The Unhinged Librarian

Overdue Conversations

Ownership, contracts, pricing, and company decisions reconstructed from public records.

Choose the question on your desk

  1. Run a public libraryLibrary software and control over the systems it depends on.
  2. Work in schoolsHow to use an outside rating in a school library review.
Overdue Conversation October 2026 Timeline

Baker & Taylor and the vendors libraries rely on

Follow the companies that supply library books and services, from their beginnings through Baker & Taylor’s collapse. Each event identifies what the available records establish.

VendorsOwnershipVendor failure

Overdue Conversation, October 25, 2026, 34-event timeline