Among the headlines this week: the Ebook Study Group responds to a former ALA official's take on library ebook laws; Missouri lawmakers threaten a public library over an LGBTQ+ reading; Author Hugh Howey's take on writing in the age of AI; and R. David Lankes on the future of information science.
The ruling comes nearly three years to the day since a federal judge first temporarily blocked key provisions of a state law known as Act 372, and now exposes librarians and booksellers in the state to criminal liability for making allegedly “harmful” books accessible to anyone under 18.
In a July 20 order, federal judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín ruled that the settlement met the legal standard of being “fair, reasonable, and adequate.”
