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7 months ago

Alabama library board proposes ban on material discussing transgender issues from kids’ sections The state board governing Alabama libraries plans to amend its administrative code to add language effectively prohibiting positive descriptions of “transgender procedures” or “the concept of more than two biological genders” in material for children and youth. Members of the Alabama Public Library Service Board Thursday voted to open a public comment period on the […]

Alabama Reflector:Alabama News Beacon #AlabamaLibraries #TransgenderRights #LGBTQIA

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7 months ago

Library Funding Controversy To Be Settled Tomorrow? Fairhope, Alabama thefairhopetimes.blogspot.com June 2025 Fairhope Library Board. STATE BOARD MEETING Library Board Chairperson Randall Wright and other Fairhope library supporters are heading to Montgomery tomorrow for the Alabama Library Service's executive board meeting where suspended funding to the library is expected to be on their agenda. In June, the Fairhope board relocated some of the 14 "challenged" books found objectionable by the state board (after hearing local citizens' objections), but left others in place. The library receives about $40K annually from the APLS (in installments), but continued participation in the book exchange program is the primary concern of library director Robert Gourlay. Among their options, the state board could decide to lift the suspension ... or continue it. Some conservative media outlets in the area are already reporting all of the books will have to be moved to restore the funding ... but we cannot confirm that. The Fairhope Library Board meets "as needed" and there are no meetings scheduled currently. City council candidates are already weighing in on the book matter as an issue for the August 26 election. The meeting starts at 10 AM; in the past their meetings have been available to view live on YouTube's Alabama Channel. http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheFairhopeTimes

Fairhope Times:Alabama News Beacon #LibraryFunding #Fairhope #AlabamaLibraries #BookControversy #SupportLibraries

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@xstreamfm.bsky.social

9 months ago

Bills targeting library operations die in Alabama Legislature 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. One measure, HB 4, would have applied state obscenity laws to public libraries and their employees if there were materials judged to be obscene in the children’s section. The […]

Alabama Reflector:Alabama News Beacon #LibraryLegislation #AlabamaLibraries #LibraryAdvocacy

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@readfreelyal.bsky.social

11 months ago

#fairhopeal #alabama #alpolitics #alabamalibraries #censorship

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11 months ago

School Library Month Download

Governor Kaye Ivey:Alabama News Beacon #SchoolLibraryMonth #AlabamaLibraries #LibraryLove

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11 months ago

Alabama Public Library Service board terminates director, cuts aid to Fairhope library The Alabama Public Library Service terminated Nancy Pack as its executive director during the closing moments of the board meeting Thursday and slashed funding to a library in Fairhope. Both moves stemmed from new restrictive policies on materials available in libraries that supporters said would control sexually explicit material and opponents said were aimed at […]

Alabama Reflector:Alabama News Beacon #AlabamaLibraries #PublicLibrary #LibraryFunding

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@jbhayes.bsky.social

1 year ago

#alabamalibraries are suffering but thank goodness for champions like @readfreelyal.bsky.social @everylibrary.bsky.social @defenseofdemocracy.bsky.social @librarianjones.com

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@readfreelyal.bsky.social

1 year ago

In deep red Alabama, libraries gain trust of parents seeking all-access cards for children While the numbers are early, at least two libraries in mostly conservative areas of the state show that over 60% of parents are requesting all-access library cards without restrictions.

The data shows exactly what we've been saying for over a YEAR - parents trust Alabama libraries. We ask Alabama officials to trust them too #readfreelyalabama #alabamalibraries

www.al.com/news/2024/11...

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@jbhayes.bsky.social

1 year ago

a cartoon dog is sitting in front of a fire with the words " everything is fine " below him ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting in front of a fire with the words " everything is fine " below him

Hey, I’m an Alabama librarian and life is super fun down here for all of us in this profession #readfreelyalabama #alabamalibraries

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