February 25, 2013

Ever since the news came out that Edwin Mellen Press was suing librarian Dale Askey and his current employer, McMaster University in Ontario, over a blog post criticizing the press… Read more »

Censorship

Chinese translation of Indian poet draws criticism from state and scholars alike — Chad Felix
Egypt continues crackdown on novelist Alaa Al Aswany — Ena Brdjanovic
Has anyone in the White House read the Senate Torture Report? — Mark Krotov
Tea Party chair calls for UN fund-raising book by Kermit the Frog to be banned — Taylor Sperry

New scholarships offered specifically to booksellers

Dustin Kurtz

More great things are afoot from the BINC Foundation of Ann Arbor, Michigan. As we mentioned in November, the Book Industry Charitable Foundation was begun in 1996 to aid Borders… Read more »

SLIDESHOW: Melville House at the 2013 Freshman Year Reading Conference

The Freshman Year Experience Conference is in full swing in Orlando, Florida. University administrators who coordinate orientation activities and common reading programs are meeting in sessions to discuss strategies for counseling,… Read more »

Obama backs open access to all federal research

Ariel Bogle

The United States will soon follow in the UK’s footsteps and allow open access to federally-funded research. A welcome development for open-access advocates, John P. Holdren, director of the White House… Read more »

The Author and the Duchess

Nick Davies

The UK’s Telegraph reported last week that the somewhat unlikely duo of James Patterson and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall are teaming up for a literary campaign aimed at getting fathers to read… Read more »

Melville House Books

ALA joins protest of SLAPP lawsuit brought by publisher against librarian

Sal Robinson