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September 12, 2024 by Gary Price

Library News Roundup: AL: “Prostitution, Adultery, Eunuchs: Library Dispute in Mobile as One Official Ponders Bible Ban”; SC: “Charleston County School District Takes First Step To Implement State-Mandated Book Ban Rule” & More

September 12, 2024 by Gary Price

Alabama

  • Prostitution, Adultery, Eunuchs: Library Dispute in Mobile as One Official Ponders Bible Ban (via AL.com) & Graphic Book in Young Adult Section of Mobile Public Library Sparks Controversy (via WKRG)

Alaska

  • Alaska Librarians Hopeful State Will Restore ‘Massive’ Cut in Vital Grant (via APM)

Florida

  • Florida School District Must Restore Books With LGBTQ+ Content Under Settlement (via AP)

Idaho

  • 13 Part-Time Library Positions Laid Off Amid CLN Budget Crunch, Employees Frustrated With Board (via KHQ)

Michigan

  • Michigan Statewide Open Access Network is Bridging the Digital Gap in 74 Michigan Counties (via WILX)

South Carolina

  • Charleston County School District Takes First Step To Implement State-Mandated Book Ban Rule (via The Post-Courier)

Texas

  • Cy-Fair ISD’s Libraries are Frequently Closed After Trustees Cut Librarian Positions in Half (via Texas Standard)
  • Flagrantly Unconstitutional’ | Advocates Urge Federal Court To Protect Access Amid Llano County Book Ban Battle (via KVUE)

Washington

  • After More Than Two Years And $9.5 Million, New Pierce County Library Opens This Week (via The News-Tribune)

Filed under: Funding, Libraries, News, Open Access, Public Libraries, Roundup

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About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.

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