
The digital revolution has given a rocket boost to how we communicate, says Gen Z Explained co-author Roberta Katz.
Confidence In Research
Elsevier has launched a global collaboration to understand the impact of the pandemic on confidence in research and to learn how researchers may better maneuver in a rapidly changing scientific landscape.
Publishing Antitrust Case in Final Stages
Efforts to label the case as the “trial of the century in publishing” are misplaced, Andrew Albanese asserts.
Making Libraries Welcoming Spaces
The university library holds first a central role as a study space. With enrollment increasingly diverse, librarians and administrators see responsibility for making that study space into a welcoming place, too.
Defense Witnesses Testify in Publishing Antitrust Case
Testimony about “the lifespan of a book” and “headcount synergies.”
Yambo Ouologuem Reconsidered
How a 2021 French literary accolade has helped revive interest in an African novelist of the 1960s.
Big 5 CEOs Testify in Antitrust Case
Government witness HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray expressed amazement at the $2.18 billion offer by Penguin Random House for Simon & Schuster.