The Latest Breaking News from Libraries

As cost-of-living pressures bite, toy libraries across Australia have never been so busy, as families opt to borrow, not buy, toys for their children.

BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho bill opening libraries to lawsuits for distributing material considered “harmful” stumbled before clearing its final hurdle.

Sync licensing and production music creation can be a stable route for jobbing musicians, but it can be a tricky world to navigate for those not familiar with the details

Amid the national uproar about whether to allow students access to a wide variety of books, the superintendent of a Virginia school district last week proposed a sweeping solution: Get rid of school libraries altogether.

A maze of backstreet venues and dingy alleyways, the streets were bulldozed to make way for the giant shopping centre

A federal judge in Texas ruled that at least 12 books, which were previously removed from public libraries, must be returned to their shelves.

State’s attorney general faces backlash after releasing report saying LGBTQ+ voices might be silenced in libraries

From Little v. Llano County, decided yesterday by Judge Robert Pitman (W.D. Tex.): In early July 2021, prior to their appointment to the New Library Board, Defendants Rochelle Wells, Rhonda Schneider, Gay Baskin, and Bonnie Wallace were part of a community group pushing for the removal of children's books that…

SCOTAND’S national poet has condemned a decision to shut six libraries in Aberdeen branding it “uniquely cold and shrivelling”.

Many of the buildings are in deprived areas, say Save Aberdeen Libraries, while Aberdeen City Council argues facilities will be moved to cheaper ‘hubs’

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