Public librarians and school librarians soon will stand newly subjected to jailing in Arkansas. It conceivably could happen if a parent objected to a book a child got from the library and the local prosecutor chose to pander to the tyrants of the cultural right.
Arkansas attorney general said on Friday that a law creating a new offense for "furnishing a harmful item to a minor" does not apply to e-books and audiobooks despite concerns from the head of the Central Arkansas Library system over whether thousands of items in digital libraries remain vulnerable to scrutiny under the rule.
The Central Arkansas Library System s executive director has pledged that the library system will defend employees who might be charged under a new state law that exposes library personnel to criminal charges for "knowingly" distributing material found to be obscene.
Arkansas Digital Library Consortium announced that it exceeded its 2021 record-breaking one million digital book checkouts. In 2022, ADLC checked out over 1.3 million eBooks, audiobooks, and other digital media
/PRNewswire/ As public libraries continue their mission to serve their communities, a major milestone was reached for the most popular ebook, audiobook,.