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August 19, 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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Mellon Foundation Grant for PEN America Will Help Fight Book Bans
PEN America received “a $1.4 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to fortify its work on the freedom to read, with a heightened focus on supporting public libraries and librarians. This gift will enable PEN America to extend its groundbreaking research and analysis, public awareness campaigns, and coalition building to include public libraries and librarians who are facing escalating threats to their work, safety and core mission.”The grant will support the following new initiatives: - Research and analysis of educational censorship in public libraries through the lens of free expression
- Public education campaigns to highlight the free speech implications of book bans on library systems
- Safety resources and trainings for librarians who face harassment for the books they shelve and the public programs they mount
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