Library Binding Council, Book Manufacturers' Institute

Library Binding Council, Book Manufacturers' Institute The Library Binding Council, www.lbibinders.org, exists under the auspices of the Book Manufacturers' Institute, www.bmibook.org. Contact Debra S.

Formerly HBI and the Library Binding Institute, the Library Binding Council supports the membership needs of certified library binders, certified institutional members, and their customers in addition to advocating on behalf of the ANSI /NISO/ LBI Library Binding Standard, Z39.78-2000. Nolan, CAE, at [email protected] or Daniel Bach at [email protected], for more information.

University of MN Bindery Closure
07/29/2015

University of MN Bindery Closure

The book-binding service saw a steady decline in work as the University library system moved toward digital media.

Are books your bag?
02/27/2015

Are books your bag?

The award-winning British artist Tracey Emin has designed the 2014 collector’s edition Books are My Bag bag. The bag, available in independent and chain bookshops offers booklovers a unique platform to express their support for their local stores. Photographs from the 2014 cam…

Did you know that tomorrow is Printed Book Day?
02/22/2015

Did you know that tomorrow is Printed Book Day?

Librarians, bibliophiles, jaded English majors and editors, booksellers and writers — rejoice! Tomorrow is Printed Book Day, a day when endangered species the world ’round celebrate the advent of Gutenberg’s printing press. Granted, for these types the celebration is a bit subdued and not unlike mos…

Publishers Win Reversal of Court Ruling That Favored ‘E-Reserves’ at Georgia State U.
10/20/2014

Publishers Win Reversal of Court Ruling That Favored ‘E-Reserves’ at Georgia State U.

An appeals court said an earlier decision had misapplied fair-use standards in finding that the university did not violate copyright law. But an end to the case could be years off.

Why books come out in hardback before paperback, from the Economist.com
10/16/2014

Why books come out in hardback before paperback, from the Economist.com

THIS year's Man Booker Prize was awarded on October 14th to "The Narrow Road to the Deep North", Richard Flanagan's harrowing tale of Australian prisoners of war in...

British Booksellers Prepare for a Super Thursday
10/09/2014

British Booksellers Prepare for a Super Thursday

With 315 books hitting the shelves this week in Britain, the Booksellers Association has started to leverage "Super Thursday" to get readers in stores.

Print Books Are Still Outselling Ebooks, Despite Dire Expectations. Thank you for sharing this, Werner!
10/09/2014

Print Books Are Still Outselling Ebooks, Despite Dire Expectations. Thank you for sharing this, Werner!

Fans of print books, who have long lived in fear that their neighborhood bookstore will be rendered obsolete by the ubiquity of ebooks in a matter of years, can take comfort in new numbers from Nielsen Books & Consumer showing that ebooks were ou...

08/21/2014

Study Reveals Users of E-Readers Remember Less Than Readers of Printed Books - From PIWorld. Thank you for sharing this, Werner!

A new study of the e-reader versus printed books presented at a conference in Italy, revealed that users of e-readers were significantly worse than paperback readers at remembering when events occurred in a story, The Guardian reported.

You are invited to submit a proposal for the 6th International Symposium on Technologies for Digital Photo Fulfillment! ...
07/25/2014

You are invited to submit a proposal for the 6th International Symposium on Technologies for Digital Photo Fulfillment! The deadline for submission is July 27, 2014!

We captured more photos last year than ever before. How can we best transform these fleeting moments into lasting treasures?

Thank you to Jeanne Drewes, Library of Congress, for sharing the agenda (with links to presentations) of the NISO/BISG 8...
07/25/2014

Thank you to Jeanne Drewes, Library of Congress, for sharing the agenda (with links to presentations) of the NISO/BISG 8th Annual Forum, held in Las Vegas in conjunction with the recent American Library Association Annual Conference.

Digital content creation, distribution, and access is a worldwide endeavor that is much more complex than printing and shipping physical books or journals. Identification, description, file formats, purchasing models, and measurement have all been transformed by the trends of globalization and digit…

College Libraries Push Back as Publishers Raise Some E-Book Prices
06/26/2014

College Libraries Push Back as Publishers Raise Some E-Book Prices

Big increases leave librarians at liberal-arts institutions feeling ambushed.

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