Among the week's headlines: meet the honorary chairs for Banned Books Week; a federal court says lawsuit over Utah book ban law can go on; 'Book Riot' looks back at the last five years of book bans; Denver Public Library calls out high ebook prices; and a chilling new copyright bill in Congress.
If recent tensions over library ebook legislation has shown librarians anything, it is that maintaining the status quo in the digital library market is ultimately a choice being made by librarians. Legislation or not, can librarians change their approach?
What do libraries want from the major publishers in the digital library market? Hint: it isn't to destroy copyright. Librarians and ReadersFirst organizer Michael Blackwell weighs in on the group's just released proposal for fair digital license terms.
