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Librarians have good reasons to ‘weed’ books from their shelves. Why is book removal so controversial?

Earlier this year, the removal of thousands of books to make room for renovations at Melbourne’s City Library prompted an outcry. Removing the books was “an absolute act of vandalism,” librarian Alice Bluer told The Age.

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End of the librarian? Council cuts and new tech push profession to the brink

Staff in England’s public libraries under threat of being replaced by automated checkouts amid budget pressures

The Guardian - UK

How to survive a heat wave on low income

As a scorching summer kicks off, New York City’s cooling centers aren’t up to the task

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Python Development Trends in 2024: Shaping the Future of Software

World of Warcraft (WoW) is one of the most popular and long-standing MMORPGs in the world, created by Blizzard Entertainment.

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Hope in short supply: what our election reporters found out as they travelled the UK

Building blocks of everyday life, from the NHS to roads to libraries, have been eroded by Tory underinvestment

The Guardian - UK

'Barrier to using services': Libraries to axe fees on overdue books

Libraries want to encourage - not deter- community members.

Newcastle Herald

Libraries are a lifeline that we cannot afford to lose

Letters: Readers respond to a long read on how Britain’s libraries provide much more than books to local communities

The Guardian - UK

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Cineverse Taps XL8 to Enhance Captioning, Localization

This direct API integration streamlines how vast content libraries are captioned and localized, while reducing the costs required to serve the needs of global audiences

TV Tech

‘If there’s nowhere else to go, this is where they come’: how Britain’s libraries provide much more than books

The long read: In 2024, libraries are unofficial creches, homeless shelters, language schools and asylum support providers – filling the gaps left by a state that has reneged on its responsibilities

The Guardian - UK

Audio, eBook creators to be paid in a funding first

Those who help bring books to life will receive millions in government support to compensate for losses incurred when their works are borrowed from libraries.

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LGBTQ+ librarians grapple with attacks on books - and on themselves

Worldwide Pride Month events are underway but they are coming at a time when many people who identify as LGBTQ+ say they are facing increasing difficulties at work, ranging from being repeatedly misgendered to physically assaulted

The Independent UK

Oklahoma Supreme Court rejects state education board's authority over public school libraries

The Oklahoma State Supreme Court has rejected the state Board of Education's attempt to determine what books are available in public school libraries

The Independent UK

Federal appeals court weighs challenge to Iowa ban on books with sexual content from schools

Attorneys for LGBTQ+ youth, teachers and major publishers have asked a federal appeals court to affirm a lower court order that blocked key parts of an Iowa law banning books depicting sex acts from school libraries and classrooms

The Independent UK

Why you might struggle to find this year’s International Booker winner in UK libraries – and why publishing suffers as a result

As an expert in German and translation, I was pleased to see Jenny Erpenbeck’s novel Kairos win the International Booker Prize 2024, one of the most prominent celebrations of translated literature in the UK. The prize is awarded for a book, and to the people who wrote it: in this…

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Appeals court tells Texas it cannot ban books because it dislikes ideas within

Conservative-dominated court restores books to school libraries in case spurred by titles containing ‘butt’ and ‘fart’

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Inside Cutler and Gross’ ‘warm and inviting’ New York address

As Cutler and Gross upsize to a new store on New York’s Mercer Street, we speak to designers Chris Leong and Dominic Leong of New York-based architecture firm Leong Leong about the space, which was inspired by ’archival libraries and reading rooms’

The Canberra Times

'Quite beautiful': Alone Australia star reads to kids at Dickson library

Dr Kate Grarock joined in the fun of National Simultaneous Storytime.

TV Tech

FCC to Vote on LPTV Rules during June Open Meeting

The tentative agenda for the June meeting also includes votes on establishing a schools and libraries cybersecurity pilot program and broadband cybersecurity

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The best Xbox VPN in 2024

Whether you want an Xbox VPN to access international game libraries or stay safe from DDoS attacks, check out our expert-selected top 5.

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Cumberland Council’s book ban has been overturned, but what is really happening in Australian libraries?

At Cumberland City Council in the western suburbs of Sydney, one man – Councillor Steve Christou – persuaded the council to ban books about same-sex parenting from the council’s libraries.

Evening Standard

East London borough plans to axe nearly half their libraries to save £300,000

Critics have said closing libraries in the borough should be a ‘last resort’

LiveScience

MIT gives AI the power to 'reason like humans' by creating hybrid architecture

MIT scientists devise three abstraction libraries that can be combined with AI systems to improve their reasoning and contextual awareness in programming, strategic planning and robotics.

Tech&Learning

4 Ways to Increase Ebook and Audiobook Awareness For Summer Reading

More students are reading ebooks and listening to audiobooks than ever before but more can still be done to increase awareness of these platforms

The Guardian - AU

I’m no stranger to having work banned. If you want to protect kids, this is not the way to do it

Library book bans come from a rightwing playbook designed to continue a culture war that chips away at fundamental human rights protections

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A Sydney council has banned books with same-sex parents from its libraries. But since when did councils ban books?

Australia has a long and complicated history with censorship and book banning.

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