The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation granted the Library Foundation SD $350,000 for the San Diego Public Library to expand Digital Memory Lab services throughout San Diego, it was announced Monday.
A recent report from the nonprofit PEN America found a 28% increase in book bans enacted across the country in the first half of the 2022- 23 school year, compared to the previous six months.
San Diego's library and Library Foundation SD on Thursday joined Books Unbanned, an effort to make challenged titles available to young readers across the U.S.