NEWS & VIEWS
News & Views is your monthly roundup of curated articles from around the web keeping you up to date on the latest news and trends in the library profession. News & Views is an exclusive benefit of your MLA membership delivered to your inbox the second Thursday of every month.
April 13, 2023
MICHIGAN NAMES FIRST STATE POET LAUREATE SINCE 1950S
DETROIT FREE PRESS – APRIL 12, 2023

TEXAS COUNTY PLANS TO CLOSE ENTIRE LIBRARY SYSTEM RATHER THAN UN-BAN BOOKS
NBC NEWS – APRIL 12, 2023
 
LOCAL LIBRARIAN GIVES HER VIEWS ON ‘CRT’ AND OTHER CONTROVERSIES
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE – APRIL 11, 2023
 
THE RULING THAT THREATENS THE FUTURE OF LIBRARIES
THE ATLANTIC – APRIL 9, 2023
 
MICHIGAN LIBRARY BOOK BANS: LESSONS FROM A FEDERAL TEXAS CASE
BRIDGE MICHIGAN – APRIL 7, 2023
 
INDIANA LAWMAKERS BATTLE OVER BILL THAT COULD CRIMINALIZE LIBRARIANS FOR OBJECTIONABLE BOOKS
NPR WFYI – APRIL 6, 2023
 
LIBRARIANS’ ‘NEW NORMAL’ INCLUDES PAIN POINTS
INSIDE HIGHER ED – APRIL 6, 2023
 
IDAHO DOESN’T NEED A ‘LIBRARY BOUNTY,’ SAYS GOV. LITTLE, VETOING BILL TO RESTRICT LIBRARY MATERIALS
IDAHO CAPITAL SUN – APRIL 5, 2023
 
OPINION HOW TO FIGHT BOOK BANS — AND WIN
WASHINGTON POST – APRIL 5, 2023
 
IT’S THEIR CONTENT, YOU’RE JUST LICENSING IT
NEW YORK TIMES – APRIL 4, 2023
 
JUDY BLUME SLAMS GOV. DESANTIS’ FLORIDA CENSORSHIP IN PASSIONATE SPEECH: ‘TEACHERS ARE UNDER FIRE’
VARIETY – APRIL 4, 2023 
 
AMID BOOK BANS, SOME SUGGEST REMOVING LIBRARIES ENTIRELY
GOVERNING – APRIL 3, 2023
 
JUDGE FINDS TEXAS LIBRARY'S BOOK BANS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, ORDERS BOOKS RETURNED
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY – APRIL 3, 2023
 
THE INTERNET ARCHIVE’S LITERARY CIVIL WAR
WIRED – MARCH 31, 2023 
 
ARKANSAS GOVERNOR SIGNS LAW AIMED AT HOLDING LIBRARIES ACCOUNTABLE FOR ‘OBSCENE’ MATERIAL
THE ARKANSAS ADVOCATE – MARCH 31, 2023
 
LIBRARIES NEED MORE FREEDOM TO DISTRIBUTE DIGITAL BOOKS
THE ATLANTIC – MARCH 30, 2023
 
AMID BOOK CONTROVERSY, FOREST HILLS SUPERINTENDENT ANNOUNCES PLAN TO RETIRE
FOX 17 – MARCH 30, 2023
 
MISSOURI LIBRARIANS ARE RISKING JAIL TIME – FOR DOING THEIR JOBS
CODA – MARCH 30, 2023
 
INTERNET ARCHIVE COPYRIGHT LOSS HITS LIBRARY DIGITAL LENDING (1)
BLOOMBERG LAW – MARCH 29, 2023

OI-BACKED ALLENDALE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS CONCERNED ABOUT LIBRARY LINK ON DISTRICT WEBSITE
THE HOLLAND SENTINEL – MARCH 29, 2023

LIBRARY E-BOOK APP OVERDRIVE TO SHUT DOWN ON MAY 1ST, READERS DIRECTED TO LIBBY INSTEAD
TECH CRUNCH – MARCH 28, 2023

LIBRARY LINES: THE PURPOSE OF YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY
PETOSKEY NEWS-REVIEW – MARCH 28, 2023

MICHIGAN LIBRARIES OFFER HUNDREDS OF WAYS TO SPICE UP YOUR ‘STAY-CATION’
WILX 10 – MARCH 28, 2023

A WEST MICHIGAN SCHOOL LIBRARIAN SAYS THE DISTRICT PULLED A BOOK AGAINST ITS OWN RULES
WMUK – MARCH 27, 2023

LEGAL BLOW TO INTERNET ARCHIVE, CONTROLLED DIGITAL LENDING
INSIDE HIGHER ED – MARCH 26, 2023
 
IN A SWIFT DECISION, JUDGE EVISCERATES INTERNET ARCHIVE’S SCANNING AND LENDING PROGRAM
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY – MARCH 25, 2023
 
LAPEER DISTRICT LIBRARY LATEST TARGET FOR CAMPAIGN AGAINST LGBTQ+ BOOK
MICHIGAN ADVANCE – MARCH 24, 2023

ATTEMPTS TO BAN BOOKS DOUBLED IN 2022
NEW YORK TIMES – MARCH 23, 2023
 
LIBRARIANS PROTECT OUR RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHAT WE READ
COPPER BEACON – MARCH 22, 2023
 
”THE BATTLE OVER BOOKS:” NATIONWIDE TREND OF BOOK CENSORSHIP REACHES MICHIGAN
ABC 57 – MARCH 22, 2023
 
THE POWER OF LIBRARIES TO CONNECT COMMUNITIES
THE FULCRUM – MARCH 22, 2023
 
THE FATE OF ‘GENDER QUEER’ NOW IN THE HANDS OF LAPEER LIBRARIAN
BRIDGE MICHIGAN – MARCH 20, 2023
 
BANNING BOOKS AND IDEAS: AN OLD PROBLEM BRINGS FRESH EVILS
LEN NIEHOFF – MARCH 20, 2023
 
‘I AM SORRY’: SUPERINTENDENT ADMITS TO PULLING SOME LGBTQ BOOKS
WOODTV – MARCH 16, 2023
 
CONSERVATIVES ARE TRYING TO BAN BOOKS IN YOUR TOWN. LIBRARIANS ARE FIGHTING BACK.
THE NEW REPUBLIC – MARCH 16, 2023
 
LAPEER LIBRARIAN AMY CHURCHILL FACES POSSIBLE FELONY CHARGES FROM PROSECUTOR OVER GENDER QUEER BOOK
DETROIT FREE PRESS – MARCH 16, 2023
 
EXPERTS CAST DOUBT THAT LAPEER LIBRARIAN CAN BE CHARGED OVER LGBTQ BOOK
BRIDGE MICHIGAN – MARCH 15, 2023
 
THE LIBRARIANS ARE NOT OKAY
THE ATLANTIC – MARCH 15, 2023
 
GEN ZERS ARE BOOKWORMS BUT SAY THEY'RE SHUNNING E-BOOKS BECAUSE OF EYE STRAIN, DIGITAL DETOXING, AND THEIR LOVE FOR LIBRARIES
BUSINESS INSIDER – MARCH 13, 2023
 
PETITION CIRCULATES CALLING FOR THE REMOVAL OF COUNCILMAN FROM LIBRARY BOARD
HILLSDALE DAILY NEWS – MARCH 11, 2023
 
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