Katie DayA New Way to Choose Your Next Book (Published 2022)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Alexandra AlterBy some measures, the book business is doing better than ever. Last year, readers bought nearly 827 million print books, an increase of roughly 10 percent over 2020, and a record since NPD BookScan began tracking two decades ago. But all is not as rosy as it seems. As book buyers have migrated …
Katie DayOpinion | The Battle for the Soul of the Library (Published 2022)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Stanley KurtzRecent news stories covering clashes over what books students should read in class and have access to in their school libraries have overlooked a major player in our unfolding scholastic drama. We’ve been reading about traditionalist parents, progressive teachers and politicians of various stripes. …
Katie DayA Glimpse Inside the World’s Most Beautiful Librarieslithub.com - By Georg RuppeltLibraries have long been more than simple repositories of knowledge. They are living centers of intellectual exchange, research, teaching and …
Katie DayTrinity College Dublin begins €90m project to relocate vulnerable booksverified_publisherThe Guardian - Lisa O'CarrollRestoring and moving 750,000 volumes and ancient manuscripts expected to take five years
Katie DayThis “human library” in Copenhagen allows visitors to check out people.lithub.com - By Walker CaplanI keep hearing that “stories make us human.” Now, a Copenhagen-based project has skipped the middleman; at Ronni Abergel’s “Human Library,” visitors …
Katie DayAn App Called Libby and the Surprisingly Big Business of Library E-booksverified_publisherThe New Yorker - Daniel A. GrossIncreasingly, books are something that libraries do not own but borrow from the corporations that do. Steve Potash, the bearded and bespectacled president and C.E.O. of OverDrive, spent the second week of March, 2020, on a business trip to New York City. OverDrive distributes e-books and …
