Velocity of Content

Velocity of Content


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US Prepares To Take On Penguin, S&S Merger
July 22, 2022

Witness lists include bestselling author Stephen King as well as all Big Five CEOS and a host of agents and editors.

The Picasso of Publishing
July 17, 2022

New frontiers. Challenging the status quo. These are lifelong career ambitions for Vitek Tracz.

Harper Collins Union Calls One-Day Strike
July 15, 2022

The union is looking for higher pay, improved family leave benefits, a greater commitment to diversifying staff, and stronger union protection.

A Global Code of Conduct for Researchers
July 10, 2022

Important, groundbreaking research happens across Africa. Yet African scientists and institutions rarely see credit in the worlds most recognized scholarly journals, according to Dr. Sowmya Swaminath

Best of VOC: Wartime Role for Ukraine Libraries
July 03, 2022

Weve seen public libraries that have turned into shelters, including some at the cities that are being shelled. And weve seen the Ukrainian library community mobilize to combat disinformation, say

ALA Conference Draws 14K Attendance
July 01, 2022

Librarians arrived last weekend in Washington for a wide-ranging professional education program that reflected ongoing political and cultural issues.

A Textbook Life, By An Author
June 26, 2022

Over the same period that Dr. Berk has researched and written her body of work, not only publishing and related technology have changed dramatically but also society and culture.

ALA Annual Conference Returns to Washington
June 24, 2022

The pandemic took a toll on the library community and library workers, PWs Andrew Albanese notes. The profession needs to consider the future of working conditions for librarians and library worke

Cryptocurrency and Cryptic Copyright
June 19, 2022

A smart contract isnt really a contract it is simply a bit of self-executing code, according to Paul Sweeting. Its not the equivalent of a contract of sale or a license contract that is written d

No New BookExpo Coming
June 17, 2022

Feeling nostalgic for the days of BookExpo? No one else in the US book world is either.