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Librarians Show Some FightPosted at 9:36AM Saturday 28 Jan 2012 They say everything is bigger in Texas, and that certainly held true for the issues facing librarians at the American Library Association's 2012 Midwinter Meeting, held January 20–24 in Dallas. In a climate of stretched budgets, ever-more-complex technology, copyright and legislative issues, and a lingering question over library lending of e-books, the issues facing libraries have never been more serious. And after a 2011 that saw little progress—and, in fact, regression on some fronts, such as e-books—in Dallas librarians signaled that they are determined to take more control of their future in 2012.
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