#LibrariesResist

We are thrilled to announce that ACLU’s Emerson Skyes (Senior Staff Attorney, ALCU Speech, Privacy, & Technology Project) will be moderating our watch party and discussion, THIS Sat 5pmET Join us for this activating event with frontline changemakers in the US and Canada!

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Opinion | ICE Is Watching You

On the weaponization of personal data: "If combined with the facial recognition and social media monitoring commonly deployed by the Department of Homeland Security, those reams of data would turbocharge ICE’s terror campaign in the short term and destroy American civil liberties in the long term."

The Political Librarian Journal As an open source academic journal, The Political Librarian is dedicated to expanding the discussion of about library advocacy and activism while promoting research and new thinking about policy and f...

Call for Papers: The Political Librarian invites all levels of information, memory, library, and cultural heritage professionals, administrators, educators, researchers, policy analysts, and stakeholders to contribute to the Spring 2026 issue of The Political Librarian.

Don’t let the government regulate your reading www.bookbanpetition.us

“Any Ideas?”: The American Library Association and the Desegregation of Public Libraries in the American South ABSTRACT. Sad fact: For the most of the twentieth century, the American Library Association (ala) chose to look past the issue of racially segregated public libraries in the South rather than confront...

The NC Negro Library Association (est. 1934) was the first black library assoc. chapter in ALA. NCLA was for white librarians. When ALA moved to only allow one library assoc. chapter per state, NCLA admitted black members in 1954

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#BlackHistoryMonth

The Librarians | Book Policies Documentary | Independent Lens The Librarians follows librarians and citizens responding to restrictions on library content across the United States.

Gather up a group of friends for the online premiere of @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social on PBS February 9th! Or check it out on their app and watch it on your own timetable that day! It's a powerful look at the attacks on school boards and the freedom to read. www.pbs.org/independentl...

American Labor Movement and Libraries American Labor Movement and Libraries

Labor unions are important, democratic organizations that protect the rights of workers in the country.

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The IMLS Propaganda Machine Is In Full Swing The agency overseeing U.S. libraries and museums is now full-on regime propaganda.

The IMLS propaganda machine is in full swing.

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If you're doing something cool with or for your local public library, @librariesftp.bsky.social wants to share it and uplift it in the newsletter. Reach out!

Tougaloo Nine - Wikipedia

On March 27, 1961, nine [Tougalou] students visited Jackson's library for black residents... and requested books they knew were not there.They then entered the main Jackson Public Library for white residents, and staged a "read in." #BlackHistoryMonth

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While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.

Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

IMLS Announces Grant Funding to ‘Combat Antisemitism’ Discretionary grant funding of almost $3 million for four institutions was announced by the Institute of Museum and Library Services on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27.

More IMLS propaganda grants. This time, money in alignment with Trump executive orders to "combat anti-semitism" [sic].

It's getting REALLY BAD in the propaganda department at IMLS. This is your money being stolen for Trump-Vance projects.

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Chicago has opened its first food pantry inside a public library. blockclubchi.co/49TjbEH

Arkansas Puts Complete Ban on Incoming Books, Magazines, Other Materials for Incarcerated Individuals Starting February 1, Arkansas prisons will ban individuals from receiving books, magazines, and newspapers in the mail.

Arkansas prisons will be implementing the cruelest and strictest total ban on books, magazines, and newspapers being mailed to those on the inside nationwide. The decision came using an excuse that continues to be unfounded.

This is important. It will spread.

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YouTube video by EveryLibrary The Political Librarian - In Conversation: Weaponized Politics and Dismantled Policies

ICYMI: This opening session launches “The Political Librarian” Special Issue webinar series and brings together the issue’s co-editors, Dr. Nicole A. Cooke and Dr. Aisha M. Johnson. They discuss what they believe the library sector must address in the months ahead.

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The Generational Impact of Book Bans on Teens: Book Censorship News, January 23, 2026 For generations, the research has been clear: young people read more and do better in school when they aren't subject to book bans.

The students who will begin college in the fall were in 8th grade when rampant book banning began in the USA.

A look at the generational impact of book bans on teenagers–one of the most impacted groups by this First Amendment violation.

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Minnesota School Librarians Supporting Students and Peers As ICE raids continue in the Twin Cities, school librarians are stepping up for students, staff, and their communities.

"I’m sad—in disbelief and just so angry that our staff and our students are going through this.”
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We Need Diverse Books Launches Unbanned Book Network | News Bites We Need Diverse Book aims to fight book banning and better literacy with a new initiative; Library of Congress is accepting applications for Literacy Awards; NCTE to host African American Read-in with...

We Need Diverse Books Launches Unbanned Book Network | News Bites
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2025 Book Censorship Wrapped: Trends, Challenges, and Successes Over The Year What were the book censorship trends in 2025? Here are the highs and lows, as identified by five organizations doing the work.

What were the book censorship trends in 2025? Here are the highs and lows, as identified by five organizations doing the work.

💙📚 #booksky

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Trump Is Trying to Take Control of Congress Through Its Library Donald Trump’s administration is pushing to take over the Library of Congress, its latest effort to subsume the legislative branch.

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Hope you'll join us next week on Zoom when we talk with authors in the @cjalrcbu.bsky.social special issue on Libraries and/as Extraction! Link to register and details on authors participating at: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...

AI bots are destroying Open Access There's a war going on on the Internet. AI companies with billions to burn are hard at work destroying the websites of libraries, archives, ...

There's a very demoralizing thread on the code4lib list where all the libraries describe how they're getting hammered by AI crawlers who behave basically like bot-nets trying to DDoS servers. (Along these lines: go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2025/03/ai-b... ) 1/2

Home | Banned Together Home

Watched powerful book ban doc #BannedTogether thanks to UCL iSchool/CILIP School Libraries Group www.bannedtogetherdoc.com In addition to supporting better institutional policies & evidence, CILIP's new #IntellectualFreedom Committee will launch in April to explore other options

From the essay, “Cultural Preservation and Queer History,” by Brooke Palmieri, part of the Vanishing Culture report.

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🕳️ #VanishingCulture

“Most queer publishing from the 1960s onward was issued in small, independent presses that have disappeared.” Brooke Palmieri Artist & writer

History isn’t just what survives—it’s what we choose to remember. Too often, queer & trans stories have been erased, forgotten, or hidden away. But archives help reclaim that history, ensuring that future generations can find themselves in the past. blog.archive.org/2025/04/02/v...

"Reading builds empathy": The case for saving America's libraries America needs "third places" like our libraries more than we ever have, both functionally and philosophically.

"Reading builds empathy": The case for saving America's libraries

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Cancellation of the Institute of Museum and Library Services Is Drastically Impacting the Delivery of Digital Inclusion Services for Millions Nationwide - National Digital Inclusion Alliance

Thirty-nine states and territories included digital navigator programs in their state/territory digital equity/opportunity plans, many of whom included libraries as key community partners.

Federal Funding is what allowed it to scale so quickly.

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Academic Libraries and Threats to Intellectual Freedom, Where Do We Go From Here? EveryLibrary Institute is a 501c3 organization that supports library funding in the United States.

Academic Libraries and Threats to Intellectual Freedom, Where Do We Go From Here?

Wednesday, April 16 at 12 pm (Eastern)

#medlibs 📚

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IMLS Matters Responses to this form will be published at https://imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/

Like many others I am dismayed by the effort to end IMLS. I know IMLS matters to so many people. I put together the following site to collect and share stories of how "IMLS matters" to people. Please consider submitting a story.

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