Like checking out library e-books? Trump, Congress could make it harder by cutting federal funding for libraries.

Overwhelmingly, we're seeing these challenges come from organized censorship groups that target local library board meetings to demand removal of a long list of books they share on social media ...

"These two books are in the library, if you don't believe it!" Harrison says to one passerby. "It's very graphic, very detailed," offers Halli Stone, another member of the group.

Requests to ban books at US public schools and libraries surged to a 21-year record in 2022, according to data from the American Library Association. Last year, the ALA recorded 1,050 requests to ...

The American Library Association documented more than 1,200 demands to censor books and resources last year, the highest since it started collecting data 20 years ago.

So any book that describes sexual intercourse, unless it fits with narrow exceptions (e.g., "instructional material" "for medical courses"), must be excluded from public schools, including all ...

National American Library Association report says book challenges soared in 2023 Updated March 14, 20246:26 PM ET By Tovia Smith ...

Overdue Library Book Checked Out in 1927 Returned by Mystery Man After Almost 100 Years "All of us are just, you know, wondering where the book could have been for so long," said the director of ...

When Cooper opened the book “Home-Made Toys for Girls and Boys” by A. Neely Hall, she realized it was checked out in March 1926 from the Ocean County Library system in New Jersey — the year ...

University officials say the library has been weeding out materials that are outdated or have not been checked out in over a decade. But faculty say they should have been consulted first.

Officials in Llano County must return to the public library system books they removed and allow them to be checked out again, a federal judge ruled this week. The Texas judge is also prohibiting ...

Where the books did not contain such material, the board voted to retain.” Ada Community Libraries operates separate from the Boise and Meridian libraries with its own library board.