Prison Censorship, Dolly Tributes, and More Library News

Library Updates The Association of American Publishers and the Authors Guild have released a joint report saying that library eBook lending hurts industry sales. There’s a lot to dig into here, but I want to highlight this line: “The study also questions to what extent libraries contribute to ‘discoverability.'” Truly, I don’t understand why these groups think it’s a good idea to make libraries the enemy. Flood damage left the Yorktown Library in Indiana without books, computers, or insurance. The library system in Deschutes County, Oregon, did away with the Dewey Decimal System and reorganized its collections to be more like a bookstore. The result has been a significant increase in circulation. Check Your Shelf Sign up to receive Check Your Shelf, the Librarian’s One-Stop Shop For News, Book Lists, And More. Censorship Updates Censorship in prison: fulfilling the writ of librarianship. Request denied (again): navigating prison censorship from the outside. Anti-censorship legislation: prisons need not apply. A nonprofit that sends books to Texas prisons is facing a new hurdle: new regulations that ban hardcovers and used books for inmates. Plus, more information on how prisons are...