Tuesday, January 09, 2018

Podcast: US Libraries Faced Up to Challenges in 2017

Andrew Albanese
Andrew Albanese
Christopher Kenneally
Christopher Kenneally
At the end of 2017, Christopher Kenneally and Andrew Albanese discussed the ‘top ten’ stories of the year for US libraries and librarians ahead of the list being published in Publishers Weekly. According to Albanese:
In 2017, the library community successfully beat back a Trump Administration proposal to eliminate all federal library funding – at least for now. As the American Library Association told me over the summer, the one thing Trump has done for members of the library community is to focus them.
Albanese also gave a preview of some activities which might occur in 2018.  The podcast is under 16 minutes in length, so easy to listen to on your morning walk or during a coffee break.

By the way, besides listening to Beyond the Book on its web site, the podcast can be listen to through iTunes and other podcast services.

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