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For years, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has supported rural libraries. However, cuts by the Trump administration could jeopardize their future.

Public libraries are facing tough choices in Georgia as a battle between the Trump administration and librarians over federal funding plays out in court.

In a major reversal, almost all the 381 books that the U.S. Naval Academy removed from the school’s libraries have been returned to the bookshelves after a new review using the Pentagon’s standardized search terms for diversity, equity and inclusion titles found about 20 books that need to be removed pending a future review by […]

The Alabama Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled (ALBPD) serves about 7,000 Alabamians with free audio and books in braille. BPD officials fear that could all go away if the Trump administration continues to make funding cuts to the National Library Service.

Despite looming federal funding cuts, the Paso Robles City Library just received a $50,000 donation to help with supplemental programs.

A book removed from a Midlands school district’s libraries over a reference to a character’s same-sex relationship is coming back to shelves after public push back at a Monday school board meeting.

The first time a book was challenged in St. Francis, Minnesota, it was by a community member — not a parent, says Becky Velve, a middle school language arts teacher in the district.

South Carolina now leads the nation in the number of books banned from schools after the state board of education voted to remove 10 more books from school libraries.