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PLA 2026: ‘Librarians of the World, Unite!’
The Public Library Association is meeting in Minneapolis April 1–3, with 6,359 registrants to date. At the opening session, mayor Jacob Frey and Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson respectively praised librarians as “democracy warriors” and “truth-tellers.”
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Barriers to Reentry
Prison libraries are struggling to deliver resources and prepare incarcerated people to transition home. New federal legislation may change that.
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Federal Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss DoDEA Book Removal Case
Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles rejected an effort to dismiss a First Amendment complaint against five Department of Defense Education Activity schools, which removed 596 library books in response to White House executive orders.
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FY2027 Budget Process Begins, with Library Line Items
The ALA is seeking bipartisan support as the House Appropriations Committee collects representatives’ requests to fund Library Services and Technology Act grants and the Innovative Approaches to Literacy program.
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House Committee Advances National Book Ban Bill
The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce endorsed HR 7661, a bill to withhold federal education funds from public schools alleged to have “sexually oriented materials” in their library collections.
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Barnes & Noble Adds to Library Services
As companies look to fill the gap left by Baker & Taylor, the bookstore chain’s library platform &Classwork has upped the number of titles that libraries can order to 3.5 million, along with such upgrades as easier payments and faster delivery.
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Follett Cedes Digital Delivery to Sora
The new arrangement puts Sora in a unique position to provide a broad range of student support through the company’s portfolio of digital formats.
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The Future of E-books in School Libraries
School libraries face shrinking budgets and a shifting vendor landscape for digital materials.
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OverDrive Taps Digital Strategy Expert Marc DeBevoise
The digital content provider—known for its library app Libby, school app Sora, and video app Kanopy—has found its next president in DeBevoise, who has held top roles at video platform Brightcove and online content network CBS Interactive.
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ALA Workers Initiate Union Drive
On March 2, employees of the Chicago-based American Library Association announced plans to form ALA Workers United, joining AFSCME Council 31 in Illinois.
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