After nearly 200 years, Baker & Taylor, a major distributor of shelf-ready library books, will be closing in early January. They’re far from a household name, but if you’ve ever held a library book — ...

U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles’ Oct. 20 ruling is on a preliminary injunction the ACLU requested in May. A hearing on the merits of the case will follow. The ACLU sued the Defense ...

Banned Books Week has begun and new titles are dominating this year's top challenged list. Banned Books Week is Oct. 5-11 and this year's theme is, "Censorship Is so 1984. Read for Your Rights." The ...

Children as young as 4 years old are capable of finding efficient solutions to complex problems, such as independently inventing sorting algorithms developed by computer scientists. The scientists ...

Dan Pelzer read more than 5,000 books throughout the course of his life, including one classic he called "pure torture" Columbus Metropolitan Library/Facebook Dan Pelzer left his loved ones a 109-page ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For decades, preservationists charged with digitizing rare books ...

The Fairhope Library Board is hopeful that after reviewing 15 challenged books in recent months, and reshelving five of them to adult sections, they will get their state funding restored. But a member ...

In the picturesque Southern California surf town of Huntington Beach, the MAGA-controlled City Council has been on a crusade to label books about adolescence, pregnancy and puberty as “porn.” Results ...

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for the first time Friday that public library patrons have no right to receive information under the First Amendment, overturning a decades-old precedent barring ...

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An Ohio man is accused of burning 100 library books on African American, Jewish and LGBTQ history, sparking a public outcry. The Beachwood Police Department said the man checked out the books in April ...

The Pentagon has ordered military leaders to remove and review all library books that relate to diversity, anti-racism or gender issues within the next two weeks, according to a new memo issued Friday ...