Libraries are for everyone, no matter your background, identity, or experiences. These pride in the library goods highlight that. - Kelly Jensen Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-06-14 10:37:00 UTC ]
One of the highlights for those attending the 2023 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago will be the Chicago Public Library’s 150th anniversary festivities, which will kick off with a citywide celebration on June 10 and continue throughout the rest of 2023. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
The ALA’s Graphic Novels and Comics Roundtable is rolling out new initiatives geared toward serving and supporting librarians. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library will expand its program to send children free books across all 58 California counties, Gov. Gavin Newsom announces. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-06-07 15:51:03 UTC ]
Kirk Cameron is encouraging a national story time event in US public libraries August 5. Here's what library workers need to know. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-06-05 10:37:00 UTC ]
A coalition of 18 plaintiffs—including a powerful alliance of library, publishing, author, and bookseller groups—are suing to strike down a controversial new law that would expose librarians and booksellers to criminal liability for making allegedly inappropriate books accessible to minors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
This year, I’m celebrating Pride through LGBTQ children’s books. I’m building a new library for my two kids and wife Stefanie, who is trans and transitioned just two years ago. We began with Being You: A First Conversation About Gender (Penguin, 2021) and a pride alphabet book, Pride Puppy... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-06-01 08:53:12 UTC ]
Book business advocacy organizations, including the Association of American Publishers, will join a federal lawsuit over a law recently signed into effect by Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders that exposes librarians in the state to criminal liability for making allegedly “obscene” books... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
The non-profit organization that mails millions of books a year to families with connections to Judaism, has relaunched and added online seminars to a program that takes 20 authors and illustrators for eight days in Israel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
The London Public Library in southwestern Ontario is standing by its decision to block The Society for Academic Freedom from holding an event featuring controversial British author Joanna Williams. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2023-05-18 08:00:00 UTC ]
The five winners of this year's awards are individuals and organizations that "embody LFL’s mission to build community, inspire readers and expand book access for all." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
Libraries need our support now more than ever. Here are some of the ways you can volunteer and give back to help your local library. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-05-15 10:30:00 UTC ]
Your library and bookstore hauls will be looking good in these new bookish tote bags. - Kelly Jensen Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-05-01 10:31:00 UTC ]
This world isn't designed for anyone under 18. Teen spaces in libraries don't just promote literacy: they give teenagers a voice. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-04-27 10:30:00 UTC ]
“ALA calls on readers everywhere to show our commitment to the First Amendment by doing something concrete to preserve it,” said ALA president Lessa Kanani'opua Pelayo-Lozada. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
After garnering national headlines, a group of Llano county commissioners on Thursday voted to table the idea of closing its public libraries. But as a federal lawsuit over the library's illegal removal of books it deemed offensive continues, library supporters say the library's future remains... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Libraries are increasingly being targeted by local and state legislators and protestors trying to ban books and block LGBTQ content. How is that affecting the people who work in them? Scratch nearly any kind of story—political, social, economic, cultural, and so on—and you’ll find a labor... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2023-04-14 03:00:00 UTC ]
After a federal judge ordered the return of more than a dozen books improperly removed from the Llano County Public Library shelves, the county's commissioners are set to discuss shutting the library down altogether. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
What states spend the most money on their public libraries and what states see the most use per person? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-04-06 11:21:40 UTC ]
In a victory for freedom to read advocates, federal judge Robert Pitman found that Llano County's "targeting and removal" of a host of allegedly "inappropriate" books from library shelves constituted viewpoint and content discrimination. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-03 04:00:00 UTC ]