Among the week's headlines: ALA staff members get their union; Knox County officials return Alex Haley's 'Roots' to school libraries; librarians continue to make the case for change in the library ebook market; and New Yorkers push for better library funding.
A joint statement released this week by five public library organizations renews calls for the Big Five publishers to negotiate with libraries in the digital library market. Amid surging usage and a spate of library ebook bills, it just might work this time.
In a new appeal, Texas Attorney General (and GOP Senate candidate) Ken Paxton's office now asserts that a federal court erred by interpreting the state's role under H.B. 900 as a regulator rather than as mere marketplace participant, an argument the plaintiff appellees call "pure fiction."
