Organizations representing the vast majority of North American public libraries today released a joint statement calling for change in licensing for digital content.

John Fischer and Jeannie Hamilton both support the "Illinois Digital Library Protection Act." They say it will help keep book publishers from forcing unfair agreements in order for them to offer ...

“Information wants to be free” – but at what cost? The Internet Archive was founded in 1996 as a non-profit digital library, aiming to provide “universal access to all knowledge”. It started with a ...

The Jefferson Parish Library has added Kanopy, an on-demand film streaming service, to its Digital Content Library. Kanopy showcases more than 30,000 films, including award-winning documentaries, rare ...

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Intel is taking a big step into the education sector with its acquisition of Kno, a well-funded digital textbooks startup. A spokesperson from Intel Education published a blog post on the website this ...

For decades, textbooks were seen as the foundation for instruction in American schools. These discipline-specific tomes were a fundamental part of the educational infrastructure, assigned to students ...