House Bill 4567 expands protections for libraries and library workers by making those threaten libraries with violence subject to the same enhanced penalties as individuals who threaten schools. The measure also creates a grant program to support improved library security. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
How to prepare for Pride month in the library, both as library workers and library lovers. That, plus this week's book censorship news roundup. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-05-10 11:30:00 UTC ]
The data supports the work of libraries and library workers far more than it doesn't. That, plus this week's book censorship news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-01-05 11:40:00 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: Iowa becomes the next book banning legal battleground; a survey finds that parents still overwhelmingly trust libraries and library workers; and ALA announces Meg Medina as honorary chair of National Library Week 2024. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-01 05:00:00 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 ]
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 ]
ALA says it is “developing guidance” for libraries and library workers and working with other organizations to “oppose any efforts to limit access to constitutionally protected information or limit privacy protections” for library users. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
US public libraries are more popular than ever, but library workers are mostly not paid a livable wage: new research into library data. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-02-09 11:45:00 UTC ]
This Thanksgiving, let's pledge our support to the libraries and library workers who help sustain our reading culture. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: a new ALA e-book club launches; pushback on Macmillan's library e-book embargo keeps rolling in; and are library workers under siege? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-11 04:00:00 UTC ]