Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BOSTON (SHNS) – When Andrea Fiorillo became co-chair of the Massachusetts Library Association's Intellectual Freedom and Social ...

Books have been challenged in libraries across the country at historic rates so far this year, with the vast majority of titles written by a person of color or a member of the LGBTQ community or ...

Share this page on Twitter Share this page on Facebook Share this page on Email Share this page on Print Attempts to restrict library books continued to accelerate last year, according to a report ...

About one-third of the community members who filed challenges reported not having read or reviewed the book in its entirety, a Maine Monitor analysis of 19 of the 22 complaints found. Credit: Amanda ...

Wake County says parents can now only prevent their children and not other students from borrowing specific school library books.

The Urban Libraries Council this week released its second annual “Library Insights” survey of member libraries, which offered a fairly positive “data-informed view” of “post-pandemic performance for ...

A group of women who said they would challenge books at the Mobile Public Library have since officially rescinded their initial recommendations, according to an official with the library system.

Challenges to library and school materials in Oregon remain near historic highs, according to a report released Sept. 29.

NEW YORK (AP) — Book bans and attempted bans continue to hit record highs, according to the American Library Association. And the efforts now extend as much to public libraries as school-based ...

Amid Tennessee's ongoing battle over book bans, one Middle Tennessee library is pushing back against what it calls false narratives. On July 21, the Putnam County Library issued a statement responding ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A record number of 2,571 unique book titles were challenged in 2022, according to the American Library Association (ALA). In all, 58% targeted books and materials were in ...