For Banned Book Week, Harris County Public Library says it will provide access to hundreds of books banned across the state of Texas. On Sept. 19, Harris County Commissioners Court passed a resolution ...

On November 3, the massive pirated e-book database Z-Library disappeared from the internet, with its domains leading to a cryptic message that the website had been seized by law enforcement. Now, new ...

The FBI on Friday seized the internet domains of the digital database Z-Library, which lets users illegally download pirated books and academic papers. (For insights on emerging themes at the ...

The San Francisco-based Internet Archive now has federal depository status, joining a network of over 1,100 libraries that archive government documents and make them accessible to the public — even as ...

Library Futures, a nonprofit organization that addresses library policy and digital access, has released a report on the censorship of e-resources used by students for classroom research.

Two databases for the dissemination and study of ancient books were released in the National Library of China in Beijing on Wednesday, boosting cultural resource utilization with advanced technology.

Global information services provider Clarivate, which owns data and analytics resource ProQuest as well as other library and education brands including Ex Libris and the Web of Science, announced on ...

A public library system in Alabama flagged a children’s picture book as potentially “sexually explicit” because the author’s last name is “Gay.” The picture book, “Read Me a Story, Stella,” by ...

Many a desperate college student has turned to Z-Library, a site for pirated e-books, as an alternative to expensive textbooks. But on Friday, the site suddenly went dark, sending students who relied ...