The Latest Breaking News from Libraries

Martin Lewis backs guide for libraries wanting to become winter ‘warm banks’

The money saving expert has teamed up with the UK’s library and information association to offer tips and guidance

The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2022

In Celeste Ng's dark new novel 'Our Missing Hearts,' libraries shine a light

Celeste Ng wishes she could call it a dystopia. That's how she used to think about the dark world she was crafting in her new novel, "Our Missing Hearts."

Tribune News Service · Oct 12, 2022

Tamil Nadu government to deliver books at doorsteps

After the delivery of medicines at the doorsteps in Tamil Nadu, the state government will now deliver books at the doorsteps of readers.

The Times of India · Oct 12, 2022

"Statewide book bans" coming to Florida

Florida Republicans were asked to promise that banned books would not literally be burned. They voted that down

Salon · Oct 1, 2022

Library group asks FBI to investigate threats

DALLAS — Increased threats of violence directed at public libraries and their workers across the country must be investigated, leaders of the American Library Association wrote in a letter to the FBI this week.

Tribune News Service · Oct 1, 2022

Council make U-turn on policy to close most libraries in borough

The plans faced a strong backlash when they were announced earlier this year

Liverpool Echo · Sep 30, 2022

Authors enter the library e-book fight

A massive letter protests anti-library lawsuits by publishing groups and asserts the right to e-book access

Salon · Sep 29, 2022

Culture Minister announces funding package to support Scottish libraries

THE Scottish Government has announced new funding to support library services across Scotland.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 28, 2022

Libraries to offer shelter to the vulnerable during UK’s cost of living crisis

Fines for late books will also be abolished by some libraries in England and Wales in a bid to ease financial pressures

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2022

'Protestware' is on the rise, with programmers self-sabotaging their own code. Should we be worried?

In March 2022, the author of node-ipc, a software library with over a million weekly downloads, deliberately broke their code. If the code discovers it is running within Russia or Belarus, it attempts to replace the contents of every file on the user’s computer with a heart emoji.

The Conversation · Sep 27, 2022