Lisa Peet
Executive Editor at Library Journal
Executive editor at Library Journal, writer, artist, baker, owner of too many animals, aging hipster. Driver of old Volvo. Opinions here are only my own.
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3 days ago |
libraryjournal.com | Lisa Peet
It’s been four years since LJ spoke with Joy Bivins when she first stepped into her role as director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a research division of New York Public Library. During that time, Bivins has thoughtfully grown the collections and expanded programming, and this year’s Centennial exhibit and celebration have given her the chance to flex still further.
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1 week ago |
libraryjournal.com | Lisa Peet
As the fate of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) hangs in the balance, with two active lawsuits contesting the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency, U.S. libraries are contemplating alternative sources for the federal and state money they rely on. Similarly, organizations with the resources to support libraries are considering how they can do so in ways that are both valuable and sustainable.
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2 weeks ago |
libraryjournal.com | Lisa Peet
In an upset to the temporary restraining order granted in American Library Association v. Sonderling, Judge Richard J. Leon has denied without prejudice the request for a preliminary injunction to block the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
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3 weeks ago |
libraryjournal.com | Lisa Peet
Joy Bivins and Randy Winston Photo by JD Urban The fifth annual U.S. Book Show, sponsored by Publishers Weekly, was held on June 3 at the New York Academy of Medicine. The daylong publishing industry conference drew nearly 800 in-person registrants and sponsors and covered a range of bases. The day opened with a conversation between Joy Bivins, director of New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and Randy Winston, creative director of fiction at The Black List.
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1 month ago |
libraryjournal.com | Lisa Peet
In a judgment that is likely to impact freedom to read challenges across the country, Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that library collection decisions are “government speech” and therefore not protected by the First Amendment. The 10–7 decision reversed the preliminary injunction issued in Little v.
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