March 14, 2024 by Gary Price
Here’s the Full Text of Today’s ALA Announcement: The number of titles targeted for censorship surged 65 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, reaching the highest levels ever documented by the American Library Association (ALA). The new numbers released today show efforts to censor 4,240 unique book titles* in schools and libraries. This tops the previous high […]
March 7, 2024 by Gary Price
CORE CORE at Open Repositories 2024 (via CORE) Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) IMLS and Council of American Jewish Museums Partner to Address Antisemitism Michigan Bills Introduced in Michigan Senate Look to Restore the State’s School Libraries (via Michigan Public Radio) Oklahoma Metropolitan Library CEO Larry Nash White Announces Resignation in May (via […]
March 4, 2024 by Gary Price
From 60 Minutes/CBS News: With election season upon us, the forces of politics are pulling us apart and among the sharpest battles recently is a campaign to ban certain books from public schools. There were more than 3,000 book bans in schools last year, a thousand more than the year before. That rise is inspired, […]
February 21, 2024 by Gary Price
From the CBC: As Canada marks the 40th anniversary of Freedom to Read Week — first founded amid an uproar against Ontario high school seniors studying Margaret Laurence’s novel The Diviners — authors, teachers and librarians are highlighting the importance of students’ access to different perspectives in their school libraries and the need for schools to have (and stick […]
February 21, 2024 by Gary Price
California San Francisco Wants to Offer Free Drug Recovery Books at its Public Libraries (via SF Chronicle) Georgia Bill to Potentially Ban SomeLibrary Books Passes Legislative Hurdle (via Georgia Senate Considers Controls on School Libraries and Criminal Charges For Librarians (via AP) Web Archives/Computational Research Introducing ARCHWay – A Free to Use ARCH Service Tier […]
February 18, 2024 by Gary Price
AI Amazon Unveils Largest Text-To-Speech Model Ever Made (via Tech Explore) Reddit Signs $60 Million Annual Deal For Training Data, Capitalizing on AI Boom (via The Decoder) Alabama Alabama Senate Approves Bill to Make It Easier to Remove Library Board Members (via AL.com) Alberta Pride-Themed Library Books Returned to Calgary Public Library Branch with ‘Significant […]
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February 14, 2024 by Gary Price
AI States are Introducing 50 AI-Related Bills Per Week (via Axios) Alabama Alabama Lawmakers Want to Change Archives Oversight After Dispute Over LGBTQ+ Lecture (via AP) Coherent Digital Coherent Digital and Trojman Acquire Major Canadian Micropublisher to Create Neww Digital Collections EveryLibrary EveryLibrary Institute Announces New Editorial Board Members for The Political Librarian HathiTrust HathiTrust’s […]
February 8, 2024 by Gary Price
The article linked belowa was recently published by the Stanford Technology Law Review. Title Book Banning Goes Digital: Libraries Suspending Their E-Book Services and the Complications It Poses for First Amendment Doctrine Author Catherine E. Ferri Source Stanford Technology Law Review, Stanford Law SchoolVolume 27 Issue 1 Abstract Book banning predates the United States and […]
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January 18, 2024 by Gary Price
From EveryLibrary: The Parents’ Perception Survey Series, developed in conjunction with Book Riot, the largest independent editorial book site in North America, is the final report in a three-part series detailing the findings of national surveys of parents about their perceptions of libraries and librarians during the current book ban crisis. This report gathered insights from […]
January 17, 2024 by Gary Price
Ed. Note: We will be updating this report with additional coverage, statements/reactions, etc. if/when they become available. UPDATE 3: PEN America Expresses Relief Over Court Injunction Against Texas Law Requiring Sexual Ratings For School Books UPDATE 2: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms That Texas Book Ban Law is Unconstitutional (via AAP) UPDATE 1: Full […]