(4 May 2022) A few years ago, Dunedin woman Ruth Arnison came across an unusual idea for a library – little, brightly painted cupboards full of books free for anyone to take, borrow or donate. She called them Lilliput Libraries, and placed 10 around the city – wondering whether they’d be used. Fast-forward eight years…
(10 May 2022) The American Library Association, the American Federation of Teachers and more than a dozen other organizations have formed a coalition to fight the nationwide wave of book bans and challenges. Unite Against Book Bans also includes the publishers Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster and Macmillan, the Authors Guild and the National…
(4 May 2022) A group of scholarly publishers is launching a major new website to explain research about pandemics and infectious diseases to the public, policymakers, media, and other audiences within and beyond academia. COVID and Beyond: Living with Pandemics has been sponsored by Kudos, Impact Science, the American Chemical Society, AIP Publishing, De Gruyter, Hindawi,…