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LGBTQ displays not allowed at any Washington County UT libraries

Equality Utah met with Washington County Library officials for the roundtable discussion.

There, the library director confirmed that LGBTQ displays have been banned at every one of Washington County’s libraries.

“If you put up a display that says LGBTQ, you’re pushing away a segment of our society,” said Joel Tucker, Washington County Library Director.

“Have there every been displays on like, Black History Month, or something like that?” asked  Stephen Lambert, with Equality Utah. 

From LGBTQ displays not allowed at any Washington County libraries

August 11, 2018 by Libraries

Being a Victorian Librarian Was Oh-So-Dangerous

And, in fact, a number of female librarians did experience breakdowns, requesting long leaves of absence to recover. In 1900, the Brooklyn Public Library Association proposed “to build a seaside rest home for those who had broken down in library service,” McReynolds writes. One speaker at the American Library Association’s 1910 conference claimed he knew fifty librarians who had become incapacitated by the work, including some who died before their time.

From Being a Victorian Librarian Was Oh-So-Dangerous | JSTOR Daily

August 8, 2018 by American Library Association Librarians Libraries

Library’s Rare Books Manager Charged in $8M Heist

When appraisers discovered $8 million in rare books missing from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, investigators knew where to turn. As archivist and manager of the William R. Oliver Special Collections Room for 25 years, Gregory Priore let visitors in—and, allegedly, let some 320 items out. According to police, Priore, 61, agreed to sell stolen titles, maps, and plates, along with pages from 16 books, to John Schulman, owner of rare book store Caliban.

From Library’s Rare Books Manager Charged in $8M Heist

August 1, 2018 by Books EBooks Librarians Libraries

Tor Scales Back Library E-book Lending as Part of Test

After years of relatively little change in the library e-book market, there has finally been some movement—unfortunately, librarians say, it is movement in the wrong direction. Leading Sci-Fi publisher Tor Books, a division of Macmillan, has announced that, beginning with July 2018 titles, newly released e-books, will be no longer be available to libraries for lending until four months after their retail on sale date.

From Tor Scales Back Library E-book Lending as Part of Test

July 27, 2018 by Books EBooks Librarians Libraries

Why are middle-aged women invisible on book covers?

It seems the book world doesn’t think readers want to see women of a certain age on their novels – even if that is precisely what the books are about. Take a look at some literary novels about older women – Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge, Elena Ferrante’s The Story of the Lost Child, Anne Tyler’s A Spool of Blue Thread, Carol Shields’ Unless – and you’ll see a lighthouse, two children wearing fairy wings, a young couple in a car and a child standing on her head.

From Why are middle-aged women invisible on book covers? | Alison Flood | Books | The Guardian

May 29, 2018 by Books

Europe’s open-access drive escalates as university stand-offs spread

Bold efforts to push academic publishing towards an open-access model are gaining steam. Negotiators from libraries and university consortia across Europe are sharing tactics on how to broker new kinds of contracts that could see more articles appear outside paywalls. And inspired by the results of a stand-off in Germany, they increasingly declare that if they don’t like what publishers offer, they will refuse to pay for journal access at all. On 16 May, a Swedish consortium became the latest to say that it wouldn’t renew its contract, with publishing giant Elsevier.

From Europe’s open-access drive escalates as university stand-offs spread

May 20, 2018 by Academic Libraries Libraries

Sweden cancels Elsevier contract as open-access dispute spreads

Swedish universities have moved to cancel their contract with journal publisher Elsevier as concern over slow progress towards open access spreads.

The Bibsam Consortium, which represents 85 higher education and research institutions in the country, said that its current agreement with Elsevier would not be renewed after 30 June.

From Sweden cancels Elsevier contract as open-access dispute spreads | Times Higher Education (THE)

May 18, 2018 by Uncategorized

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