A panel of legislators approved a measure to create "standards" for public libraries in assessing contested materials after a similar proposal failed to pass through committee earlier in the session.

When Karen Smith took her oath as the new president of the Central Bucks County, Pa., school board, she opted to forgo the Bible her colleagues used—instead placing her hand on a stack of contested ...

The Newport Beach Public Library board decided to move a book about a 10-year-old transgender child from the children’s section in a new appeal process that has been offered to patrons wanting to ...

Indiana Code does not specify what to do with books if they are removed, so it's murky what typically happens to physical copies.

MURFREESBORO Tenn. (WSMV) - Murfreesboro Schools received a request to remove the book “It Feels Good To Be Yourself” from its library collection on Dec. 10, 2024. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: ‘It’s a book ...

The board of the Newport Beach Public Library will review on Monday, April 15, the first two books in the children’s section being questioned by patrons under a new policy for appropriate content.

In a 6-1 vote Tuesday night, the Denton ISD School Board voted to leave two contested books — each of them about the same boy exploring his gender expression — on the shelves at Newton Rayzor ...

Kelvin Smith Library is bringing back its popular book collecting contest for undergraduate and graduate students, with entries due Friday, March 4, at 5 p.m. EST. This year, first-place prizes will ...

Sixty-five percent of Americans oppose efforts to restrict books in public schools, and 62 percent oppose state laws on unacceptable content, a new national poll finds. A majority of respondents, 78 ...

Students who have a collection of 10 or more books and/or manuscripts that share a unifying theme can enter Kelvin Smith Library’s Book Collecting Contest for a chance to win $1,000. Participants must ...