The Latest Breaking News from Libraries

A federal court recently said the Internet Archive is not protected by fair use doctrine.

And we’re watching more of it in public—buses, libraries, classrooms, and offices

Drag story hour is “nothing other than indoctrination and sexualisation of children”, claimed Sweden Democrats politician Jonathan Sager during a session of the local parliament in Kalmar, southern Sweden, in 2022. He was reacting to plans to organise a drag story hour event at the local library, where drag queens…

A Texas county has sparked outrage after moving a Native American history book to the fiction section of all public libraries.

Tens of thousands of titles, from dictionaries to Leonardo, are restricted across prisons – and its impact is palpable

In a world as noisy as ours, we need the quiet space of libraries. They are community hubs that serve whoever walks through the door

Launched by poet Liz Berry and novelist Catherine O’Flynn, pieces for each of the city’s 35 branch libraries speak against a ‘tidal wave of market forces’

Professional librarian sources seem split on viewpoint-based book removals: some firmly call for viewpoint neutrality, while others say that books should be evaluated for "biased viewpoints."

Some might look like exclusive clubs, but our public libraries unite communities and help us work creatively – and all for free