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Threats against literature, libraries are oldest tricks in the book

What better book on this topic than “Fahrenheit 451,” Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel of an America where books are unlawful and “firemen” burn any that are found?

Chicago Sun-Times

Stand up for free speech in the face of threats to bomb libraries and ban books

The Harold Washington Library and several suburban libraries received anonymous threats on Tuesday, the same day Sen. Dick Durbin held hearings in Washington on book bans.

Chicago Sun-Times

Republican senator reads explicit passages from LGBT+ memoirs in misleading stunt at book ban hearing

Neither of the books are shelved in library children’s sections in John Kennedy’s state

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Giannoulias, Durbin push back against book bans at Capitol Hill hearing as GOP senators urge parents to ‘speak up’

The heated Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, chaired by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., with testimony from Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, put on display the national clash over library book bans.

Chicago Sun-Times

Libraries in Chicago, suburbs receive bomb threats

Libraries in Chicago, Aurora, Addison and Evanston are targeted by threats. The incidents were investigated and deemed unfounded. No one was hurt.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Authoritarian regimes ban books’: Democrats raise alarm at Senate hearing

Spotlight on partisan split of issue as Republicans push for works to be taken out of schools and libraries

The Guardian - US

School libraries are an ally to students needing an escape. We can’t let them vanish

Shortfalls in funding are causing these precious places to close across Australia – and children are falling behind as a result

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Presidential centers issue joint statement calling out the fragile state of US democracy

Concern for U.S. democracy has prompted the entities supporting 13 presidential libraries dating back to Herbert Hoover to call for a recommitment to the country’s bedrock principles, including the rule of law and respecting diverse beliefs

The Independent UK

Conservative book ban push fuels library exodus from national association that stands up for books

More libraries are cutting ties with the American Library Association as the professional group stands up for books some say children shouldn't have access to because of their content

The Independent UK

Google turns 25: the search engine revolutionised how we access information, but will it survive AI?

Today marks an important milestone in the history of the internet: Google’s 25th birthday. With billions of search queries submitted each day, it’s difficult to remember how we ever lived without the search engine.

The Conversation

RDPR streamlines rural libraries to rekindle habit of reading among children

The Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) in Karnataka, under its ambitious revitalisation programme for rural libraries, has streamlined the functioning of 5,700 libraries and brought them under the governance and supervision of respective gram panchayats across the State.

The Hindu

Protect access to books and ideas at libraries facing threats of violence

It’s a dangerous moment for a society when the very places that should be sources of ideas and community are held hostage by nameless individuals.

Chicago Sun-Times

New details on little-known Obama Presidential Library, tucked away in Hoffman Estates

U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan, whose National Archives and Records Administration operates presidential libraries, talks about the library in an exclusive Sun-Times interview.

Chicago Sun-Times

School libraries to receive funding boost for anti-racism projects

The Scottish Government has pledged additional funding on projects which promote equality, diversity and inclusion.

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Internet Archive's digital library has been found in breach of copyright. The decision has some important implications

“Information wants to be free” – but at what cost?

The Independent UK

Georgia school district is banning books, citing sexual content, after firing a teacher

Georgia’s second-largest school district says it has removed two books from 20 school libraries, saying the books had “highly inappropriate, sexually explicit content.”

The Guardian - UK

Can’t decide which books to ban? Leave it to ChatGPT!

Ordered to remove unsuitable books from their libraries, school administrators in Iowa outsourced the job to AI. So long, The Color Purple, Beloved, The Handmaid’s Tale, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Hindu

Payyanur Municipality first in Kerala to have libraries in all wards

Payyanur Municipality has become the first in the State to have libraries in all its wards, thanks to the efforts of its people's representatives, volunteers, Kudumbashree, Haritha Karma Sena, and Library Council. The municipality, with 63 libraries, has provided books to newly established libraries in tribal and backward areas.

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‘There won’t be libraries left’: how a Florida county became the book ban heartland of the US

As the extremist group Moms for Liberty flourishes in Clay county, a campaign of outrage has books disappearing from school shelves

The Hindu

Renovated house of P.N. Panicker at Neelamperoor all set for inauguration

Panicker helped establish 5,623 libraries across the State. He died in 1995 and the State government designated June 19 as Reading Day

The Texas Tribune

The national debate over books has come to West Texas. And librarians are stuck in the middle.

West Texas residents are organizing over their love — or concern — for books. Meanwhile, from Lubbock to Midland and Odessa, librarians are trying to reaffirm libraries’ role as community hubs.

The Independent UK

Pushing back on limits elsewhere, Vermont’s lieutenant governor goes on banned books tour

As some states ban or restrict certain books in schools and libraries, Vermont’s lieutenant governor is on a statewide banned book reading tour, highlighting what he calls the importance of representation, free speech, open dialogue and exchange of ideas

The Hindu

Government is committed to ensuring the overall development of the State: Minister

Govt committed to welfare of poor, vulnerable: Kharge. Five guarantee schemes to provide ₹48K-60K annually to each beneficiary family. ₹5K cr allocated to KKRDB for overall development. Public libraries to be upgraded as Knowledge Centres. 200-bed Mother and Child Hospital to be set up in GIMS. Trauma Care Centre to…

The Hindu

Madhu Bangarappa hoists national flag, addresses gathering in Shivamogga

State govt. to resolve land issue of Sharavathi project & bagair-hukum cultivators in Shivamogga. CM & Dy CM show special interest. Govt. to upgrade rural libraries to advanced e-libraries. Govt. has set records & implemented 5 guarantees. Over 1.45 crore families registered for Gruha Jyothi scheme. 1.28 crore women to…

Evening Standard

US school board uses AI to ban books, including Margaret Atwood’s

ChatGPT is being used to help identify books to ban in school libraries over in the US

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