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  • Publishers prepare for battle with big tech over AI May 12, 2025
    Protection of copyright has always been a top priority for the Association of American Publishers, and that point was driven home again during the organization's annual meeting held via Zoom on May 8. With the exception of Jenna Bush Hager's opening remarks about her passion for reading which led her to form the Read with […]
  • Trump abruptly fires librarian of Congress in latest purge of government May 9, 2025
    Donald Trump abruptly fired the librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, on Thursday as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the Republican US president and his agenda.
  • Authors speak out against failed US book festival: 'shattered badges and silence' May 9, 2025
    In the days leading up to the A Million Lives book festival, things already seemed amiss. Grace Marsceau, the event organizer, messaged an attending author that the DJ was in the hospital and the company had no replacement. She owed the hotel "six figures" because the room block hadn't sold out, according to messages.
  • R.I. district court grants preliminary injunction in IMLS case May 6, 2025
    In welcome news for the Institute of Museum and Library Services and two more federal agencies targeted for dismantling by a presidential executive order, the District Court of Rhode Island has granted 21 states' attorneys general the preliminary injunction they sought in Rhode Island v. Trump. In response to the evidence and to an April […]