"Let's not play the game of five whys because the fifth why is always 'capitalism.'" ~Stuart Langridge
A bill aimed at limiting book bans in public schools and libraries and protecting librarians from lawsuits and criminal charges is now on the governor’s desk.
Titled the “Freedom to Read Act,” the legislation would require the state’s education commissioner to develop policies on how library materials are selected and how challenges to books on library shelves should be evaluated. Local school boards and library boards would then adopt their own policies using this model.
Books flying off the shelves. Shadowy figures roaming the hallways. Unexplained sounds. Is Peoria (Ill.) Public Library haunted?
One of the most crucial things you can do to save democratic institutions is to vote for board seats and other down-ballot initiatives.
Glad you enjoyed it! I need to look into other hosting solutions since the attack on the Internet Archive, but I'll get to that soon. Heck, I've got enough to do right now! 😄
Saskatoon Public Library workers are in a strike position following the rejection of a tentative agreement with the employer.
Anti-censorship and pro-book advocates prevailed in Montgomery County on Tuesday as a children’s book about indigenous history was returned to its nonfiction categorization.
Colonization and the Wampanoag Story by Linda Coombs was moved to the fiction shelves of Montgomery County public libraries earlier this month. The move followed a decision made by the Montgomery County Citizens Reconsideration Committee, a group of community members that reviews children’s, young adult and parenting books.
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" author Jeff Kinney dishes on the latest book in his massively popular children's series and shares how he's using his "Hot Mess" book tour to donate 100,000 books to kids who might not have access. Kelly and Jeff also meet Baltimore's Radical Street Librarian Ms. Maze, who is ...
Poor recording keeping, debates over what was or was not said and voted on, and special interests plague more than just this library system.
Poor recording keeping, debates over what was or was not said and voted on, and special interests plague more than just this library system.
Two legislative candidates who were invited by the Goffstown Public Library to complete a questionnaire about their views are suing to block the library from publishing anyone’s answers.
For those who need it, here's an archive.is link.
White House recognizes libraries’ efforts to save lives from overdose. American Library Association President Cindy Hohl participated in event with Administration officials and national leaders.
After digging ourselves out from under an avalanche of your queries about libraries, we gathered detailed data on the size of their collections, their budgets and the populations they serve.
Archive.is link for those who need it.
RIGHT?! I mean, after Cory and Xeni left, I kinda stopped reading the site and haven't thought about it in ages.
Judge Holmes wrote that "it is one thing to restrict minors’ access to sexually explicit material, but a very different thing to restrict minors’ access to unpopular opinions."
It has folders marked ‘Grasping the victim’s head’ and now – after a £15m revamp and some help from Albert Einstein and the patron saint of the internet – the extraordinary Warburg Institute is letting passersby in to view its ‘books emanating sorcery’
Seattle Public Library officials expect to have a report in the coming weeks on what type of data was compromised during the May ransomware attack.
Computer labs at Delaware libraries are closed after a hacker seized control of servers and demanded a ransom to release them.
Weird! I know I put the URL in because I had it copy the headline from it. Sorry about that!
I literally got this error using a bootable SSD with Ubuntu Mate on it. Separate drives aren't immune to the issue.