The Queue: Library News for the Week Ending June 20, 2025

Among the week's headlines: an appeals court weighs whether to rehear an appeal of Iowa's S.F. 496; a new poll in Texas shows broad support for librarians; a Tennessee library advocacy group is honored by PEN America; More on the state of library ebooks; and ALA staff vote on their union.

“Nearly half the industry is using AI, yet qualitative sentiment is overwhelmingly negative,” the report notes, concluding that the book industry is “adopting AI faster than it is becoming comfortable with it.”

Among the week's headlines: by a 99-0 margin, Illinois sends its library ebook bill to the senate; the Authors Guild honors Carla Hayden; the 11th Circuit hears a key Florida book banning case; Utah bans more books; and the Brooklyn Public Library releases a superb America250 reading list.