The Latest Breaking News from Libraries

On March 14, 2025, the Trump administration issued an executive order that called for the dismantling of seven federal agencies “to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.” They ranged from the United States Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America, to the Minority Business Development Agency.

There has been outrage over Transport for London’s decision to remove those mini station libraries, writes Zoe Williams, but let’s not rush to call it ‘health and safety gone mad’

The authors of a picture book about two male penguins raising a chick together argue excluding their book from school libraries violates their free speech rights.

The Master of Sarum bible was saved after a campaign by Friends of the Nations’ Libraries FNL, and a global fundraising appeal by The Independent

LIBRARIES which have been threatened with the axe in Perthshire could be saved under the SNP council’s budget plans.

Here in Atlanta, the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum has been part of my daily life for years. Parks and trails surrounding the center connect my neighborhood to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park downtown and everything in between.

Award-winning children’s author Sarah Webb believes it has never been more important to find books for children.

The announcement marks 60 years since the first ever arts white paper.

Actor Julianne Moore’s picture book, Freckleface Strawberry, was recently removed for “compliance review” from schools serving the families of US military and civilian defence personnel.