Amidst turmoil, the American Library Association is marking National Library Week April 6-12 with the tagline “Drawn to the Library,” which emphasizes the essential role libraries play in American life. This year’s honorary cochairs are Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
Writers will gather at the Facebook owner’s King’s Cross office in opposition to its use of the LibGen database to train its AI modelsAuthors and other publishing industry professionals will stage a demonstration outside Meta’s London office today in protest of the organisation’s use of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-04-03 07:00:26 UTC ]
Four of the Big Five publishers and Sourcebooks sent a letter to Congress on April 3 expressing “deep concern” for the nation’s libraries following a week of unprecedented turmoil orchestrated by the Trump administration at the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
Ohio House Republicans would require libraries remove LGBTQ+ books from sight of those under 18 while also slashing $100 in public library funding. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-04-02 15:50:00 UTC ]
Presentations from household-name authors and professional panels for light-bulb moments are on the schedule in Dallas. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
Research by the BBC finds libraries are being lost at a rate of about 40 each year. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2025-03-18 01:41:07 UTC ]
The ALA, EveryLibrary, and other organizations and individuals have rushed to defend the IMLS against the Trump administration's ongoing efforts to eliminate the IMLS, which plays a key role in distributing congressionally approved funds to libraries, museums, and archives across the country. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
The ALA, EveryLibrary, and other organizations and individuals have rushed to defend the IMLS against the Trump Administration’s ongoing efforts to eliminate the agency, which plays a key role in distributing congressionally approved funds to libraries, museums, and archives across the country. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
The nonprofit’s new report, Neo-Censorship in U.S. Libraries: An Investigation Into Digital Content Suppression, details the targeting of educational databases and the rise of legal challenges against libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
Iowa public libraries may lose access to state funds for being affiliated by the American Library Association under a new anti-library bill floated by state republicans. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-02-25 18:20:00 UTC ]
Data and analytics resource ProQuest will “phase out one-time perpetual purchases of digital collections” and require libraries to lease content rather than make permanent acquisitions, shocking the library and university press community. Competitor EBSCO responded by assuring customers that it... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-24 05:00:00 UTC ]
Using its I Love Libraries website as a platform, the ALA has launched a public supporter program intended to generate donations and keep library patrons apprised of the organization’s advocacy work and grants. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
The latest budget update from the state of Indiana would cut funds for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which sends free books to kids birth-5. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-02-19 15:36:23 UTC ]
If you’ve been following the right wing’s obsessive book-banning over the last few years, you’ve probably heard of Authors Against Book Bans, a coalition of writers, illustrators, and other book people who are working to fight censorship and protect access to literature across the country.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-02-12 18:29:08 UTC ]
If you've noticed changes to the digital materials you can borrow from your library, that's because that access is costing libraries way more than ever before. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-02-04 14:30:00 UTC ]
During Metzger’s six-year tenure, the St. Paul, Minn.–based nonprofit saw its network of book-sharing boxes double. A national search for his successor will be conducted prior to his retirement in June 2025. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-01-24 05:00:00 UTC ]
Kootenai County libraries will create an "adults only" room, revoke library access to minors, and seek to ban purchases of a wide swath of book topics for anyone under 18. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-01-20 14:25:00 UTC ]
Destruction of US public libraries may start with complaints over books, but that's not the end goal. Alpena Public Library is now the tool of those book banners and serves as a stark warning of what's happening nationwide. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-01-16 14:00:00 UTC ]
A key victory in the ongoing battle over First Amendment rights in public libraries and access to books from Arkansas this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-12-24 14:00:00 UTC ]
Library censorship updates, recent adaptations to know, and more library-focused news for the week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-12-20 13:00:00 UTC ]