The state senator who is facing online backlash told Newsweek he was not attacking Parton or the program.

The right to read is under attack. On Right to Read Day, April 8, 2024, take action to support your library and protect your freedom to read.

Fairfield's Mychal Threets is a superstar librarian, who readily professes the importance of childhood literacy, library access, and mental health. Because of that, he's amassed a social media...

A beloved Robert Frost poem is among the many creations that are (finally) losing their protections in 2019

Meet Mychal Threets, librarian at Solano County Library and a recipient of the 2024 I Love My Librarian Award.

Several libraries across the northern suburbs received bomb threats Thursday afternoon, and while police found no bombs, the libraries responded by shutting down in order to calm shaken employees and...

Not all libraries track checkouts, and there isn't one definitive national list. But this year lots of people checked out Lessons in Chemistry, Prince Harry's memoir Spare, and Colleen Hoover's books.

The former president has filmed clips with libraries across the country to increase awareness of their services and promote access to books.

My 9-year-old daughter recently asked me if reading really makes you smarter. Put on the spot, I garbled my answer. I was driving, and we had to get to a softball practice on time. But here’s what I...

“They are civic institutions that welcome anyone who wishes to become more informed and independent.”

A Kent County judge dismissed the lawsuit seeking to remove 14 "sexually explicit" books from the school's shelves.

Bookworms, rejoice! The Ridgecrest Branch Library will be back open on Tuesday following last week's earthquake damages, according to officials.

Two San Diego residents cleared out the Pride month display at their library and said such materials shouldn’t be available to children, one of several recent clashes over L.G.B.T.Q. issues in...

Piece in Forbes magazine said libraries ‘don’t have the same value they used to’ and cost taxpayers too much

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

Battle for intellectual freedom intensifies as book bans threaten marginalized voices. Advocacy, education, and unity key to combat censorship.

Banned Books Week is championed by LeVar Burton as conservative book bans reach a record peak across America. "You can buy banned books. There are myriad ways in which you can participate and be...

Librarians strive to ensure that every child finds themselves represented on their shelves. The choice to engage with that story remains a personal family decision. But discarding someone else̵…

A former Verona High School librarian has turned her horrible experiences into advocacy. She writes: 'It's not about saving a book, it's about saving a child'

"If people were really concerned about 'the children,' they would be going after the internet, YouTube, TikTok, movies," Hector said. "The sexualization of children is prevalent in those sources —...

Meet one of the artists, disruptors, educators, groundbreakers, innovators, and storytellers who all helped make the world a better place for LGBTQ+ people.

Librarians in at least three states are asking the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to intervene after they were fired for refusing to ban books.

The St. Tammany Library Control Board voted to keep five challenged books on library shelves Monday night in a long meeting marred by heckling and interruption.

Book banners and free-speech advocates disagree over a new bill intended to prohibit censorship and protect school and community librarians.

A federal judge determined a law banning hundreds of books, from

The beloved American children's author of books featuring characters such as Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins died at 104 on March 25, 2021.

Attending library and school board meetings is one of the most critical actions you can take to fend off book bans in your community.