Freedom to read advocates in Alaska have settled a lawsuit against the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District in Alaska, which will pay $89,000 to resolve claims that it improperly removed dozens of books from school library shelves. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
As a key lawsuit in Llano County is set to be heard by the full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, freedom-to-read advocates consider their next moves. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: a major victory for freedom to read advocates in Arkansas; a motion to block Texas's new 'book rating' law gets a speedy hearing date; the Michigan Library Association recruits advocates for its freedom to read initiative; and a look at the Brooklyn Public Library's... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
Freedom to read advocates are applauding a federal consent decree that could help blunt the surge of book bans in schools. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-23 04:00:00 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 ]
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft last week announced a new proposed rule he says will protect minors in the state’s libraries, but librarians and freedom to read advocates say the unwieldy new rule is a "First Amendment minefield." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
On May 18, a judge found that there was probable cause that two books, 'Gender Queer' and 'Court of Mist and Fury', could be deemed obscene under an obscure state law, and ordered the authors and publishers to defend the books in court. In a statement, freedom to read advocates say such actions... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-03 04:00:00 UTC ]