libraries

While many states have considered or passed laws making it easier to remove books from libraries, others have bucked that trend. In New Mexico, some local efforts to remove books have prompted state lawmakers to try to protect librarians from that kind of pressure.

The State Library is offering all New Mexicans free online subscriptions to the New York Times. The state Department of Cultural Affairs announced the resource this week along with an app to download e-books and audiobooks at no charge.

It’s Banned Books Week, and some New Mexicans are celebrating simply by reading. The American Library Association is behind the event and puts out a list of most commonly banned books each year.

On this episode we talk with Deirdre Caparoso about explosion of challenges against libraries and books. She is outreach and community engagement librarian at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center. She is also chair of the intellectual freedom committee for the New Mexico Library Association.

A new film highlights the important role libraries play in small rural communities around New Mexico. Many of these organizations are independent and must raise their own operating funds, and they have become vital centers for the people they serve.

New Mexicans are voting on whether to boost the resources available at public and school-based libraries with what would be the largest ever statewide library bond at $19 million.

Let’s Talk New Mexico 2/21 8a: Rural libraries reach around 500,000 New Mexicans in rural towns and pueblos and provide a range of services including…