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News Articles: libraries

Special collections at the Boston Public Library.<br>

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A new documentary checks out the many ways libraries are a 'Free For All'

By examining the value of libraries in the distant and recent past, this PBS film makes a compelling case for the importance of the American public library system today.

April 29, 2025
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  • David Bianculli
According to the American Library Association, organized groups are behind the push to censor books in libraries.

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  • Book News & Features

'All Boys Aren't Blue' tops the ALA's list of most challenged books

Organized pressure groups, not individual parents, are leading the fight to remove books from shelves, according to a new report from the American Library Association.

April 07, 2025
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  • Andrew Limbong
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the main source of federal funding for libraries.

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  • Politics

Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave

The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave Monday morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

March 31, 2025
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  • Andrew Limbong
The IMLS offers grant funding to museums and libraries across the country.

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  • Books

Federal agency responsible for library and museum funding gets a visit from DOGE

Keith E. Sonderling is the new acting head of The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the main source of federal funding for libraries and museums across the country. President Trump issued an executive order last week saying he aims to close the agency.

March 20, 2025
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
Zach Huber, left, and Marsha Hill work together in the small business and nonprofit workspace at the Toledo Lucas County Public Library in Toledo, Ohio on Oct. 3, 2024. Huber was assisting Hill with creating her website for her nonprofit, Families For Fitness.

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  • Business

Beyond books: How a public library in Ohio's Rust Belt is spurring economic growth

The public library in Toledo, Ohio, is one of a number across the U.S. that have become entrepreneurial hubs. Business-specialist librarians are helping aspiring small-business owners and nonprofits for free.

October 11, 2024
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Swedish pop giants ABBA, shown here posing in Stockholm in 1974, have been named to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.

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  • Arts & Life

ABBA, The Notorious B.I.G. and Green Day named to the National Recording Registry

Every year, the Library of Congress names 25 "audio treasures" to be preserved permanently. This year's selections range from ABBA and Green Day to World War I-era jazz pioneer James Reese Europe.

April 16, 2024
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
The Georgia House of Representatives is shown in session on Tuesday, January 16, 2024.

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  • Politics

What is a 'Frankenbill'? Here's what happens when a dying bill is resurrected in the legislature

Ahead of Sine Die, many lawmakers in the state House of Representatives and Senate are trying to get their bills passed. Sometimes they do this with add-ons that aren't related to the original intent of the bill. 

March 27, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton and
  • Tristan Smith

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  • News

Georgia Senate considers controls on school libraries and criminal charges for librarians

Georgia senators are advancing a proposal that would require school libraries to notify parents of every book their child checks out. The state Senate Education and Youth Committee voted 5-4 Tuesday to advance the bill to the full Senate for more debate.

February 21, 2024
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  • Associated Press
A bookshelf at the Woodbine Public Library in Camden County. Credit: Sonia Chajet Wides and Kate Griem / The Current

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  • Politics

With election season, Coastal Georgia lawmakers turn attention to libraries

Facing a primary challenge, state Sen. Ben Watson jumps on a library-critical effort.

January 31, 2024
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  • Craig Nelson and
  • The Current
Parents Against Bad Books co-founder Carolyn Harrison (center) talks with people last month outside the public library in Idaho Falls, Idaho, about what she considers obscene books on the shelves.

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  • National

In the battle over books, who gets to decide what's age-appropriate at libraries?

There are efforts to change how decisions are made about which books libraries should stock and which section they belong in. Some advocate using a national rating system like the one used for movies.

November 28, 2023
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  • Tovia Smith
Books sit on shelves in an elementary school library in suburban Atlanta on Aug. 18.

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  • National

There have been attempts to censor more than 1,900 library book titles so far in 2023

Most of the scrutinized books were written by or contained subject matter about people of color or members of the LGBTQ+ community, according to research by the American Library Association.

September 21, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Books sit on shelves in an elementary school library in suburban Atlanta on Friday, 18, 2023. Although not new, book challenges have surged in public schools since 2020, part of a broader backlash to what kids read and discuss in school.

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  • Education

Georgia made it easier for parents to challenge school library books. Almost no one has done so

Georgia Republican lawmakers passed a law to make it easier to challenge school library books as inappropriate, but few people are using it.

August 21, 2023
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  • Associated Press
School librarian Amanda Jones endured harassment and threats after speaking out in defense of a diverse selection of books in the public libraries of Livingston Parish, La.

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  • Books

The plot thickens: The battle over books comes at a cost

No longer are just books under fire, but also the library administrators, teachers and long-beloved librarians who are defending them.

August 11, 2023
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  • Tovia Smith
New Bedford Public Library Director Olivia Melo on Friday points to a stamp dating to 1882 when the New Bedford library system acquired the book.

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  • National

An overdue library book makes a return trip to the shelves — 119 years later

There are overdue library books. Then there's An Elementary Treatise on Electricity, which was last checked out in Massachusetts in 1904. It finally made it back after being spotted in West Virginia.

July 08, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
These books have been banned in several public schools and libraries across the U.S. amid a wave of book censorship and restrictions.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Books are not land mines

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the effects of book bans on libraries and young readers.

May 15, 2023
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  • Scott Simon
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