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a collage of two white women, one darked-haired standing outside on a campus; the other blonde with glasses standinng in front of a window with a cityscape in the background
May 12, 2022

Meet Our New Fellows! Policy Fellow Juliya Ziskina and Community Fellow Emily Finch
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Laura Crossett
Laura Crossett
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person reaching into a series of televisions and pulling out a book
May 3, 2022

Library Futures Joins Opposition Against the SMART Copyright Act
Juliya Ziskina
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Two people approaching a library, one from a cabin in the mountains, the other from a city.
March 14, 2022

Four Questions with Emily Drabinski and Kelvin Watson
Laura Crossett
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Hands of many skin colors closed into fists around library cards or mobile phones.
February 8, 2022

First Insights Report: Albany Public Library News Access Pilot Project
Jennie Rose Halperin
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Two people looking at a stack of books in a bird cage just out of reach above their heads.
January 10, 2022

Four Questions with Dr. Jeanie Austin
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Laura Crossett
The Statue of Liberty wearing a mask.
The Statue of Liberty wearing a mask.
December 9, 2021

Statement on the Association of American Publishers Suit Against the State of Maryland
Kyle K. Courtney
Jennie Rose Halperin
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A bust lying on its side with paper cutouts in many colors coming into or out of its ear, some with text on them.
December 2, 2021

iFixIt and Library Futures Team up to Provide 100 Pro Tech Repair Kits to Public Libraries
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Laura Crossett
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Two people looking up at a stack of books in a birdcage just above their heads and out of reach.
December 1, 2021

Let's talk Systemic Market Failures: What the Penguin Random House/Simon & Schuster Merger Means for Libraries
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Daniel Takash
Jennie Rose Halperin
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A physical book next to an ebook on a computer screen
November 10, 2021

Library Futures Files in Crucial Canadian Copyright Case
Kyle K. Courtney
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A person holding a mobile phone. Blocks of color and text pour out from the phone toward the person holding it.
November 8, 2021

Supporting Equitable Access to Local News
Jennie Rose Halperin
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Two people looking at a stack of books in a cage that hangs just out of reach.
October 4, 2021

Eight Ways to Ban a Book
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Laura Crossett
The Statue of Liberty wearing a mask.
The Statue of Liberty wearing a mask.
September 24, 2021

Library Victory! Wyden and Eshoo demand answers from big publishers
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The Statue of Liberty wearing a mask.
September 21, 2021

Protect Library Workers from the CASE Act
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Nick Shockey
Jennie Rose Halperin
A pring book next to an ebook on a computer screen.
A pring book next to an ebook on a computer screen.
August 25, 2021

Controlled Digital Lending: Unlocking the Library's Full Potential
Kyle K. Courtney
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"Let's Broadband Together" imposed over a woman typing; next to that is the Library Futures logo with an customized L and F making a forward pointing arrow.
July 13, 2021

Let's Broadband Together: A New Collaboration with Consumer Reports
Jennie Rose Halperin
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Headshot of Michael Blackwell, a white man with curly blonde hair, on top of a background with cutouts of colored shapes and blocks of text.
June 18, 2021

Four Questions with Michael Blackwell on Ebook Advocacy
Jennie Rose Halperin
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Two people staring up at a stack of books in a birdcage that is just out of reach.
May 19, 2021

Content at any cost?
Library Futures Board
Jennie Rose Halperin
Head shots of Darius Kazemi and Joanne McNeil on top of the multi-colored blocks on a white background cover of Lurking: How a Person Became a User. Text reads "Why Trust a Corporation to Do a Library's Job? A conversation with Lurking author Joanne McNeil and artist/technolgist Darius Kazemi // Wed, April 28 1-2:15 EDT" The logos of the Internet Archive and Library Futures are in the lower right corner.
Head shots of Darius Kazemi and Joanne McNeil on top of the multi-colored blocks on a white background cover of Lurking: How a Person Became a User. Text reads "Why Trust a Corporation to Do a Library's Job? A conversation with Lurking author Joanne McNeil and artist/technolgist Darius Kazemi // Wed, April 28 1-2:15 EDT" The logos of the Internet Archive and Library Futures are in the lower right corner.
April 27, 2021

Four Questions about the Promise of Libraries and the Internet with Author Joanne McNeil

Jennie Rose Halperin
A kid standing in front of a chalkboard holding a PDF.
A kid standing in front of a chalkboard holding a PDF.
April 20, 2021

Publishers Are Using E-Books to Extort Schools and Libraries
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A table filled with rows and rows of Oscars
April 13, 2021

Who can watch this year’s Academy Award nominees?
Jennie Rose Halperin
Scott Jarzombek, a young white man in a suit, leans over a shelf of DVDs. The background is a pale blue with cutout shapes, some colored and some filled with text.
Scott Jarzombek, a young white man in a suit, leans over a shelf of DVDs. The background is a pale blue with cutout shapes, some colored and some filled with text.
April 8, 2021

Four Questions about Fine Free Libraries with Scott Jarzombek of the Albany Public Library
Jennie Rose Halperin
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The Statue of Liberty with a mask onn.
March 31, 2021

Big Tech and Access to Information Webinar Panel
Jennie Rose Halperin
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A bust on its side with colored shapes and blocks of text flowing out of it--or into it.
March 17, 2021

Equitable Access is the Future for All of Us
Carmi Parker
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A person holding mobile phone. Colored blocks and blocks of text flow out of it over them in a beam of light.
March 10, 2021

Supporting Broadband Access for All
Jill Hurst-Wahl
A star exploding on a black background with the text "Mythbusting Controlled Digial Lending" on top. The logos of the Internet Archive and Library Futures are at the bottom.
A star exploding on a black background with the text "Mythbusting Controlled Digial Lending" on top. The logos of the Internet Archive and Library Futures are at the bottom.
February 12, 2021

Mythbusting Controlled Digital Lending: Watch the video, learn the facts!
Jennie Rose Halperin
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A bust lying on its side with blocks, some colored and some filled with text, flowing into--or out of--its ear.
January 24, 2021

Ensuring a sustainable future for libraries: Announcing Library Futures
Library Futures Board
A print book next to an ebook on a computer screen.
A print book next to an ebook on a computer screen.
January 7, 2021

Welcome to Library Futures
Jennie Rose Halperin

Championing the right to equitable access to knowledge.

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