ALA has launched a national campaign against Macmillan's e-book embargo. An online petition has been created to engage members and the community in urging Macmillan Publishers to reverse the proposed embargo on e-books sold to libraries. Please participate in the petition and read our letter to Macmillan Publishers below. ebooksforall.org Letter to Macmillan Publishers CEO, John Sargent: Dear Mr. Sargent, On behalf of the more than 700 members of the Arizona Library Association (AzLA), we are writing to object to and ask Macmillan Publishers to reconsider its plan to embargo new eBook titles for U.S. public libraries staring November 1. Under this new model, we understand a public library may purchase only a single copy of each new title in eBook format upon release, after which Macmillan will impose an eight-week embargo on additional eBook sales of that title. To public libraries and the millions of people who rely on them every day, Macmillan's new policy is...

You can now register for the 2019 AzLA conference in Tucson! Register for AzLA's 2019 Conference because…. ·           Keynote Speakers inspire sustainable thinking and invigorate your practice ·           You can join the Conversation! - Solidarity Roundtable Discussions around Advocacy and Sustainability ·           We have more Program sessions, More Blitz sessions than ever before ·           There are more than 30 Program Sessions and over 20 Blitz sessions to choose from ·           You have the opportunity to attend up to 20 different programs during the 2 1/2 day conference ·           You will have access to over 35 vendors and exhibitors ·         ...