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Nottingham City Council unable to guarantee future of libraries 'saved' at start of year

Campaigners say there should not be a return to the "trauma" of last year when they fought to keep three libraries open

Nottingham Post

Utah school district returns the Bible to shelves after appeals and outcry

The Bible will return to the shelves in a northern Utah school district that provoked an outcry after it banned them from middle and elementary schools last month

The Independent UK

Llano County libraries case has lawyers and publishers worried about existing legal precedents

Libraries have been at the receiving end of book challenges, threats and new laws. Now, some worry a federal appeals court could chip away at long-standing protections.

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School districts struggle to implement new laws on sexually explicit books

RICHMOND, Va. — Although a new Virginia law requires schools to inform parents when sexually explicit materials are used in the classroom, some districts are using that law as the basis to go further and remove certain books from schools altogether.

Tribune News Service

'Everyone knew and looked after each other': Manchester's lost estate where people would go back to live 'in a heartbeat'

Brook House flats in West Gorton fell victim to a city-wide programme of demolition, but is fondly remembered by those who lived there. Lee Grimsditch reports

Manchester Evening News

King's Birthday Honours 2023: Full list of North East people applauded for their work

Here is a list of everyone from our region who has been honoured for their services to the community, from areas including Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland

Chronicle Live

Ukraine war: how Putin's anti-LGBTQ+ agenda is an attempt to build support for the invasion

Just a few months after a new version of Russia’s “gay propaganda” bill was signed into law in November 2022 by President Vladimir Putin, bookshops and libraries removed LGBTQ+ books from their shelves.

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Ashland is now home to an image of Henry Clay's enslaved valet Aaron Dupuy

Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate, is now home to a rare stereograph of the attorney and statemen’s enslaved valet. The transfer of Aaron Dupuy's picture from the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center to the Henry Clay Memorial Foundation took place Monday.

WEKU

Illinois governor signs ‘nation-leading’ law banning book bans

Democratic governor condemns ‘vitriolic strain of white nationalism’ fuelling threats to libraries

The Independent UK

'First of its kind' Illinois law will penalize libraries that ban books

A new law signed in Illinois on Monday will require the state's libraries to uphold a pledge not to ban material because of partisan disapproval, starting on Jan. 1, 2024

The Independent UK

Govt. school children in Varuna hobli receive library, play area

Kalisu Foundation, an NGO working to make books accessible to the children studying in government schools by building libraries, inaugurated its 90th library, and also a play area for the children of the Government Higher Primary School at Keelanapura village in Varuna hobli near Mysuru, on Monday, June 12.

The Hindu

Have You Been to the Library Lately?

Librarians once worried about shushing patrons. Now they have to deal with mental health episodes, the homelessness crisis, and random violence

The Walrus

72 sites across city region could be improved if bid successful

Schools, libraries and leisure centres are among the list

Liverpool Echo

Bible-waving demonstrators gather outside Utah Capitol to protest its ban from school libraries

Davis County school district announced earlier that those in middle and elementary school in about eight schools would lose access to the Bible

The Independent UK

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Utah Republicans defend book removal law while protesting district that banned Bible

Bible-toting parents and Republican lawmakers convened on Utah's Capitol to protest a suburban school district that recently announced it had removed the Bible from some schools

Reason

Trump-Appointed Judge Rules Tennessee's Anti-Drag Law Unconstitutional

Plus: Librarians take on Arkansas book restrictions, another migrant stunt may have originated in Florida, and more...

TechRadar

Disney Plus could lose more movies and TV shows after recent content purge

Disney is reportedly planning to remove more films and TV shows from Disney Plus and Hulu's libraries.

Evening Standard

Malorie Blackman and Stormzy at Hay Festival: ‘Libraries are the great equaliser’

The pair discussed the power of literature, representation and five years of #Merky Books

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The Guardian - UK

Libraries should be ‘ringfenced and protected’, Malorie Blackman says

Former children’s laureate tells Hay festival audience that her local library was essential to her career as a writer

Manchester Evening News

Things to do in Greater Manchester in June

A round up of some of the best events, activities and things to do this month

The Independent UK

Arkansas librarians are suing to block state law that threatens them with jailtime

Booksellers and library workers face unconsitutional restrictions and ‘extreme punishments’, plaintiffs argue

Reason

Utah Law Forbids Public School Libraries From Having Any Books That "Describe" "Sexual Intercourse" Etc.

The Salt Lake Tribune (Courtney Tanner) reports that the Bible will be removed from Davis (Utah) School District elementary and middle school libraries, "for containing 'vulgarity or violence.'" A parent had asked, apparently as a protest against a recent Utah law that calls for removal of various school library books,…

The Independent UK

Library cancels trans speaker after Montana bans drag readings

Montana's new law banning drag reading events at public libraries has led to the cancellation of a transgender speaker in a southwestern Montana city on Friday

The Independent UK

Library cancels trans speaker after Montana bans drag readings

Montana's new law banning drag reading events at public libraries has led to the cancellation of a transgender speaker in a southwestern Montana city on Friday

The Conversation

Five things to know about Drag Queen Story Time

Recent news reports have described the public controversy involving topics of sexual orientation and gender identity, and how these are presented to children, especially in schools and libraries. Protests at Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and New Brunswick libraries and public centres have targeted Drag Queen Story Time events.

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