| Library Collection Decisions Not Protected by First Amendment Says Fifth Circuit Court By Lisa Peet In a judgment that is likely to impact freedom to read challenges across the country, Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that library collection decisions are “government speech” and therefore not protected by the First Amendment. The 10–7 decision reversed the preliminary injunction issued in Little v. Llano County, a lawsuit filed in April 2022 by patrons of Llano County Library System, TX, over the removal of 17 books from one of the system’s three branches. |
| Leadership Limbo at the Library of Congress By Hallie Rich A dispute over leadership at the Library of Congress has emerged in what appears to be a test over the separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches of government. |
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| IMLS Staff Returning to Work; Lawsuits Continue with Some Success, Some Administrative Pushback By Lisa Peet The sweeping preliminary injunction issued by Judge John G. McConnell in Rhode Island v. Trump marked a victory for the fight against President Trump’s executive order that sought to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Under the preliminary injunction, issued by McConnell on May 13, the administration is ordered to return all IMLS staff to work and to reinstate some of the terminated grants, and “shall not take any further actions to eliminate IMLS.” |
| Telling Railroad Stories at the California State Railroad Museum | Archives Deep Dive By Elisa Shoenberger The mission of the California State Railroad Museum (CSRM) in Sacramento, CA, is to collect, preserve, and share the deep history of railroads and railroading in California and the rest of the western United States. The organization is also home to a large 19th-century reconstruction of a railroad station and railroad depot, with a still-functional train that gives tours to patrons. |
| Call for Nominations: LJ’s 2025 Marketer of the Year Award Library Journal will honor one library staffer or a library team with its sixth annual Marketer of the Year award in its October 2025 issue. The award, sponsored by Library Ideas, comes with a $2,000 cash prize. The award recognizes the importance of innovative approaches to marketing of library services, the role of marketing in building library engagement, and the value of quality marketing collateral to help build a vibrant sense of the library and define its relevance in the community. |
| EBSCO’s RIPM Jazz Periodicals: Music, History, and Culture | eReview By Gricel Dominguez RIPM Jazz Periodicals captures a rich and fascinating slice of history and music culture. An excellent resource to support research on 20th-century U.S. history, Black history, entertainment, and music education. This singular primary-source collection is not easily matched. |
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| FINE ARTS Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature Ed. by Alison Hokanson & Joanna Seidenstein With beautiful images and a scholarly but accessible text by art historians, this book is recommended for anyone interested in 19th-century Romantic art and its influences. Liberty: Design, Pattern, Color By Kassia St. Clair This gorgeously printed history of Liberty will appeal to new fans, connoisseurs, and collectors. The Color of Clothes: Fashion and Dress in Autochromes, 1907–1930 By Cally Blackman This academic study will appeal to readers interested in the history and cultural impact of fashion design and photography. Highlighting many women photographers and fashion designers, Blackman’s examples and commentary give an in-depth review of couture during these transformative fashion years. |
| Nam Le’s 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem Is New South Wales Book of the Year | Book Pulse By Sarah Wolberg Nam Le’s 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem wins the New South Wales Book of the Year Award. Winners of the League of Canadian Poets Prizes are revealed. Dawn Macdonald’s poetry collection Northerny wins the Canadian First Book Prize. Clare Pollard’s The Modern Fairies wins the Tadeusz Bradecki Prize. The shortlist is announced for the Leacock Medal for Canadian humor writing. The Community of Literary Magazines & Presses announces the finalists for the Firecracker Awards. |
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