Bills targeting library operations die in Alabama Legislature | Alabama Reflector The bills would have applied the state's obscenity laws to local libraries and allow counties and cities to terminate library board members.

The battles over library content continue throughout Alabama.

But two bills that could have affected how libraries operate failed to move in the Legislature’s 2025 session.

There's nothing holy about writing discrimination into the law.

Can’t wait to be done with today, on my couch, with my book. #goals

Mini-Prom was a success. He could stop growing up so fast now.

Fund Libraries. Tell Congress to invest in libraries. American Library Association.

We're almost out of time to #FundLibraries. We need you to call Congress TODAY.

Tell Congress to fund libraries in next year's federal budget: bit.ly/Call2FundLibraries

Without sustained funding, legal wins for the future of the Institute of Museum & Library Services will only be temporary.

Trump fires head of Copyright Office two days following report that AI training may not be fair use Whether the report is the reason isn’t clear

The head of copyright was fired to protect corporate interests in AI.

The Trump administration fired Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter following the office’s pre-publication of its opinion on the fair use status of AI training data that consists of copyrighted information.

@repjasmine.bsky.social

🔴 REMINDER: Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett will be receiving her Webby Award tomorrow night! Mark your calendars! ⤵️
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STATEMENT: President Trump Fires the Librarian of Congress and Now Congress Must Push Back

Trump fired the Librarian of Congress without cause! Read @everylibrary.bsky.social's statement here. www.everylibrary.org/trump_fires_...

Please sign

My bee buddies know it’s too cold out.

A RARE sighting of my Brave, and Pancake snuggling. I coaxed Brave (the all black kitty) as a feral kitten to be my house cat over last summer/fall. They’re slowly becoming best buds.

Sign the Petition Bring Recommend to Librarian Feature to Overdrive's Libby App

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Every citizen in the USA should be obliged to read or watch

The Handmaid's Tale.

Now.

Oh. Damn it. It's already banned in parts of the USA.

When a book becomes alive. Too quick.

It seems it's already too late for a rising. But I do hope I am wrong.

#TheHandMaidsTale #USA #Facism

Why are sport camps so expensive??? My son wants to do one and for 5 days, it’s $285. Kill me now.

Support libraries and literacy!

Take action at buff.ly/41eAGMI

Indiana faces $2 billion revenue gap amid tariffs and federal uncertainty Indiana lawmakers will have to find $2 billion to cut from the two-year state budget before the legislative session ends next week.

www.indystar.com/story/news/p...

But, every single amendment that were brought forward on Monday to create revenue (Sen. Pol had some great ideas along with other senators) that I saw with my own eyes, and heard with my own ears, were shot down. #wakeupindiana

“...right now the public’s house is being dismantled all over the nation.” — ALA President-elect Sam Helmick

Learn what you can do to help:
www.ala.org/advocacy/sho...

#ForOurLibraries

Banned Books Week, October 5-11, 2025. Censorship is so 1984 (the word censorship is crossed out with a red line), Read for your rights. ala.org/bbooks

Orwell's 1984 wasn’t meant to be a how-to guide, but here we are. This October, join the fight for the freedom to read.
The theme for #BannedBooksWeek 2025 is Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.
Planning to participate? Apply for a Krug Fund grant by April 30!
www.ala.org/news/2025/04...

www.ilfonline.org/advocacy

A condom is not a medical necessity for men….in case anyone was wondering.

Libraries need your support!

Take action to support libraries at buff.ly/41eAGMI!

This was my favorite show after school growing up. How I found my love for so many books.

Crosby Kemper: As DOGE targets federal cultural agency I led, its work must go on | Opinion Donald Trump tapped him as director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, but now his administration has cut it to the bone. | Opinion

"I was the last director of the federal agency, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, just scheduled for serious reduction or elimination by the Trump administration."

www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...

We made it! #libraryadvocacy #fightforlibraryfunding #weloveourlibrary

Image: Timely Topics! Library Funding & Advocacy Illustration of a megaphone. ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition 2025 Philadelphia, June 26-30 - ALAAnnual.org For Our Libraries. Register Now! Analyzing the Public Value of Public Libraries with the Community Capitals Framework Saturday, June 28, 2025 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET

Image: Timely Topics! Library Funding & Advocacy Illustration of a megaphone. ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition 2025 Philadelphia, June 26-30 - ALAAnnual.org For Our Libraries. Register Now! Advocate Smarter AND Harder: Advocacy Tools for Rural & Small Libraries Sunday, June 29, 2025 9:00am – 10:00am ET

Image: Timely Topics! Library Funding & Advocacy Illustration of a megaphone. ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition 2025 Philadelphia, June 26-30 - ALAAnnual.org For Our Libraries. Register Now! Priority One: Local government engagement Sunday, June 29, 2025 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET

Image: Timely Topics! Library Funding & Advocacy Illustration of a megaphone. ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition 2025 Philadelphia, June 26-30 - ALAAnnual.org For Our Libraries. Register Now! Let Your Impact Ring! Sharing Your Library’s Successes so Funders Will Listen Sunday, June 29, 2025 2:30pm – 3:00pm ET

📚Raising public awareness, mobilizing communities & fostering partnerships are key to sustaining libraries. Explore these #ALAAC25 programs for ideas and practices to strengthen your library funding and advocacy efforts. See the full lineup of programs in our Timely Topics collection. bit.ly/43OXUe0

Americans Like You Are Speaking Up for Their Local Libraries! Thank you to everyone who took the time to write a letter to the editor during National Library Week! Your voices made a big difference.

Thank you to everyone who wrote a letter to the editor in support of libraries during National Library Week!

Your voices make a big difference.

bit.ly/3Ewqd6x via @everylibrary.bsky.social

ALA is back in court to protect library funding. Show up for our libraries. ALA American Library Association.

NEW: Today ALA & our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social filed a preliminary injunction in federal court.

This continues our ongoing legal action to save federal library funding.

Our goal is to immediately halt the dismantling of the Institute of Museum & Library Services. 1/3

@mychal3ts.bsky.social thank you for doing the zoom program tonight with the Oak Park Public Library. I really learned a lot and loved hearing you speak.

Book Banners Are Lying to Americans! Don't let them lie to you!

Book banners LOVE to say they just want pornography out of school libraries.

They're lying.

And we have the receipts.

(A Thread)

Or all in one post if you like - action.everylibrary.org/bookbannersl...

Results of the First Library Ballot Initiatives in the Trump Era

The first two statewide elections of the Trump era have underscored a vital truth:

Libraries are not red or blue, liberal or conservative, left or right—they are essential.

www.everylibrary.org/first_librar... via @everylibrary.bsky.social

We're suing Trump to save library funding. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEW: ALA is going to court to stop the President’s attempts to illegally dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services.

The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)