This year, North Carolina legislators filed a bill to expand the controversial Parents’ Bill of Rights.

We loved Holden Caulfield at 16, but how does the book hold up? Six California writers unpack the enduring power of Salinger’s only novel as it turns 75.

The Anderson County Library Alliance, a nonprofit library advocate group, and two members of the community are suing the county and its library board.

Lubbock ISD's school library advisory council first met in November to review books flagged as potentially inappropriate to be on the shelves, in compliance with state law. Lubbock-area state senator ...

Council leader Peter Harris says displays in some libraries contained "inappropriate" books.

The bloc is working to curb minors’ access to social media with a proposal likely to land after the summer.

The American Library Association tracked thousands of books challenged in 2025.

The Library Board of Directors is asking for an additional $1.4 million in next year’s city budget.

After debating LGBTQ materials at the Fresno County library, county officials are studying cost saving from a switch to private management.

“People love e-books, and we want to give them what they love, but the way publishers create these pricing models is not sustainable for libraries,” the president of the Connecticut Library Associatio...

Generative AI is now forcing book publishing into a long overdue reckoning over what counts as original human work.

Connecticut Library Association's Outstanding Librarian, Jessica Panella has expanded access to legal knowledge through partnerships, public programs, ...

Boston Public Library under fire for scheduling drag queen story hours for kids: ‘Demonic assault on the innocence of children.’

School board member writes: Alex Haley found good here. The least we can do is find the courage to keep his story where it belongs.

A year after the Trump administration canceled the Digital Equity Act, grantees in Maine are reflecting on the effects and looking for ways to help close the state’s digital divide.Grants

A new needle exchange pilot program at the Sacramento Public Library is drawing backlash from some neighbors who say they are concerned about the safety of families and children.

A constituent complaint forwarded by an Oklahoma lawmaker prompted a Broken Arrow library to remove part of a display. The Tulsa City-County Library says the action stemmed from signage policy violati...

The director of EveryLibrary, which fights for library budgets and against book bans, discusses censorship and those drag-queen story hours.

Budget cuts and declining donations post threats to America’s public libraries. Many are reinventing themselves to expand their traditional roles.

Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, two of the world’s reigning pop superstars, have never recorded together, but their voices will soon

At the Library of Congress, The Source: Where Curiosity Sparks Discovery, is an experiential research gallery designed for children 8 to 15.

The AGSL recently acquired two 18th-century maps and restored two 18th-century atlases thanks the Order of Founders and Patriots of America.

'The state should not be stepping in to act as the universal gatekeeper for families who are perfectly capable of making those choices."

Records show some LGBTQ library books in Chapel Hill-Carrboro elementary schools are never checked out.

The student body has voted overwhelmingly to ask that President Wendy Raymond establish a review committee to consider removing Lutnick's name following the release of the Epstein files.

NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of Tennessee activists who have become known nationwide for fighting book bans will be honored by PEN America next month at its annual gala. The literary and free expres…

Their connection is a quarter-century in the making, deepened by the shared experiences of marriage, motherhood and grief — a history they now measure against the unforgiving landscape of Joan Didion’s "Play It As It Lays."

UC Santa Cruz Library has digitized and made publicly available 3,200 images taken by Dorothea Lange and Pirkle Jones from their photo project that captured the final year of Monticello.

Illinois librarians are asking lawmakers to intervene in e-book and audiobook licensing as they say publishers are making libraries pay more and adding in unfair contract terms.

Funding for a Hindi book collection at the Germantown Library have fueled allegations of it being supported by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America, deemed by some local activists as a hate group.

While the Trump administration faces scrutiny over efforts to strip or alter public data, New York City elevates Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz as a leader committed to preserving it.

The American Library Association says book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs. Efforts to remove titles have become more coordinated and politicized.

It’s unclear what would happen to the city’s Youth Commission and the child and youth plan — both overseen by an office that faces elimination.

A former Tyler librarian has filed a lawsuit against the city, a mayoral candidate and a political advocacy group, claiming she was fired for political reasons.

As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.

Elizabeth Rhinehart was always a library kid. It was public libraries where her appreciation for librarianship first blossomed, but it’s the UWM Libraries that have provided the pathways for building her career.

Iowa’s law bans any instruction about ‘sexual orientation’ or ‘gender identity’ through sixth grade, prohibits explicit books in schools libraries, and strengthens parents’ rights.

Stony Brook University Libraries hosted Confronting Censorship and Battling Book Bans, which included a screening of the 2025 documentary The Librarians.

Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Public Library announced a new partnership that automatically registers more than 315,000 Chicago Public School students for the city's libraries.

The U of A Libraries and the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office collaborated with the Quill Project at the University of Oxford to digitize the 1874 Arkansas Constitution and convention records.

Irving library policy changes spark sharp debate over child protection, censorship, and diversity before city council decision.

Labor leader Dolores Huerta will be added to the mural.

Chicago Public Library and CPS on Tuesday announced the expansion of The 81 Club, a program that looks to remove any barriers to accessing the library system's 6 million-item collection as well as its...