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Warm spaces to be created in Cardiff libraries and hubs to help people struggling to pay heating bills

Residents can get a hot drink, sit in a warm room and chat about support services

Wales Online

Overlooked women writers finally recognised with new Edinburgh plaques

FIVE Edinburgh-born women writers have been recognised with commemorative plaques and the donation of their books to 15 public libraries across the…

The National (Scotland)

"Statewide book bans" coming to Florida

Florida Republicans were asked to promise that banned books would not literally be burned. They voted that down

Salon

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Library group asks FBI to investigate threats

DALLAS — Increased threats of violence directed at public libraries and their workers across the country must be investigated, leaders of the American Library Association wrote in a letter to the FBI this week.

Tribune News Service

Council make U-turn on policy to close most libraries in borough

The plans faced a strong backlash when they were announced earlier this year

Liverpool Echo

Authors enter the library e-book fight

A massive letter protests anti-library lawsuits by publishing groups and asserts the right to e-book access

Salon

Culture Minister announces funding package to support Scottish libraries

THE Scottish Government has announced new funding to support library services across Scotland.

The National (Scotland)

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Libraries to offer shelter to the vulnerable during UK’s cost of living crisis

Fines for late books will also be abolished by some libraries in England and Wales in a bid to ease financial pressures

The Guardian - UK

'Protestware' is on the rise, with programmers self-sabotaging their own code. Should we be worried?

In March 2022, the author of node-ipc, a software library with over a million weekly downloads, deliberately broke their code. If the code discovers it is running within Russia or Belarus, it attempts to replace the contents of every file on the user’s computer with a heart emoji.

The Conversation

As attempts to ban books across the county increase, Chicago establishes ‘Book Sanctuaries’: ‘Encouraging and alarming’

CHICAGO — A glass shelf displaying some of the most notable challenged books in the country adorns the entryway of the Chicago Public Library’s Lincoln Belmont branch. The books are surrounded by yellow tape and red signs that inevitably steer the attention of those who walk inside to the titles…

Chicago Tribune

Fingal Libraries' Twitter back online after investigation into 'strange' activity

The decision was made after no evidence of hacking was found

Dublin Live

How independent bookstores help in the fight against book banning and why it matters

An Atlanta store is one of hundreds of independent booksellers across the country celebrating the freedom to read as schools, universities and public libraries face attempts to ban or restrict books.

WEKU

Fingal libraries' Twitter account suspended after concerns raised over following transphobic accounts

J.K. Rowling has weighed in on the Fingal County Council matter

Dublin Live

Democrats introduce ‘book ban’ resolution amid nationwide censorship movement

Campaigns across the US to remove books from schools and libraries are a ‘direct attack on First Amendment rights,’ congressman says

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The Conversation

Being a librarian isn't just about books – it's about helping everyone get access to information and resources

Michelle Martin is the Beverly Cleary Professor for Children and Youth Services in the Information School at the University of Washington. She primarily teaches students who will be youth services librarians who work with children and young adults in libraries or other information science spaces. Below are highlights from an…

Leeds Live

15 more lost Leeds schools where we spent our childhoods

More of the city's schools which were demolished or transformed into something else

Liverpool Echo

Libraries, leisure centres and what will close in Liverpool on Monday

Liverpool City Council has announced which of its services will shut down

Daily Record

Stirling shops, GPs and council buildings to close to mark The Queen's funeral

The region’s schools will be among the local authority buildings to close on Monday as the country marks a bank holiday for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. All council schools and nurseries as well as other public offices – including libraries – will

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Nottingham Post

The Nottinghamian: Another top chippy and the best Notts street style

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Nottingham Post

Call for Nottingham's under-threat libraries to be used as 'warm havens' this winter

'Research shows that over 80% of library leaders expect an increase in people using libraries to keep warm'

The Hindu

More than 4,000 digital libraries to be established in Andhra Pradesh

Each village secretariat will have one such facility, says Education Minister

Chicago Sun-Times

Public libraries are essential. Don’t let those who oppose inclusive values target them.

There are some who would rather do away with libraries and the freedom of public space altogether. We now see this happening in Downers Grove where a drag queen bingo event was canceled due to threats of violence.

The Independent UK

John Green speaks out against school board candidate’s effort to ban his book in his hometown

‘I know some of the people involved,’ said Green in a video. ‘I remember you from middle school’

Chronicle Live

Councils across North East arrange books of condolence to sign in memory of the Queen

The public are invited to put their messages in books at council offices, leisure centres and libraries to mark the death of Elizabeth II

Los Angeles Times

With libraries under threat, Literarian Award goes to Watts-raised super-librarian Tracie D. Hall

LOS ANGELES -- Tracie D. Hall has spent most of her professional life working in service to others: as a curator, a librarian, an advocate for digital literacy and equitable access — and currently as the executive director of the American Library Association.

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