Llano County officials said they wanted to remove "pornographic" material from libraries but actually censored books based on political and religious grounds, the library patrons' lawsuit says.
One bundle of homemade camouflage netting was packaged with a note reading, "Death to enemies." The libraries are also sending Ukrainian books out of the country, to refugees who have fled.
The New York Public Library is one of many across the country that have stopped charging fees for overdue materials in an effort to remove barriers to access.
Across the country, libraries have seen demand for e-books skyrocket as people try to entertain themselves during lockdown. But they're also dealing with complicated questions around reopening.
Citing the coronavirus, the Internet Archive expanded its lending program for the digital copies of millions of books. But many writers and publishers say it is sharing their work without permission.
With coronavirus concerns closing libraries around the world, the nonprofit Internet Archive has suspended its waitlists for the digital copies of more than a million books.
At a time when libraries are closed because of the coronavirus, Macmillan has reversed a policy it adopted last fall limiting the e-books it would sell to each library just after publication.
Libraries across the country are struggling with reduced budgets as a result of the recession. Cuts have come at the same time demand for library services are at an all time high.
In today's tech-savvy world, you might see more people with their noses buried behind their laptops or Kindles than in books. Do electronic books and apps spell the E-N-D for libraries? And how do libraries stay afloat in this latest saga of budget cuts? Head librarian Jeanne Goodrich gives us her outlook on the fate of the library system.
