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John Green, Jodi Picoult Top PEN’s Banned Books List
A new report from PEN America on the 52 most frequently banned books since 2021 shows schools across the country targeting titles related to race, LGBTQ+ identities, and sexual abuse, as well as bestselling novels by Green and Picoult.
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Hoopla Digital Shares 2025 Trends, Growth Categories
The media app studied circulation data from more than 10,000 public libraries, finding romantasy and thrillers leading the lists of top audiobooks and e-books. Borrowing of audiobooks, Hoopla’s biggest category, increased 18% in the year.
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The Top Library Stories of 2025
Distribution, federal funding, the freedom to read, and digital and print collection development were behind the most-talked-about library stories in 2025—and they aren't going away in 2026.
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SCOTUS Denies Petition to Hear Texas Book Banning Case
After the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed free speech claims in Little v. Llano County last May, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition to hear the case, in which a Texas library removed books on ideological grounds.
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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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