More than three years after she became a target of abuse from book banners, librarian Martha Hickson found herself standing side by side with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on December 9 as he signed the state’s Freedom to Read Act into law. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
For many, defending the freedom to read has come at a steep cost. We recently talked with five librarians and educators who are standing up to the would-be censors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Alongside educators and librarians, indie booksellers across the country are rising up to defend the freedom to read. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: the ALA's I Love My Librarian Award winners will be honored at LibLearnX in Baltimore; Nichelle Hayes steps down in Indianapolis; and how one Colorado librarian (and her lawyer) have upped the stakes for would-be book banners. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: a good election night for libraries meant a bad one for book banners; a national teachers group met with Scholastic leaders over the company's abandoned program to segregate diverse books; and librarians fired for defending the freedom to read headed to the U.S. Equal... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: a judge in Washington rejects a bid by book banners to force a vote on closing the local library; a Colorado librarian who was wrongly fired after refusing to censor LGBTQ programming is awarded $250,000; Alabama's state librarian defends the ALA; and LeVar Burton... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among this week's headlines: A new study looks at the chilling effect of book bans on new book purchases; author George M. Johnson reflects on being targeted by book banners; new state bills are again targeting the freedom to read; and a look at the early numbers from the newly operational... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-13 05:00:00 UTC ]