Library & Book News: Censorship, Partnerships, And Ai Act

Aug 08 2025: 9 Florida regions have eliminated hundreds of publications from public college class and collections prior to the start of the 2025– 2026 academic year, according to a record from PEN America. Columbia, Escambia, Hillsborough, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, and St.

Florida Book Removals in Colleges

Jul 22 2025: Coalition-building has been leading of mind for the American Collection Association, which is fresh from its 2025 Annual Conference with a brand-new critical strategy and a mandate to boost pro-library partnerships in your area and worldwide.

ALA Boosts Pro-Library Partnerships

Aug 08 2025: The sea contains a complicated ecosystem that begins with the magnificent yet small plankton at the skin of the sea. Krill consume the plankton, after that little fish eat the krill. Larger fish, like tuna, eat the smaller sized fish, after that themselves are swallowed up by sharks. The wellness of …

Aug 01 2025: The American Collection Organization introduced July 30 that the Independent Publication Publishers Association is now an ALA affiliate. Throughout the 2025 Yearly Conference, the ALA Council voted to approve IBPA’s application to sign up with the ALA’s organizational network. IBPA is the …

Jul 30 2025: Forty European and international companies, including the Federation of European Publishers, have actually provided a joint statement officially grumbling to the European Payment regarding the application procedures for the European Union AI Act.

EU AI Act Criticized by Publishers

Jul 22 2025: Campaigning for company EveryLibrary has shared some of its latest research study on the status of library-related policymaking and clients’ library usage throughout the U.S. In a summary labelled “Codifying Censorship or Reclaiming Civil Liberties? The State-by-State 2025 Legislative …

Aug 06 2025: The National Association of Black Bookstores, a member-based not-for-profit organization which intends to sustain and advertise Black booksellers, announced its launch on Friday. Its goal, NAB2 said in the news, consists of “advertising proficiency, enhancing Black voices, …

Black Booksellers Association Launched

Jul 25 2025: PEN America has joined the Free Our Art union in sustaining the reintroduction of federal regulation that would limit the use of imaginative jobs– including literary works and poetry– as evidence in criminal and civil court procedures.