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‘Magical, Alluring’: Huntington Beach panel approves ‘MAGA’ plaque for city library
2 months, 1 week ago

‘Magical, Alluring’: Huntington Beach panel approves ‘MAGA’ plaque for city library

A political controversy has erupted in an Orange County city that’s celebrating the 50th anniversary of a library, and at the center of it is a plaque that reads like …

LATimes
Beach Political City Council
Libraries are offering free health and wellness classes across the US
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Libraries are offering free health and wellness classes across the US

MILWAUKEE — The Aurora Health Care Mobile Medical Clinic team waited patiently at a table in the main hallway of the Milwaukee Public Library’s sprawling downtown branch, a blood pressure …

AP
Health Mental Health Texas Libraries
The one question in Victoria's rainbow libraries toolkit now being asked that has infuriated parents and experts
7 months, 3 weeks ago

The one question in Victoria's rainbow libraries toolkit now being asked that has infuriated parents and experts

Librarians in one Australian state have been encouraged to ask children as young as five about their gender pronouns, sparking outrage from parents and experts. The Victorian Government on Friday …

DailyMail
Gender Libraries State Victoria
World's most hated book is pulled from a major Australian city's library shelves for the first time - and critics want it banned everywhere
7 months, 3 weeks ago

World's most hated book is pulled from a major Australian city's library shelves for the first time - and critics want it banned everywhere

EXCLUSIVE A controversial book which has been slammed worldwide for exposing children to 'gay porn' has been ripped from an Australian city's library shelves for the first time. Gender Queer, …

DailyMail
Sex Graphic Libraries Council
Oklahoma revokes license of teacher who gave class QR code to Brooklyn library in book-ban protest
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Oklahoma revokes license of teacher who gave class QR code to Brooklyn library in book-ban protest

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Oklahoma State Walters Brooklyn Teacher
How Huntington Beach’s library became a culture war battleground
11 months, 1 week ago

How Huntington Beach’s library became a culture war battleground

A row of shelves in an upstairs corner of the Huntington Beach Central Library houses books deemed to contain “sexual content” based on a new city policy. Van Der Mark …

LATimes
Culture War Books California
Huntington Beach to consider privatization of public library
1 year, 1 month ago

Huntington Beach to consider privatization of public library

People come and go from the Huntington Beach Public Library in May of last year. “City staff is asking for City Council for approval to issue RFP, so that we …

LATimes
Library Beach City Company
Huntington Beach to use parent review board to vet children’s books for public library, City Council decrees
1 year, 6 months ago

Huntington Beach to use parent review board to vet children’s books for public library, City Council decrees

Huntington Beach residents protest and hold signs about the proposal to screen children’s books at the Huntington Beach Public Library during Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. Van Der Mark, who …

LATimes
Library Books Board City
Judge orders books removed from Texas public libraries due to LGBTQ and racial content must be returned within 24 hours
2 years ago

Judge orders books removed from Texas public libraries due to LGBTQ and racial content must be returned within 24 hours

CNN — A federal judge in Texas ruled that at least 12 books removed from public libraries by Llano County officials, many because of their LGBTQ and racial content, must …

CNN
Books Texas Libraries Judge
North Dakota weighs ban of ‘sexually explicit’ library books
2 years, 3 months ago

North Dakota weighs ban of ‘sexually explicit’ library books

Books containing “sexually explicit” content — including depictions of sexual or gender identity — would be banned from North Dakota public libraries under legislation that state lawmakers began considering Tuesday. …

AP
Books Gender Content Book
Libraries should be able to make necessary social interventions: Chief Minister
2 years, 3 months ago

Libraries should be able to make necessary social interventions: Chief Minister

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that necessary interventions for society can be done through libraries. Inaugurating the Indian Library Congress, which started at the Kannur Collectorate ground on Sunday, …

TheHindu
Chief Minister Libraries State Public Library
History books
2 years, 4 months ago

History books

Ancient books are on display at the Tianyi Pavilion in Ningbo, a private library. "Without books, we cannot review history and shape our future," Cristiano Maggipinto, diplomatic adviser to the …

ChinaDaily
Books Book Fan Ningbo
Veteran Actor Suhasini Mulay Stands As Gautam Navlakha's Surety But NIA Court Finds House Arrest Above Public Library 'Not Safe'; Defers Release
2 years, 5 months ago

Veteran Actor Suhasini Mulay Stands As Gautam Navlakha's Surety But NIA Court Finds House Arrest Above Public Library 'Not Safe'; Defers Release

Following strong objection from the NIA, the Special Court refused to pass orders to execute the house arrest of senior journalist Gautam Navlakha on Wednesday, even as veteran actor Suhasini …

LiveLaw
Court House Cctv Nia
Oldest public library in the Americas has Catholic origins
2 years, 6 months ago

Oldest public library in the Americas has Catholic origins

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Books Mexico Catholic Puebla
Visakhapatnam: Children’s section inaugurated at Public Library
2 years, 11 months ago

Visakhapatnam: Children’s section inaugurated at Public Library

The newly-developed ‘Miyawaki Children’s Section’ at the Visakhapatnam Public Library was inaugurated by Municipal Commissioner G. Lakshmisha on Wednesday. The Commissioner went around the sections of the library and interacted …

TheHindu
Library Commissioner Public Library
Ningbo Library contends for Public Library of the Year award
3 years, 8 months ago

Ningbo Library contends for Public Library of the Year award

An exterior view of Ningbo Library, which is located in the central administrative service area of Eastern New City in Ningbo. Located in the central administrative service area of Eastern …

ChinaDaily
Library Public Book Award
Anger over plan to raze part of iconic Indian library for flyover
4 years ago

Anger over plan to raze part of iconic Indian library for flyover

Proposal to demolish part of the 130-year-old Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library in Bihar state to build an elevated road draws widespread criticism. “We will do everything in our power …

AlJazeera
India Heritage Reading Bihar
India’s cyber crime hub Jamtara scripting new story with public library mission
4 years, 1 month ago

India’s cyber crime hub Jamtara scripting new story with public library mission

Ajharuddin Ansari, 25, a daily-wage labourer, spends at least four hours daily in the panchayat’s public library, built by district administration, to prepare for competitive examinations to government services. Ansari …

HindustanTimes
Students Examinations Libraries Panchayat
Texas library clarifies that its anti-prom event will have NO SNAKES
6 years ago

Texas library clarifies that its anti-prom event will have NO SNAKES

A Texas library clarified in a rather humorous Facebook post this week that tonight's anti-prom party will have absolutely 'no snakes.' The unlikely disclaimer was made after an announcement for …

DailyMail
Texas Snacks Facebook Snakes
How A Corporation Convinced American Jews To Reach For Crisco
6 years, 4 months ago

How A Corporation Convinced American Jews To Reach For Crisco

How A Corporation Convinced American Jews To Reach For Crisco Enlarge this image toggle caption from The New York Public Library from The New York Public Library Sunday is the …

NPR
Jewish American Jews Jacobs
Dutch public library School 7 voted world's best new library
6 years, 7 months ago

Dutch public library School 7 voted world's best new library

Public library School 7 in Den Helder has been given the Public Library of the Year award in the category best new library in an existing building, broadcaster NOS reports. …

DutchNews
Public Library Den Helder
The Best Library In Every State
7 years, 7 months ago

The Best Library In Every State

No disrespect to your e-reader or anything, but nothing beats curling up with an actual book. LOUISVILLE.COM KENTUCKY: LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY The Southwest Regional Library branch of the Louisville …

HuffPost
Design Books University Public
Libraries Are Dropping Overdue Fines -- But Can They Afford To?
7 years, 11 months ago

Libraries Are Dropping Overdue Fines -- But Can They Afford To?

4kodiak via Getty Images The New York Public Library has joined the growing ranks of public library systems contemplating the end of overdue fines for children, according to a WNYC …

HuffPost
Support Books Libraries Huffpost
Free use of public library system for foreign residents in SW China
8 years, 5 months ago

Free use of public library system for foreign residents in SW China

Foreign residents are now entitled to borrow and return books without charge at any public library in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, the first arrangement of its kind …

ChinaDaily
Residents Chengdu China Foreign Public Library
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