The only sensible course—and, happily, the one supported by reams of precedent—is to hold that the right to receive information does not apply here. A plaintiff may not invoke that right to challenge ...

Proposed legislation would pressure publishers to adjust borrowing limits and find other ways to widen access. By Erik Ofgang It’s hard to imagine a library that doesn’t carry “Fahrenheit 451.” But ...

BOSTON — On Feb. 14, 1904, someone curious about the emerging possibilities of a key force of nature checked out James Clerk Maxwell's "An Elementary Treatise on Electricity" from the New Bedford Free ...

FIRST ON FOX: Actor and writer Kirk Cameron — who's been sharing his faith-filled and pro-family messages at public libraries across the nation since early this year — recently announced a "See You at ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up a lawsuit over public library books in the Texas Hill Country, leaving in ...

For months, a group of conservative Christians have inundated the staff and board of a public library in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, with complaints about books they didn’t want to see on the shelves. Their ...

The decision means that the 17 disputed titles, which cover topics including transgender and race issues, can remain off ...

The Supreme Court lets stand a ruling allowing a Texas county to remove 17 library books, rejecting a First Amendment ...

On Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025 at 5:30 p.m., Lenox Library will hold a special book event to celebrate the publication of "A History of Lenox" by Lenox local and ...

Caustic fights over which books belong on the shelves have put librarians at the center of a bitter and widening culture war. Martha Hickson, a librarian, said that when book ban attempts turned into ...

As the days get shorter and the weather gets cooler, bookworms will start assembling the piles of bedside-table reading that will get them through fall and winter. They will be getting lots of help ...

It’ll soon be time to hunker down for some fall and wintertime reading. Some Lancaster County libraries have you covered, as they will be selling hundreds of used books and other items at events ...