by FOPLED | Jul 25, 2018 | FOPL News
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by FOPLED | Jul 24, 2018 | FOPL News
7 Surprising Things Librarians Do Other Than Check Out Books https://www.bustle.com/p/7-surprising-things-librarians-do-other-than-check-out-books-9704556
by FOPLED | Jul 24, 2018 | FOPL News
The Canadian Urban Libraries Council (CULC) responded to Tor.com’s decision to impose a four month embargo on selling new Tor ebooks to libraries. CULC/CBUC sent letters to both Fritz Foy, President and publisher; and Tom Doherty, Chairman, of Tor Books about...
by FOPLED | Jul 24, 2018 | FOPL News
Should We Replace Libraries with Amazon? https://medium.com/@EveryLibrary/should-we-replace-libraries-with-amazon-3f67782dca94 Jeff Bezos and Amazon in 1999 Of course not. It’s a terrible idea. So why did Forbes publish this article that made that horrendous...
by FOPLED | Jul 24, 2018 | FOPL News
The Library of Parliament has released a number of research publications on topics of interest to the library and IM community, including: – Freedom of Expression and Hate Speech – Cybersecurity – Artificial Intelligence – Federal Legislation...