The Georgia Council for Public Libraries recently announced recipients of its annual awards. Among the honorees is LeRoy Childs, the state’s first black public library director. Other awards include ...

ATLANTA — Georgia's 408 public libraries delivered an estimated $1.06 billion in services and economic benefits during fiscal year 2024, generating $3.75 in value for every dollar of public funding, ...

BLACKSHEAR, Ga. — A longtime employee of the library in Pierce County, Georgia has been fired after a controversial book display including a book about a transgender boy. Lavonnia Moore was the ...

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Public libraries are facing tough choices in Georgia as a battle between the Trump administration and librarians over federal funding plays out in court. In a March executive order, President Donald ...

ATLANTA — A group of 22 Georgia state senators proposed new legislation that would prevent any Georgia tax dollars from being used for the purchase or funding of materials, services or operations ...

GEORGIA — For the 10th year, the Georgia Public Library Service is honoring library leaders, staff and literacy champions. The 2024 Georgia Public Library Awards honored two librarians from the metro ...

Jennifer Lautzenheiser, right, director of Middle Georgia Regional Library helps hold a ribbon as Tonja Khabir, executive director of Griffith Family Foundation cuts the ribbon for the new “Library ...

When Jennifer Lautzenheiser was promoted to interim director of the Middle Georgia Public Library System in March, the circumstances were far from ideal. After a difficult split between the system’s ...

Georgia's Senate passed a bill Thursday that would ban libraries from spending public or private funds on services offered by the American Library Association, which a Republican member of the chamber ...