Yesterday, the American Library Association (ALA) released its annual list of the most frequently challenged and banned books in libraries across the country. Part of the organization’s State of America’s… Read more »

Scott Bonner is not only the director of the Ferguson Municipal Public Library, but in December, he was the only full-time employee. He kept the library open during a tough… Read more »

Banned Books Week will be celebrated once again this September, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) is highlighting comics that have been challenged and banned in an effort to… Read more »

The Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction were presented over the weekend in Las Vegas, going this year to Donna Tartt for her novel The Goldfinch, and Doris… Read more »

Daniel Handler is better known by his pen name, Lemony Snicket, under which he wrote the popular and enjoyably sinister children’s books A Series of Unfortunate Events. Now he’ll be… Read more »

The committee proposes a rubric and method of evaluation to help public libraries… Read more »

The titles cover all sub-categories of crime fiction and include many award winners… Read more »

The mood in the room was a little tense… Read more »

Libraries can’t seem to catch a break on the problem of ebook access and pricing. Just last week, according to Christopher Harris in American Libraries, Hachette was thinking of raising their… Read more »

America’s libraries often bear the brunt of censorship attempts. The American Library Association (ALA) has released its annual list of the most frequently challenged books of 2011.  According to the ALA… Read more »