A Virginia library was in for a surprise when a book was returned 50 years late!
Late last month, Hopewell Library in Hopewell, Va. posted a video on Facebook about a patron who checked out Leaves of Grass, a poetry collection by Walt Whitman, in 1974.
According to the library, the book was due on June 3, 1974 and it was finally returned on August 22, 2024.
What Happens When a School Closes Its Library?A year after Texas turned school libraries into discipline centers in Black and Latino neighborhoods, librarians have lost their jobs and teachers are quitting.
Prostitution, adultery, eunuchs: Library dispute in Mobile, AL as one official ponders Bible ban
The culture wars over libraries and the debates over appropriate content on the bookshelves came to the Mobile City Council for the first time on Tuesday and were met with a rebuttal from one council member who questioned whether the Bible should be among those banned.
Why a ruling against the Internet Archive threatens the future of America%u2019s librariesThe decision locks libraries into an ecosystem that is not in readers; interests. Congress must act.
This decision harms libraries. It locks them into an e-book ecosystem designed to extract as much money as possible while harvesting (and reselling) reader data en masse. It leaves local communities’ reading habits at the mercy of curatorial decisions made by four dominant publishing companies thousands of miles away. It steers Americans away from one of the few remaining bastions of privacy protection and funnels them into a surveillance ecosystem that, like Big Tech, becomes more dangerous with each passing data breach. And by increasing the price for access to knowledge, it puts up even more barriers between underserved communities and the American dream.
Nebraska Library Commission hears from public over controversial new appointment
At a Nebraska Library Commission meeting on Friday, citizens expressed concerns over Gov. Jim Pillen’s appointment of Terri Cunningham-Swanson to the commission.
Cunningham-Swanson was ousted from the Plattsmouth Board of Education earlier this year, with those in favor of her removal claiming she cost taxpayers thousands in legal fees and made efforts to ban more than 50 books from libraries in Plattsmouth.
During public comment on Friday, many speakers shared the same notions, including Cunningham-Swanson’s son, D’Shawn Le’Vell.
“I personally think the appointment of my mother reeks of corruption on the part of Governor Pillen,” he said. “My mother is massively unqualified to be in this position.”
Internet Archive Court Loss Leaves Higher Ed in Gray AreaThe nonprofit published thousands of ebooks for free, violating copyright law. What that means for research libraries remains to be seen.
Seattle Public Library recovers from ransomware attack, makes moves to strengthen tech security
“The work to strengthen our systems began prior to the attack, but remaining items in IT’s work plan were expedited after the attack,” said Laura Gentry, head of communications for the library. “Since Memorial Day weekend, the library expedited migration to SharePoint Online, as well as implementation of multi-factor authentication on staff systems — which took place over the course of three days, rather than the weeks-long process we had planned.”
Cybersecurity Pilot Program Launched by FCC to Defend Schools, Libraries
The Federal Communications Commission announced Wednesday its $200 million Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program is just days away from being operational. Eligible K-12 schools and libraries can apply for funding starting September 17, with the window closing on November 1, according to the agency’s public notice.
The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending
The Internet Archive has lost its appeal in a fight to lend out scanned ebooks without the approval of publishers. In a decision on Wednesday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that permitting the Internet Archive’s digital library would “allow for widescale copying that deprives creators of compensation and diminishes the incentive to produce new works.”
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