petersuber, 1 year ago

Update. #Republicans in the #Missouri House voted to #defund all the state's public #libraries. The bill now goes to the Republican-controlled Senate.
https://heartlandsignal.com/2023/04/11/missouri-house-republicans-vote-to-defund-libraries/

The bill is retaliation against a lawsuit by Missouri library associations to overturn a #BookBanning statute.

petersuber, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

Update. Kudos to #Illinois for legislating in the opposite direction — to ban book bans.
https://bookriot.com/illinois-to-become-first-state-to-ban-book-bans/

Public and school #libraries are only eligible for state funding if they “adopt the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights” or “develop a written statement prohibiting the practice of banning books or other materials within the library or library system.“

FYI, here's the #ALA Library Bill of Rights.
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill

#Books #BookBans

RichStein, 1 year ago

@petersuber
Libraries are an important public/civic amenity.

Right now, individuals ages 13-21 can apply for a free Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) eCard, gaining access to BPL's eBook collection and learning databases.

It's a great #opportunity!

To apply, email:
booksunbanned@bklynlibrary.org

Part of BPL's "Books Unbanned" initiative: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/books-unbanned

Long live #libraries!

Please #share

#books #censorship #ebooks #GoodNews

petersuber, 1 year ago

Update. Progress in #Georgia:

"With the release of the [US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights] Letter and Resolution Agreement, we see clearly that the removal of books from Forsyth County School libraries - combined with a continued hostile rhetorical environment for racial and sexual minority students - violated students' civil rights."
https://www.everylibrary.org/landmark_school_book_ban_civil_rights

#Books #BookBans #CivilRights

h/t @infodocket