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Weekly News Digest
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November 4, 2025 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.
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404 Media Examines the Baker & Taylor Closure
Claire Woodcock writes the following in “Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down” for 404 Media:Since the internal announcement [that Baker & Taylor is shutting down], [Jennifer] Kennedy[, a customer services account manager with Baker & Taylor,] says customer service staff at B&T have not received guidance on how to respond to inquiries from libraries, leaving them on the frontline and in the dark on issues ranging from whether existing orders would be fulfilled to securing refunds for materials they may have already paid for. … Marshall Breeding, an independent consultant who monitors library vendor mergers[,] has been following all of this rather closely. He says B&T's closure creates a number of bottlenecks for libraries, the primary one being whether suppliers like Ingram or Brodart can absorb thousands of libraries as customers all at once. For more information, read the article (registration required).
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