Library and Academic Institution Movements & the Law

The Trump administration recently asked visitors to U.S. national parks to report displays or exhibits saying “negative” things about Americans and to restore sites as “uplifting public monuments."

Author: The team at Brooklyn Law School Library Each month, BLS librarians meet with Associate Dean Dominique Fowler and Brooklyn Law School (BLS) Communications staff to learn about upcoming cultu…

Skimming Google News for articles on AI and law libraries, I came across a white paper published last October: Building the Future of Law Libraries:

The proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 federal budget released today by the White House would cut funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the school library program Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL).

From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers.

Stony Brook University Libraries hosted Confronting Censorship and Battling Book Bans, which included a screening of the 2025 documentary The Librarians.

On April 9, 2026, the American Library Association (ALA) – the largest library association in the world – and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) – the nation’s largest union of cultural workers – reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice that protects the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and ensures the agency will continue carrying out its congressionally mandated work.

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U.S. Secretary of State and national security adviser Marco Rubio is no longer the acting archivist of the United States, a spokesman of the National Archives and Records Administration said on Thursday.

In May 2025, President Trump's removal of the Librarian of Congress and attempted removal of the Register of Copyrights precipitated a constitutional crisis tha

The American Library Association praised the Prison Libraries Act, introduced today by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D-MO-5), along with co-leads Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH-11), and Rep. Valerie Foushee (D-NC-4).

As public confidence erodes and Trump-era funding cuts mount, colleges are launching ad campaigns and joint messaging to defend their value.

The UNC Systems' Committee on University Governance gave an initial nod Wednesday to a formal definition for academic freedom.

Gina Gagliano looks at what the loss of Baker & Taylor means for the comics industry.

Today's guest blogger asks: How much do we read today? How do reading habits vary across generations? What should libraries and publishers do to encourage reading?

The diversity rule remains at the center of a major American Bar Association (ABA) review that could reshape law school accreditation nationwide. The ABA launch

I understand the reluctance to commute. I’ve been working from home since the pandemic first hit—and I love it. Laundry gets done more often, and my cat (sometimes) appreciates the extra cuddle time. Remote work has become the norm for many of us. Ontario courts continue to conduct remote and hybrid hearings, and legal professionals […]

State department proposes excluding 38 institutions from Diplomacy Lab partnership including Harvard and Yale

State-level mandates prompt changes and small acts of resistance at universities

The Libraries has an array of mental health resources, programs, and events to help students manage stress, burnout, depression, and anxiety.

Decades of carefully built infrastructure aimed at improving and tracking how American children learn vanished in an ideological attack

Today's guest post argues that academic libraries are an investment in the very foundation of quality scholarship and responsible publishing.

In the United States, book clubs are typically associated with the work of public or school librarians, due to their focus on extracurricular programs…

Exclusive: Trump administration proposal would exclude elite schools that use diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices

Universities have found themselves under pressure from President Trump – from blocked funds for research, to attacks on their admission policies and diversit...

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published an addendum (pages 30–31) to the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries (2012), providing updated guidance...