d 1,269 demands to censor library books and resources in 2022, the highest number of attempted book bans since ALA began compiling data about censorship in libraries more than 20 years ago. The unparalleled number of reported book challenges in 2022 nearly doubles the 729 book challenges reported...
As censorship efforts blew past all previous records in 2022, the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom found that some 58 percent of those reported book challenges were made to books and materials in school libraries, classroom libraries, or school curricula. Image – Getty...
banned books to the shelves of the public library.In Arkansas,libraries,librarians,and library users joined to challenge Arkansas Act 372,a law passed in 2023 that would restrict minors access to books in bookstores and libraries located within the state and allow any person residing in Arkansas...