Librarians argue that with rising inflation and continued economic volatility and uncertainty, flat funding is essentially a cut.

“We’ve seen public libraries that have turned into shelters, including some at the cities that are being shelled. And we’ve seen the Ukrainian library community mobilize to combat disinformation,” says Nick Poole.

Book fairs around the world resolve to suspend contact with any Russian state institutions and agencies.

A novel scholarly publishing model from the oldest publishing house in the world aims to open entirely new territory in the research journey.

“The war must cease immediately, and the initiators and participants of the military aggression must be stripped of their ranks and titles and brought to justice,” declared a Russian book industry alliance.

The key to success, says Publerati’s Caleb Mason, is a focus on scale – the same approach as at your favorite microbrewery.

On a recent online panel discussion looking at supply chain challenges in publishing, PW’s Jim Milliot foresaw a shift from offshore printing back to stateside.

“The challenges the UN SDGs set out to address are things that need to be informed by high-quality academic research,” says Springer Nature’s Nicola Jones.

A report from PEN America shows a steep rise in organized efforts to remove books from schools and public library shelves.