I am honored to receive the AASL Intellectual Freedom Award and represent the tireless work school librarians do everyday. Thank you @PSLA_News for your support to do this work! Let’s celebrate the day when intellectual freedom for our students are not at stake! www.ala.org/news/press-r...

I’m running for 𝘼𝙇𝘼 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙡𝙤𝙧-𝘼𝙩-𝙇𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚 and shamelessly asking for your vote! Vote 3/11/24 - 4/3/24. Working together, we can strengthen the ALA Ecosystem Initiative. Now, more than ever, our message needs to be clear, compelling, and a consensus of our values for all who use libraries.

An amazing resource just launched from #UniteAgainstBookBans#UniteAgainstBookBansbookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org

I’ve read about 20 books from my library. Didn’t keep track of titles since I borrowed some from local public library. I hate to read books from our shelves -it takes an opportunity away from students. This year I want to keep a better list. Also read SciFi and Fantasy which is not my favorite.

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked key parts of an Iowa law that bans some books from school libraries and forbids teachers from raising LGBTQ+ issues apnews.com/article/iowa...

Judge blocks most of an Iowa law banning some school library books and discussion of LGBTQ+ issues

A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Iowa law banning some books from school libraries and forbidding teachers from discussing LGBTQ+ issues.

Judge dumps ‘wildly overbroad’ Iowa LGBTQ book ban: “The court has been unable to locate a single case upholding the constitutionality of a school library restriction even remotely similar.” — U.S. District Judge Stephen Locher www.courthousenews.com/judge-dumps-...

Judge dumps ‘wildly overbroad’ Iowa LGBTQ book ban

A federal judge determined a law banning hundreds of books, from

Curious to see what the most "interesting" public domain materials end up being. www.vice.com/en/article/e...

Librarians Are Finding Thousands Of Books No Longer Protected By Copyright Law

Up to 75 percent of books published before 1964 may now be in the public domain, according to researchers at the New York Public Library.

We are grateful for all of our FReadom-fighting colleagues and all they do to support reader’s access to quality books all year long! Happy holidays to all

Highlights and Lowlights from 2023 in Book Banning News: Book Censorship News, December 22, 2023 via Book Riot, Kelly Jensen bookriot.com/2023-in-book...

Highlights and Lowlights from 2023 in Book Banning News: Book Censorship News, December 22, 2023

The highlights and lowlights of 2023 in book banning news and trends. That, plus this week's book censorship news.

I need the recipe for the cookies on the right! Everything looks delicious.