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The Forgotten Book Ban Case

that went to the supreme court

By Anthony Aycock — The Washington Post

Record efforts to ban books are fueling fights in Texas, Virginia and across the country. Just this week, a group including free-speech advocates, authors, parents and the publisher Penguin Random House filed a federal lawsuit against a Florida school district over the removal of books covering gender and LGBTQ issues.

Yet only one previous case of a library book ban has ended up before the Supreme Court: Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico. And, outside law school classrooms, it has largely been forgotten.

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The Rising Republican Movement

to defund public libraries

By Fabiola Cineas — VOX.com
Libraries bolster democracy. Republicans want to get rid of them.
When Missouri’s House voted in late March to approve a state budget that would eliminate $4.5 million in funding for public libraries, local and national free speech advocates went into panic mode.

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Seattle Public Library Joins

Books Unbanned Initiative

By Alton Worley II —  KOMO News

Seattle Public Library is the second library to join “Books Unbanned,” an initiative to fight for the rights of teens nationwide to read what they like, discover themselves, and form their own opinions.

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New Ruling Threatens the Future of Libraries

Knowledge is too precious to be abandoned to the whims of the profit motive.

By Adam Serwer — The Atlantic

If civilization ever falls to a zombie apocalypse or nuclear Armageddon, we will need to have preserved centuries of accumulated practical knowledge to rise again. And if humanity should go extinct, leaving nothing but our legacy, the alien explorers who discover the ruins of our society would struggle to interpret human history without some great store of information to guide them.

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21st-Century Libraries

The Learning Commons

By Beth Holland — Edutopia

Libraries become a different kind of learning destination when schools re-imagine them as open, transparent spaces that invite student communication and collaboration.

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The Women Who Rode Miles

on horseback to deliver library books

By Anika Burgess — Atlas Obscura

They were known as the “book women.” They would saddle up, usually at dawn, to pick their way along snowy hillsides and through muddy creeks with a simple goal: to deliver reading material to Kentucky’s isolated mountain communities..

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The Books Will Keep You Warm

A celebration of small-town libraries and retro mysteries

By Nikki Knight — CrimeReads

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Clearing the Dust

HOW LIBRARIES ARE CHANGING IN THE 21ST CENTURY

By Rachael Campbell — University of South Carolina

Libraries are acclimating to the 21st century by becoming a modern destination to learn and create with friends.

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Library As Infrastructure

By Shannon Mattern — Places Journal

Reading room, social service center, innovation lab. How far can we stretch the public library?

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Libraries in the 21st Century

THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE PERCEPTION AND THE REALITY

By Pilar Quezzaire — The IB Community blog

Digital technologies are an opportunity rather than a threat to libraries.

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Library Fireplaces We’d Love to Come Home To

By Shana MurphyBookBub

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New Missoula Public Library (MPL)

The New Library Is Open!

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World’s Best Library in 2022

the missoula public library

Our very own Missoula Public Library was named Public Library of the Year by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)! 

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Adam James Books

in the Missoula Public Library

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A New Vision for the 21st Century Library

By Stuff Made Simple — While still places devoted to research, they are becoming social centers, too.

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Part of the Morgan Library in New York City

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Prague City Library

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Public Libraries Are Under Attack

here’s how you can help

By Angie Manfredi — Harper’s BAZAAR

Former librarian Angie Manfredi on the freedom to read and what you can do to support your local libraries from encroaching censorship.

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Culture War in the Stacks

Librarians marshal against rising book bans

By Hannah Allam — The Washington Post

Facing smear campaigns and death threats, librarians are on the front lines of what they call an urgent battle for intellectual freedom. 

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Spectacular Libraries

7 Spectacular Libraries You Can Explore From Your Living Room

By Claire Voon — Atlas Obscura 

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