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Weekly News Digest
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April 8, 2025 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.
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For National Library Week, ALA Assesses the State of American Libraries
On April 7, ALA posted, “American Library Association Kicks Off National Library Week With the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024 and the State of America’s Libraries Report.” The report notes, “New data reported to ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) shows that the majority of book censorship attempts are now originating from organized movements. Pressure groups and government entities that include elected officials, board members and administrators initiated 72% of demands to censor books in school and public libraries.”The top 10 most-challenged books include All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson, Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, and Tricks by Ellen Hopkins. Visit the report page to learn more: ala.org/news/state-americas-libraries-report-2025. As for media coverage of the attacks on libraries and IMLS, The Guardian and WIRED both chimed in. Rainesford Stauffer wrote “Being a Librarian Was Already Hard. Then Came the Trump Administration” for The Guardian on April 7. Paresh Dave and Louise Matsakis wrote “The DOGE Axe Comes for Libraries and Museums” for WIRED on April 1.
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