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Llano head librarian resigns as county library staff wanes
Llano head librarian resigns as county library staff wanes
Tina Castelan took over as head librarian at the Llano Library last December. This month, she said she submitted her resignation to Library Director Amber Milum. On Monday, Castelan said she was as…
·kxan.com·
Llano head librarian resigns as county library staff wanes
Publishers should do more to fight book bans
Publishers should do more to fight book bans
With a lawsuit filed last week Pen America, Penguin Random House, authors, and parents began fighting book bans. Other publishers should help.
·scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org·
Publishers should do more to fight book bans
Landmark Civil Rights Agreement Over Book Bans in Forsyth County (GA) Schools
Landmark Civil Rights Agreement Over Book Bans in Forsyth County (GA) Schools
EveryLibrary applauds the Office for Civil Rights at the UD DOE for issuing Title IX and Title VI Resolution Agreement and Finding Letter about the Forsyth County School District's book bans and school library censorship.
·everylibrary.org·
Landmark Civil Rights Agreement Over Book Bans in Forsyth County (GA) Schools
America’s book bans have already come for prisons
America’s book bans have already come for prisons
From colouring books to abolition newspapers and Reader’s Digest magazines, thousands of titles are banned in prisons and jails across the country, often with opaque reasons and with little oversight, Alex Woodward reports
·independent.co.uk·
America’s book bans have already come for prisons
The Fight for the American Public Library
The Fight for the American Public Library
Library boards, school boards and legislatures are becoming battlegrounds in a push to censor books. Communities are fighting back.
·bloomberg.com·
The Fight for the American Public Library
National Library Week kicks off with the highly anticipated annual list of Top 10 Most Challenged Books and State of America's Libraries Report
National Library Week kicks off with the highly anticipated annual list of Top 10 Most Challenged Books and State of America's Libraries Report
CHICAGO — Today, the American Library Association (ALA) kicked off National Library Week with the release of its highly anticipated list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2022 and the State of America’s Libraries Report, which tells the story of how libraries are innovating and adapting to improve the well-being of their communities in the midst of censorship challenges. This year, however, there were multiple books that received the same number of challenges – resulting in the expansion of the list to 13 titles.
·ala.org·
National Library Week kicks off with the highly anticipated annual list of Top 10 Most Challenged Books and State of America's Libraries Report
Judge orders books removed from Texas public libraries due to LGBTQ and racial content must be returned within 24 hours | CNN
Judge orders books removed from Texas public libraries due to LGBTQ and racial content must be returned within 24 hours | CNN
A federal judge in Texas ruled that at least 12 books removed from public libraries by Llano County officials, many because of their LGBTQ and racial content, must be placed back onto shelves within 24 hours, according to an order filed Thursday.
·cnn.com·
Judge orders books removed from Texas public libraries due to LGBTQ and racial content must be returned within 24 hours | CNN
In 2022, a New Urgency for Banned Books Week
In 2022, a New Urgency for Banned Books Week
Forty years after Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 to raise awareness about censorship, the issue has taken on new importance for booksellers across the country, who increasingly find themselves on the front lines, alongside librarians, in defending people’s freedom to read.
·publishersweekly.com·
In 2022, a New Urgency for Banned Books Week
Nonfiction Books About Censorship | Book Riot
Nonfiction Books About Censorship | Book Riot
These nonfiction books about censorship offer different perspectives in various formats to show how censorship and book banning persists.
·bookriot.com·
Nonfiction Books About Censorship | Book Riot