and more.
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IMLS Restores Competitive Grant Funding
In response to a U.S. District Court’s permanent injunction in State of Rhode Island v. Trump, the Institute of Museum and Library Services announced that it “has reinstated all federal grants.”
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Coalition Protests Tennessee’s Directive to Public Libraries
Literary organizations, publishers, libraries, and right to read advocates have cosigned a letter of concern to Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett, who earlier this month directed 211 public libraries to review their youth materials for “age-appropriateness” by January 19.
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In November's School Board Elections, Voters Stood with Librarians
From New Hampshire to New Mexico, voters sided with educators, librarians, and unions and ushered in candidates with liberal leanings to their local school boards.
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ALA Welcomes New Executive Director
Daniel J. Montgomery takes the helm at the American Library Association today, with priorities that include federal and state funding, civic partnerships, AI competencies, and anti-censorship advocacy.
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B&T Rails Against ‘Fast Tracking’ Federal Case
Baker & Taylor responded on November 6 to setting a scheduling conference and expedited briefing schedule in ‘OCLC v. B&T,’ which is being heard in a U.S. District Court in Columbus, Ohio, and could decide the fate of the cataloging system BTCat.
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‘OCLC v. B&T’ Moves Forward in Ohio District Court
Nonprofit library organization OCLC, which sued Baker & Taylor over its creation of BTCat in March, has asked a federal judge to set a schedule now that the 30-day stay issued in October has expired.
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Will SCOTUS Take Up Texas’s Book Banning Case?
Publishers and freedom-to-read advocates are supporting plaintiffs in Little v. Llano County by encouraging the Supreme Court to review a First Amendment decision by the Fifth Circuit.
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PW Spotlight: The Indie Author Project
The Indie Author Project is streamlining how libraries and indie authors connect in the growing self-publishing space. (Sponsored)
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B&N Touts Library Services
Barnes & Noble is promoting its &Classwork e-commerce portal to libraries as another alternative to fill the void created by the shutdown of Baker & Taylor.
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Virginia District Judge Orders DoDEA to Restore School Books
Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles granted a preliminary injunction on October 20 ordering five Department of Defense Education Activity schools to cease implementation of three presidential executive orders that removed books from school shelves and to return titles that had been removed.
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