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April 26, 2022 12:41 am
Original Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/04/25/2145208/brooklyn-public-library-is-offering-free-digital-library-cards-to-young-adults-in-the-us?utm_source=r
Brooklyn Public Library is Offering Free Digital Library Cards To Young Adults in the US
The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) is counteracting a ban on certain books by letting anyone in the US aged 13 to 21 apply for a digital library card. This gives teens and young adults, regardless of their location in the United States, access to the library's entire ebook collection. From a report: The initiative, called Books Unbanned, is fighting what the BPL describes as an "increasingly coordinated and effective effort to remove books tackling a wide range of topics from library shelves." According to the American Library Association (ALA), a total of 729 books were challenged in 2021, meaning a person or group attempted to ban these titles from public libraries.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/04/25/2145208/brooklyn-public-library-is-offering-free-digital-library-cards-to-young-adults-in-the-us?utm_source=r
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