US public schools banned 10,000 books in most recent academic yearSurvey by PEN America suggests bans nearly tripled nationwide from previous year’s figure. More than 10,000 boo ...

Salem librarians report patrons trashing, hiding LGBTQ books in past year. According to the reports, library staff found that repeatedly, over several weeks, portions of the Pride ...

It is a stark reminder that no one is safe. Yet an ongoing problem remains — the deathly silence from organisations who fall victim to attacks, often cowed by shame. This omertà is a problem for ...

Kathleen isn’t the only literary librarian who gets mixed up in murder. Here are seven “librarian sleuths” you might enjoy.

From 1971, when the Supreme Court endorsed prison law libraries, keeping them updated with the latest legal materials and tech has always been a point of contention between prison staff and people ...

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According to the reports, library staff found that repeatedly, over several weeks, portions of the Pride month display were “turned around, taken down or moved.” A book of Black history was also ...

Individuals requested that 150 books and other documents, the majority of them young adult books and graphic novels, be removed or put in age-restricted sections in libraries between July 2023 and ...

Why I’m So Desperate for the Return of Microsoft Word to Our Prison Library. From 1971, when the Supreme Court endorsed prison law libraries, keeping them updated with the lates ...

“Banning books is not OK,” Edwards told the board last month as it began reviewing the materials. “Just because you don’t like what the mirror shows you doesn’t mean you put the mirror down.” This ...

A Virginia library was in for a surprise when a book was returned 50 years late! Late last month, Hopewell Library in Hopewell, Va. posted a video on Facebook about a patron who checked out Leaves of ...

The culture wars over libraries and the debates over appropriate content on the bookshelves came to the Mobile City Council for the first time on Tuesday and were met with a rebuttal from one council ...