Open-access publications can generate significant revenue, despite hesitancy among universities to embrace free and open online access to research, a new report finds. The Association of University ...

PEN America says there was an "unprecedented" surge in book bans during the latter half of 2023, according to a new report. The free expression group says that from July-December of last year, it ...

UChicago marks Banned Books Week by launching effort to collect more than 1,500 books banned in U.S., make them broadly available In the midst of growing controversy over nationwide efforts to ban ...

There were nearly 700 attempts to ban library books in the first eight months of 2023, according to data released Tuesday by the American Library Association. From Jan. 1 to Aug 31, the attempts ...

HARRISBURG — A bill passed the GOP-controlled state Senate to require Pennsylvania parents to opt in their children to access book deemed sexually explicit after more than an hour of passionate floor ...

The program, called The Banned Book Club, provides readers with free access to books pulled from shelves of their local libraries. The e-books will be available to readers via the Palace e-reader app.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles County is expanding teenagers' access to books, including those that have been banned. The county's library system has joined in on the "Books Unbanned" initiative, ...

There were 10,000 instances of book bans at public schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to PEN America. In 2024, 5,813 titles were challenged in public libraries and schools nationwide, says ...

A lawsuit says the edict “forces bookstores and libraries to self-censor in a way that is antithetical to their core purposes.” By Elizabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter A new state law in Arkansas ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida had more books challenged for removal than any other state last year as book bans and attempted book bans reached the "highest levels ever documented," according to a ...

Some Missouri libraries are considering only letting children have a library card or entering their facilities with a parent's written permission. A controversial administrative rule from Missouri ...