Libraries

Hillsborough School Board members voted 4-3 Tuesday at a special meeting to ban "This Book is Gay" by Juno Dawson from all middle schools in the county.

The administrative legal challenge seeks to force the Florida Department of Education to roll back its media specialist training and follow the language of HB 1467.

The House Education Quality Subcommittee voted 13-5 along party lines to support the measure, with sponsor Stan McClain, R-Ocala, pushing back against opponents who characterized it as enabling book bans.

The board is requiring parental permission for middle schoolers to check out "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You."

Still without home internet access, Charlotte county residents are returning to their remote jobs by logging in at the Punta Gorda Charlotte library.

Pinellas County Schools removed "Gender Queer: A Memoir" from general circulation at two of its schools, saying the graphic novel was not age appropriate for all high school students.

The books have not been banned, but removed for the time being, while a thorough review of each piece takes place, according to the district.

Most libraries in our region closed for only a short period during the height of the pandemic, but they kept serving patrons even when their doors closed and continue to find ways to serve.

According to “Phase 1” of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ plan to reopen Florida, libraries can open at 25 percent capacity. However, the plan leaves the decision up…

Libraries around the Tampa Bay area are offering paper unemployment forms to people who don’t have access to a printer.(Updated at 10:45 a.m. Thurs.,…

Libraries across Florida are closing their doors as COVID-19 continues to sweep across the country.The Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative…

"There were families that couldn't afford to pay the fines and therefore couldn't return the materials," Chicago Public Library Commissioner Andrea Telli said. "So then we just lost them as patrons."