The meeting comes after federal Judge Robert Pitman on March 30 ordered the Llano County Library System – which includes three branches – to return 12 children’s books to its shelves that had been ...

BOSTON — On Feb. 14, 1904, someone curious about the emerging possibilities of a key force of nature checked out James Clerk Maxwell's "An Elementary Treatise on Electricity" from the New Bedford Free ...

Requests to ban certain books from school and public libraries – some of which target materials aimed at marginalized groups – have surged in recent years in Colorado and across the United States, ...

A love note found among the collection’s many cards and letters Courtesy of Oakland Public Library In her 20 years as a librarian, Sharon McKellar has found a tantalizing assortment of objects tucked ...

FILE - A Banned Books Week display is at the Mott Haven branch of the New York Public Library in the Bronx borough of New York City on Saturday, October 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey,File) What are ...

An overdue library book, checked out in 1979, was finally returned with a handwritten note from its sender and a $20 donation to the Deschutes Public Library. (Photo: Deschutes Public Library) It was ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal appeals court has ruled that Llano County's removal of books from a public library is constitutional. On Friday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ...

A new state law has complicated efforts to expand access to reading materials and get books into the hands of students at ...

Noting there were 113 attempts to ban books from the shelves of Connecticut libraries in 2023, Democratic lawmakers on Thursday introduced the “Don’t Ban Library Books Act.” Senate Bill 523 aims to ...

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has officially distributed its 100,000 free book to ...

Fort Bend County Libraries' Annual Book Festival 2025 will take place on Saturday, November 15, from noon-4 p.m., at George ...