MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WKRN) — Starting Jan. 1, 2024, the Rutherford County Library System will implement a new library card policy that will make it harder for minors to check out books not meant for ...

There were 10,000 instances of book bans at public schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to PEN America. In 2024, 5,813 titles were challenged in public libraries and schools nationwide, says ...

It's no secret that public libraries have had their roles severely supplanted by the internet in the modern age. You don't really need to go to a place full of physical books for work or leisure when ...

As more and more school districts ban books from their classrooms and libraries, the Brooklyn Public Library is sharing its resources with teens around the country to fight encroaching censorship.

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On March 14, President Donald Trump gutted the federal agency that oversees libraries and museums, cutting off the Madison Public Library system and other libraries around the nation from critical ...

As some public and school libraries pulled books from their shelves earlier this year, New York City’s Brooklyn Public Library made access to thousands of books easier for teens across the country. In ...

Before the internet made book reviews widely accessible, where would curious minds go to find information about a new novel's subject matter or a plot? If you lived in the Los Angeles area, you could ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Having fun isn’t hard when you’ve got a library card, and neither is saving money, if you know where to look. People who grew up watching “Arthur” may remember the song, but they ...

When artist Stacy Nguyen was growing up in Lynnwood, the family’s library card was like a portal to the world. She and her siblings leaned on that little plastic card from the King County Library ...