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The Texas State Library and Archive Commission must adopt new standards related to the development of a school library collection. That process will likely begin in August, according to a ...
In response to the National Commission on Excellence in Education Report, A Nation at Risk, the Department of Education Center for Libraries and Education Improvement, invited leaders in library and information science to a meeting in September 1983 to launch the project, "Libraries and the Learning Society."
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) refers to the state government agency in the state of Texas that supports the reading, learning, and historical preservation needs of Texas and its people. The agency is charged with preserving the archival record of Texas, supporting research, and making primary resources available to the ...
Teachers in the Carroll Independent School District in Southlake, Texas, protested a new policy restricting books in classroom libraries.
Records requested by NBC News of nearly 100 Texas school districts found 86 formal requests to remove books from libraries in 2021, with the majority of requests coming at the end of the year ...
Mel and Norma Gabler were religious fundamentalists active in United States school textbook reform between 1961 and the 2000s based in Longview, Texas. [1]Norma Gabler started her foray into school book banning in 1961 when her son pointed out how the phrase "one nation under God" was missing from the Gettysburg Address, which inspired her to complain to the State Board of Education. [2]
West Texas residents are organizing over their love — or concern — for books. Meanwhile, from Lubbock to Midland and Odessa, librarians are trying to reaffirm libraries’ role as community hubs.
The idea of a statewide resource sharing project in Texas was first proposed by Texas academic library directors in 1988. The original group of TexShare members consisted of 53 publicly supported four year academic and medical libraries, with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board providing funds starting in fiscal year 1994.