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HARKER HEIGHTS — The Harker Heights public library held a book sale Friday and Saturday. It drew hundreds and raised approximately $5,000 for the Harker Heights Friends of the Library ...
Hooks Central Library. Author Chelsea Baez and Adult Services Manager for Memphis Public Libraries Wang-Ying Glasgow joined the Action News 5 Digital Desk to discuss the event.
US North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong vetoed a state bill on Tuesday that would have restricted books with “explicit sexual material” displayed or made available to minors in the state, including ...
Photo courtesy of Universal. Great Barrington — The Triplex and the Great Barrington Public Library system will co-present a series of films from over the decades based banned books. The first film in ...
Without IMLS, the global book famine will deepen. Sara Jones, Washington’s state librarian, stressed that the $3.9 million in reneged IMLS funding will devastate library services in our state.
During the Amarillo City Council's regular meeting, members discussed the challenge of three books in the public library system. The debate focuses on the appropriateness of the books' content for ...
Marks told WTOP the notion that the books would be taken off the shelves of the academy’s library didn’t make any sense to him. “These are some of the smartest, most dedicated students in ...
While World Book Day is a time to honour books and reading, it is also an opportunity to explore the places where stories are stored, shared and celebrated – libraries. Ever inspiring and unique, now, ...
"This bill is potentially making it harder for private booksellers to shelve and offer the kind of books that we've seen banned or challenged in public schools and libraries." Additionally ...
In 2023, more than half of the most challenged library books were those with LGBTQ themes or characters, according to the American Library Association (ALA). The oral arguments were scheduled to ...
The Friends of the Scranton Public Library will hold a one-day sidewalk book sale in front of the Albright building at 500 Vine St., Scranton, on May 17 from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Hundreds of books ...
A road next to Grimsby Central Library will be temporarily closed over the next three weeks as the library's vast history collection and books are removed and stored. The library has been shut ...