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Hassan ZP to upgrade rural libraries

Hassan

The Hindu

‘Heat banks’, targeted payments and anti-poverty strategies: How Greater Manchester council's plans to keep you warm this winter

Households across Greater Manchester are bracing themselves for a long hard winter that it is feared could leave many choosing between heating and eating.

Manchester Evening News

US library defunded after refusing to censor LGBTQ authors: ‘We will not ban the books’

Residents of Jamestown, Michigan, voted this week to shut down town’s library rather than tolerate certain LGBTQ books

The Guardian - US

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Libraries in the U.S. and Canada are changing how they refer to Indigenous Peoples

The two largest agencies responsible for the language we use to discover books in libraries in North America — the Library of Congress in the United States, and Library and Archives Canada — are changing how they refer to Indigenous Peoples.

The Conversation

'Threat remains' for closure of Nottingham's libraries as plans again condemned

'There are no other community facilities in Radford ward other than the library and when that closes there will be nothing at all'

Nottingham Post

Drag queen reading tour comes to Greater Manchester after previous shows hit by protests

Previous shows saw demonstrators storm into the libraries

Manchester Evening News

How to college: 4 essential reads for incoming first-year students and their parents on mental health, libraries and more

By the time they get through high school, most students are pretty used to transitioning from summer to school time. But starting college brings a whole new set of challenges. First-year college students have to handle additional responsibilities like how much time they’ll spend in class, how to manage the…

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Bristol Pride slams Drag Queen Story Hour protesters

Another children's reading event is cancelled in the face of abusive protests

Bristol Post

Drag Queen Story Hour in Filwood postponed due to 'safety concerns'

It comes after a day of protests at three Bristol libraries yesterday

Bristol Post

Panto or 'grooming' - Bristol reacts to Drag Queen Story Hour protests

“Bet every one of those geriatrics loved Lily Savage" - Thousands of you have had your say

Bristol Post

Disruption and 'fears for safety' at Drag Queen Story Hour library tour protests

Protesters, families and police were gathered at libraries in the city

Bristol Post

The right in the US has a new bogeyman: libraries

Neo-Nazis and Proud Boys are targeting libraries, as legislators and conservative lobby groups are trying to remove books from shelves and change how library board members are appointed

The Guardian - US

Pa.'s school district approves contentious library policy targeting 'sexualized content'

PHILADELPHIA — Facing heated community opposition, the Central Bucks School District on Tuesday approved a contentious library policy that takes aim at challenging books in schools with "sexualized content" — guidelines the district's superintendent says ensure students are reading "age-appropriate material," but that the Pennsylvania Library Association calls one of…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

City Council throws Nottingham libraries a lifeline after thousands fight closure

It is now understood closing the three sites would only save £79,000, less than previously anticipated

Nottingham Post

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Leeds Live

The lost Leeds schools where we spent our early years

The city's schools which have been demolished or turned into something else

The Hindu

Govt. to aid setting up more libraries: Balagopal

Foundation stone for P.N. Panicker library building at Ummannur

Reason

You Can't Stop Pirate Libraries

Where there's demand for books, the internet will supply them.

Reason

Little Libraries, Free at Last?

Good news for fans of literacy and opponents of restrictive zoning codes

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Ballotpedia

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #22

Welcome to Hall Pass. This newsletter keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. Each week, we bring you a roundup of the latest on school board elections, along with sharp commentary and research from across the political spectrum on the issues confronting school boards in…

Nottingham Post

Nottingham City Council confirms discussions over volunteer-run libraries

It is understood the council will come to a compromise

The Guardian - UK

Tory climate deniers are feeling the heat

Brief letters: Conservative leadership and the climate crisis | Born in the Baedeker raids | Wildlife at Sandringham | Using libraries | Yorkshire Fettle cheese

Manchester Evening News

Greater Manchester council plans 'warm banks' in libraries to help struggling residents survive the winter

The plans have alarmed many

ABC News

Libraries are about 'people, not books' as they survive and thrive in digital age

Chris Jones has spent 35 years working in libraries and remembers being warned in the late 1980s — just as the internet was emerging — that libraries would be "dead in five years".

Liverpool Echo

Historic building to be transformed as six libraries marked for closure

The closures are an attempt to offer a more central and "modernised" service

Nottingham Post

Nottingham library campaign group concerned as councillors 'discussing' running them with volunteers

More councillors have joined the campaign group to discuss concerns however

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