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Commentary: Republicans won’t win back the youth vote with a culture war

Last week, the Missouri House of Representatives passed a budget that eliminated aid to local libraries amid a dispute over the constitutionality of a state ban on “explicit material” in public schools. Last month, legislators in Tennessee approved a law restricting drag performances on public property or anywhere minors might…

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New rule threatening Missouri library funding over ‘obscene’ kids books is approved

Despite strong opposition, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s new rule governing libraries will go into effect later this spring, threatening public libraries’ state funding over providing minors with books deemed pornographic or obscene.

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Commentary: Republicans won’t win back the youth vote with a culture war

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Glasgow residents without internet access get online thanks to library

The council has drafted a new vision for the city's libraries.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow libraries hope to offer free tea and coffee after winter service 'a big hit'

Hot drinks were served at libraries used as welcome places during the winter, which was a "big hit"

Glasgow Live

Llano County library supporters declare victory as officials decide not to close all branches

Llano County commissioners had considered closing the three libraries in response to a ruling from a federal judge who ordered banned books returned to the shelves.

The Texas Tribune

Texas county roiled by book ban considered closing libraries

Leaders in a rural Texas county held a special meeting Thursday to consider the drastic option of shutting their public library system down rather than heed a federal judge’s order to return books to the shelves ranging from teen sexuality and gender to bigotry and race

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Bill requiring Texas schools to tell parents what books kids check out passes

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Senate passed a proposal Thursday that would require schools to inform parents of all books their children check out of campus libraries.

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The Guardian view on US book bans: time to fight back

Editorial: Censorship is surging thanks to an organised rightwing minority targeting books on LGBTQ and Black characters and issues

The Guardian - UK

Google is offering protection from malicious packages for free

Protecting open source libraries from supply chain attacks has just gotten a lot easier with Google's new free tool.

TechRadar

Republicans' war on reading goes nuclear

Republicans in Texas and Missouri open up a new front in the war on public education

Salon

Missouri Republicans threaten to defund public libraries in stunning move over book bans

Library groups and civil rights organisations say the latest proposal is in retaliation for a lawsuit over a recently enacted state law that threatens educators with criminal punishment

The Independent UK

Mo. GOP votes to defund public libraries

Republicans are retaliating against a librarians’ organization for suing the state over a law on book banning

Salon

Dogger to the rescue: how my mother’s books brought joy to the children of Ukraine

After the death last year of children’s author Shirley Hughes, her son took hundreds of her books, including the award-winning Dogger, to libraries in Ukraine

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Internet Archive is getting sued - have we learned nothing from history?

The Internet Archive is hailed as a revolution in knowledge-sharing and preservation by some, and nothing but well-funded piracy by others.

The Independent UK

Florida removes book about Anne Frank from school libraries

A conservative Florida parent censorship group complained about the book titled “Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation”

Al Jazeera

How teachers and librarians are subverting book bans in the US

Books on race and gender identity are the subject of a record number of book bans in the United States.

ABC News

Toy libraries becoming more popular as parents borrow in bid to beat cost-of-living pressures

As cost-of-living pressures bite, toy libraries across Australia have never been so busy, as families opt to borrow, not buy, toys for their children.

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Idaho Gov. Brad Little vetoes bill to create ‘bounty’ on libraries

BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho bill opening libraries to lawsuits for distributing material considered “harmful” stumbled before clearing its final hurdle.

MusicRadar

How to get started (and get paid) writing music for sync licensing

Sync licensing and production music creation can be a stable route for jobbing musicians, but it can be a tricky world to navigate for those not familiar with the details

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As book bans gain favor, some say libraries could go

Amid the national uproar about whether to allow students access to a wide variety of books, the superintendent of a Virginia school district last week proposed a sweeping solution: Get rid of school libraries altogether.

Manchester Evening News

Manchester's lost 'Soho' district demolished to make way for the Arndale Centre

A maze of backstreet venues and dingy alleyways, the streets were bulldozed to make way for the giant shopping centre

Tribune News Service

Texas judge orders LGBTQ books removed from public libraries to be returned within 24 hours

A federal judge in Texas ruled that at least 12 books, which were previously removed from public libraries, must be returned to their shelves.

The Guardian - US

Battle brews over LGBTQ+ books in Louisiana libraries

State’s attorney general faces backlash after releasing report saying LGBTQ+ voices might be silenced in libraries

Reason

Viewpoint-Based Removal of Books from Public Library Violated First Amendments, Holds District Court

From Little v. Llano County, decided yesterday by Judge Robert Pitman (W.D. Tex.): In early July 2021, prior to their appointment to the New Library Board, Defendants Rochelle Wells, Rhonda Schneider, Gay Baskin, and Bonnie Wallace were part of a community group pushing for the removal of children's books that…

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