Rhode Island Judge Declines to Stay His IMLS Injunction The Court's decision affords IMLS employees and grantees in 21 plaintiff states a little peace of mind, at least for now.
After Scheduling Order, Dispute Over Register of Copyrights Firing Will Stretch Well into the Summer Perlmutter had sought an expedited schedule on a motion for summary judgment to mitigate the uncertainty at the Copyright Office. That timeline will now be extended by at least a month.
PEN America Report Explores Florida's 'Parental Rights' Censorship Playbook “Florida is a warning sign of what this country could become when we let a false narrative about ‘parental rights’ infringe on the wishes of actual parents,” the report concludes.
New Jersey State of Mind: The Words & Money Weekly Newsletter for the Week Ending May 30, 2025 As much of the library world focuses on the legal battles over the Trump Administration's efforts to dismantle the IMLS and to gut the Library of Congress, legislative efforts to seek fair digital terms for libraries have begun to reemerge in a handful of statehouses. In this week&
After Failing to Win a Restraining Order, Former Register of Copyrights Seeks to Fast Track Lawsuit Over Her Firing Calling her firing "blatantly illegal," former Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter is now seeking to expedite a summary judgment, over the objections of Trump administration lawyers.
New Jersey Introduces Library Ebook Bill If passed, the New Jersey bill would sound beyond the Garden State, satisfying the so-called “trigger clause” in the recently passed library ebook bill in Connecticut.
The Queue: Library News for the Week Ending May 30, 2025 Among the week's headlines: Fallout from the Fifth Circuit's massive book banning decision; Texas moves a step closer to giving school boards control of public school libraries; and Colorado libraries are struggling with ebook costs.