Requests to ban books at US public schools and libraries surged to a 21-year record in 2022, according to data from the American Library Association. Last year, the ALA recorded 1,050 requests to ...

On September 23, the American Library Association (ALA) released preliminary data documenting attempts to censor books and materials in public, school, and academic libraries during the first eight ...

The way people choose to get lost in a book is changing, and it’s costing public libraries and the local governments that fund them a lot of money. Fewer readers are toting around their latest ...

The number of books targeted by critics surged 65% from 2022 to 2023. New data released by the American Library Association highlights the growing battle libraries and schools face over book bans and ...

Almost two thirds of library staffers think no topic should be off limits when it comes to library books, at a time when thousands of book titles about LGBTQ+ characters, race, and racism, and those ...

Battles have erupted at schools, school boards and library meetings across the country as parents, lawmakers and advocacy groups are debating books. The American Library Association documented more ...

Students at a school district in Kentucky are putting down their phones and cracking books at a record pace now that devices are banned during class, district officials said. The head-spinning shift ...

Whether your New Year's resolution is to read more or you're simply searching for your next book, it's worth checking out the Milwaukee Public Library. The system has more than 2.7 million titles in ...

The way we access library books has drastically changed. You can access an enormous amount of borrowable content through an iPhone or iPad app — here's how. Public libraries have paired up with some ...