The Latest Breaking News from Libraries

Each of the state’s 28 prisons will receive $15,000 for books, magazines and other supplies, the first time they’ve received public funding of any kind in six years.

During what the ALA is calling Banned Books week, more than a dozen high-profile authors are taking a stand against censorship. Author Michael Connelly alone has donated $1 million to the cause.

Following a public outcry, Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce has asked the Peel school district to stop removing books from school libraries. Earlier this year, Lecce sent all school boards in the province a memo directing them to "evaluate books, media and all other resources currently in use for teaching…

11-year-old Akarshana Satish has set up 7 libraries with 6,000 books, inspiring others. She began her mission during COVID-19, helping children at MNJ Cancer Hospital. She collected books from various sources and donors, setting up libraries at Sanathnagar police station, Government Juvenile Home for Girls, Gayatri Nagar Association, Coimbatore City…

According to a new study by Pen America, there were 3,362 instances of book bans in school classrooms and libraries – with more than 40% of all cases occurring in Florida

A funding shortfall means the country’s library service will operate with reduced hours, and is ‘unable to purchase new books or take requests at present’

Censorship campaigns are increasingly targeting community public libraries, not just schools

A viral video that has been viewed millions of times shows two Republican state senators supposedly burning books in Missouri. It could seem credible, in a US state that has begun banning books deemed inappropriate from school and libraries. However, it’s not actually books being burnt, as we explain in…

‘In [a] polarised world, it is important our sector is clear in its opposition to censorship’ says the Cilip report, published as services increasingly asked to remove books