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A new media venture from former PW and LJ reporter Andrew Richard Albanese and book biz veteran Erin Cox, featuring in-depth reporting and analysis centering libraries in the 21st Century reading enterprise.
RULING JUST IN…John J. McConnell held that the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle IMLS and several other federal agencies via executive order was both illegal and unconstitutional! Read all about it: www.wordsandmoney.com/in-a-major-v...
In a Major Victory, Rhode Island Judge Permanently Blocks Trump's Bid to Shutter the IMLS
In a November 21 summary judgment ruling, judge John J. McConnell held that the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle the IMLS and several other federal agencies via executive order was both ill...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
RULING JUST IN…John J. McConnell held that the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle IMLS and several other federal agencies via executive order was both illegal and unconstitutional! Read all about it: www.wordsandmoney.com/in-a-major-v...
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#kidlit peeps - want to help go on the offense against book banning this #bannedbooksweek ? Check out this interview I did with @wordsandmoney.bsky.social www.wordsandmoney.com/in-conversat...
In Conversation: Author and Freedom to Read Advocate Lee Wind
Ahead of Banned Books Week 2025, we caught up with the award-winning author and co-founder of We Are Stronger Than Censorship to talk about why advocates must continue to find innovative ways to fight...
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October 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
#kidlit peeps - want to help go on the offense against book banning this #bannedbooksweek ? Check out this interview I did with @wordsandmoney.bsky.social www.wordsandmoney.com/in-conversat...
A beautiful piece by Sam Sussman about how libraries connect us, even across time and space. Check it out at the link below and check out his book BOY FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY, out next week. www.wordsandmoney.com/my-mother-li...
My Mother, Libraries, and Me: A Love Story
Debut author Sam Sussman reflects on his deep love of libraries.
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September 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A beautiful piece by Sam Sussman about how libraries connect us, even across time and space. Check it out at the link below and check out his book BOY FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY, out next week. www.wordsandmoney.com/my-mother-li...
Earlier this month, we interviewed author @vauhinivara.bsky.social about #AI, #technology, humanness and her new book SEARCHES: Selfhood in the Digital Age. Check out our interview here:
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In Conversation: Journalist and Author Vauhini Vara
In her latest book, 'Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age,' Vara delivers a potent, highly engaging exploration of AI, technology, and humanness.
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July 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Earlier this month, we interviewed author @vauhinivara.bsky.social about #AI, #technology, humanness and her new book SEARCHES: Selfhood in the Digital Age. Check out our interview here:
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Library technologist and AI skeptic Jessamyn West takes a deep look at R. David Lanke's new book TRIPTYCH. Read her review: www.wordsandmoney.com/jessamyn-wes...
Jessamyn West on 'Triptych: Death, AI, and Librarianship' by R. David Lankes
Libraries don't just change lives, they can save them, concludes R. David Lankes in his new book. Can AI play a role in that mission?
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July 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Library technologist and AI skeptic Jessamyn West takes a deep look at R. David Lanke's new book TRIPTYCH. Read her review: www.wordsandmoney.com/jessamyn-wes...
With the publication of his new book TRIPTYCH, library educator R. David Lankes hopes to accelerate a conversation about how AI might help blunt a host of simmering crises in our communities and save libraries. Read his piece here: nttps://www.wordsandmoney.com/an-urgent-conversation/
An Urgent Conversation
AI is a polarizing topic. But, in choosing to self-publish his new book, 'Triptych: Death, AI, and Librarianship,' library educator R. David Lankes hopes to accelerate a conversation about how the tec...
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July 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
With the publication of his new book TRIPTYCH, library educator R. David Lankes hopes to accelerate a conversation about how AI might help blunt a host of simmering crises in our communities and save libraries. Read his piece here: nttps://www.wordsandmoney.com/an-urgent-conversation/
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More Than 90 #Authors to Join the 25th Library of Congress National Book Festival newsroom.loc.gov/news/more-th... #books #libraries @librarycongress.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
More Than 90 #Authors to Join the 25th Library of Congress National Book Festival newsroom.loc.gov/news/more-th... #books #libraries @librarycongress.bsky.social
This just in! Carla Hayden joins the Mellon Foundation to advise Mellon on “opportunities to support and advance libraries, archives, and other organizations in the public knowledge ecosystem.” Read more at the article below.
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Carla Hayden Join Mellon Foundation as Senior Fellow
Hayden will “pursue scholarship, writing, and research projects” while also advising Mellon on “opportunities to support and advance libraries, archives, and other organizations in the public knowledg...
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July 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This just in! Carla Hayden joins the Mellon Foundation to advise Mellon on “opportunities to support and advance libraries, archives, and other organizations in the public knowledge ecosystem.” Read more at the article below.
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Ohio #Libraries Celebrate Veto of Budget Measure Censoring Materials (via @ohiocapitaljournal.com ) ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/01/o... #censorship #libraries
Ohio libraries celebrate veto of budget measure censoring materials • Ohio Capital Journal
In a long list of rejections of provisions in the state operating budget, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine included the veto of a measure that would force public libraries to move materials deemed “inappropriate...
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July 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Ohio #Libraries Celebrate Veto of Budget Measure Censoring Materials (via @ohiocapitaljournal.com ) ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/01/o... #censorship #libraries
This weekend, we officially launched at #ALAAC25. These are just a few snapshots of our fantastic weekend with old and new friends. Do you have a favorite moment from the weekend?
July 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This weekend, we officially launched at #ALAAC25. These are just a few snapshots of our fantastic weekend with old and new friends. Do you have a favorite moment from the weekend?
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Andrew Albanese from @wordsandmoney.bsky.social points out that every time you check out a book from the library, you're using a FEATURE of copyright.
We say yes, a FEATURE, not a bug.
We say yes, a FEATURE, not a bug.
June 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Andrew Albanese from @wordsandmoney.bsky.social points out that every time you check out a book from the library, you're using a FEATURE of copyright.
We say yes, a FEATURE, not a bug.
We say yes, a FEATURE, not a bug.
After the firing of the Librarian of Congress and Registrar of Copyrights, what is the future of both institutions? And could this situation have been avoided if Congress and the publishing industry had not taken the action they did in 2017? www.wordsandmoney.com/after-trump-...
After Trump Firings, Who Will Lead the Library of Congress? The Copyright Office? It's Complicated
After the shock firings of Carla Hayden and Shira Perlmutter, the future of the Library of Congress and the Copyright Office remains in flux.
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May 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
After the firing of the Librarian of Congress and Registrar of Copyrights, what is the future of both institutions? And could this situation have been avoided if Congress and the publishing industry had not taken the action they did in 2017? www.wordsandmoney.com/after-trump-...
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Report: “In a Major Win for #Libraries, Federal Judge Orders #IMLS to Be Restored” www.infodocket.com/2025/05/13/r... @wordsandmoney.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Report: “In a Major Win for #Libraries, Federal Judge Orders #IMLS to Be Restored” www.infodocket.com/2025/05/13/r... @wordsandmoney.bsky.social
Over the weekend, Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyright is ousted as well. Read more here and stay tuned to W&M for what all of this means for libraries, publishers, ideas and information. www.wordsandmoney.com/trump-abrupt...
Trump Abruptly Fires Top Copyright Officer
The move comes after the Copyright Office released the third and final part of a wide-ranging review critical of the tech industry's approach to AI, but the firing may have more to do with raw politic...
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May 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Over the weekend, Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyright is ousted as well. Read more here and stay tuned to W&M for what all of this means for libraries, publishers, ideas and information. www.wordsandmoney.com/trump-abrupt...
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden’s dismissal called a “disgrace” by @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social The firing was done without cause and seen as the next in the Trump administration’s MAGA playbook. Read more of the story here: www.wordsandmoney.com/trump-fires-...
Trump Fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries called Hayden's sudden dismissal "a disgrace" and the latest in the administration's efforts to "ban books, whitewash American history, and turn back the clock.”
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May 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden’s dismissal called a “disgrace” by @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social The firing was done without cause and seen as the next in the Trump administration’s MAGA playbook. Read more of the story here: www.wordsandmoney.com/trump-fires-...
THE QUEUE, May 2nd: The IMLS gets a stay of execution; Macmillan CEO John Yaged talks book bans; BISG hosted a strong annual conference program in New York; and author @bartography.bsky.social shares a no-nonsense op-ed against a Texas book banning bill. www.wordsandmoney.com/the-queue-li...
The Queue: Library News for the Week Ending May 2, 2025
Among the week's headlines: The IMLS gets a stay of execution; Macmillan CEO John Yaged talks book bans; the Book Industry Study Group hosted a strong annual conference program in New York; and author...
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May 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
THE QUEUE, May 2nd: The IMLS gets a stay of execution; Macmillan CEO John Yaged talks book bans; BISG hosted a strong annual conference program in New York; and author @bartography.bsky.social shares a no-nonsense op-ed against a Texas book banning bill. www.wordsandmoney.com/the-queue-li...
GOOD NEWS: It only took conservative Judge Richard Leon 24 hours after hearing oral arguments to issue a Temporary Restraining Order blocking the Trump administration from further dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Read the update here www.wordsandmoney.com/court-tempor...
Court Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration's Destruction of IMLS
The IMLS is clinging to life after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on May 1, just 24 hours after oral arguments in Washington D.C. in a case brought by the American Library Associ...
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May 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
GOOD NEWS: It only took conservative Judge Richard Leon 24 hours after hearing oral arguments to issue a Temporary Restraining Order blocking the Trump administration from further dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Read the update here www.wordsandmoney.com/court-tempor...
THIS JUST IN: Judge orders a Temporary Restraining Order on the Trump Administration from further dismantling #IMLS. Read all about it here: www.wordsandmoney.com/court-tempor...
Court Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration's Destruction of IMLS
The IMLS is clinging to life after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on May 1, just 24 hours after oral arguments in Washington D.C. in a case brought by the American Library Associ...
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May 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
THIS JUST IN: Judge orders a Temporary Restraining Order on the Trump Administration from further dismantling #IMLS. Read all about it here: www.wordsandmoney.com/court-tempor...
THE QUEUE: The Supreme Court hears a potential landmark case about books with LGBTQ+ themes; North Dakota governor vetoes the state's book banning bill; and two new library-related documentaries are set to debut. Read all this week’s library news here: www.wordsandmoney.com/the-queue-li...
The Queue: Library News for the Week Ending April 25
Among the week's headlines: The Supreme Court hears a potential landmark case about books with LGBTQ+ themes; North Dakota governor vetoes the state's book banning bill; and two new library-related do...
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April 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
THE QUEUE: The Supreme Court hears a potential landmark case about books with LGBTQ+ themes; North Dakota governor vetoes the state's book banning bill; and two new library-related documentaries are set to debut. Read all this week’s library news here: www.wordsandmoney.com/the-queue-li...
In a lengthy filing, DOJ claims this administration was NOT trying to shutter #IMLS with the March 14th Executive Order and punts to lower courts. Read more about this and see the full DOJ opposition brief here: www.wordsandmoney.com/trump-admini...
Trump Administration Responds to ALA's Lawsuit to Save IMLS
In a lengthy filing, DOJ lawyers argue that the canceling of grants and the firing of staff at IMLS is not about dismantling the agency, but about realigning it consistent with the current administrat...
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April 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
In a lengthy filing, DOJ claims this administration was NOT trying to shutter #IMLS with the March 14th Executive Order and punts to lower courts. Read more about this and see the full DOJ opposition brief here: www.wordsandmoney.com/trump-admini...
As we head into the weekend, catch up on all of this week's library news with "The Queue!" This week, we have
@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social rallying library advocates, an update from this week's #IndieLibForum, and book banning news around the country. www.wordsandmoney.com/the-queue-li...
@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social rallying library advocates, an update from this week's #IndieLibForum, and book banning news around the country. www.wordsandmoney.com/the-queue-li...
The Queue: Library News for the Week Ending April 18
Among the week's headlines: while fighting in court to save IMLS, ALA is also rallying library advocates to push Congress for FY 2026 funding; a Michigan court rules against book bans; the library wor...
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April 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
As we head into the weekend, catch up on all of this week's library news with "The Queue!" This week, we have
@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social rallying library advocates, an update from this week's #IndieLibForum, and book banning news around the country. www.wordsandmoney.com/the-queue-li...
@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social rallying library advocates, an update from this week's #IndieLibForum, and book banning news around the country. www.wordsandmoney.com/the-queue-li...
The Trump administration fights back against the motion filed by 21 state attorneys around the shuttering of IMLS. We report on and share that response here: www.wordsandmoney.com/trump-admini...
Trump Administration Responds to IMLS Lawsuit
In a filing this week, Trump administration lawyers said a coalition of 21 states lacked standing to sue in federal court.
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April 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The Trump administration fights back against the motion filed by 21 state attorneys around the shuttering of IMLS. We report on and share that response here: www.wordsandmoney.com/trump-admini...
Check out our round-up of this week's library news, featuring updates on recent legal/political action around the country, a blog post by @archive.org, the election of Maria McCauley at @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, library grants, popular comics, and more! www.wordsandmoney.com/the-queue-li...
The Queue: Library News for the Week Ending April 11, 2025
Among the week's headlines: library advocates are rallying in Ohio; the Maine State Library lays off staff after its IMLS funds go MIA; Brewster Kahle weighs in on the threat facing libraries in the d...
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April 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Check out our round-up of this week's library news, featuring updates on recent legal/political action around the country, a blog post by @archive.org, the election of Maria McCauley at @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, library grants, popular comics, and more! www.wordsandmoney.com/the-queue-li...
And in more legal news: @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social filed a motion for preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from destroying IMLS - they asked for a ruling by May 4th to avoid mass termination of IMLS staff. More on that here: www.wordsandmoney.com/citing-immin...
Citing Imminent ‘Mass Termination,’ ALA Asks Court to Rule on Motion to Save IMLS by May 4
"The services that IMLS’s staff provides and the grants it issues
are the lifeblood of the American library system,” the ALA’s April 10 filing stresses.
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April 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
And in more legal news: @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social filed a motion for preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from destroying IMLS - they asked for a ruling by May 4th to avoid mass termination of IMLS staff. More on that here: www.wordsandmoney.com/citing-immin...
THIS JUST IN: Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. set Friday, April 18 at 10 a.m. ET to hear arguments on the lawsuit brought by 21 state attorneys to block this administration's shuttering of IMLS. For more on that, read this: www.wordsandmoney.com/hearing-set-...
Hearing Set in Lawsuit to Block Trump’s Destruction of IMLS
DOJ Lawyers will argue their case to shutter the IMLS before a judge that has already once blocked a sweeping attempt by the Trump administration to gut federal funding.
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April 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
THIS JUST IN: Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. set Friday, April 18 at 10 a.m. ET to hear arguments on the lawsuit brought by 21 state attorneys to block this administration's shuttering of IMLS. For more on that, read this: www.wordsandmoney.com/hearing-set-...