First Amendment

Is the library at risk if a teen patron volunteers to share contents of a cell phone?

We are a small, urban, very diverse school district with a large English Language Learner (ELL) population and a high poverty rate.

Is there professional insurance for librarians? Given the book-banning lawsuits, do librarians and library workers need additional insurance to cover possible lawsuits?

There are reports of first amendment audits happening in rural towns and villages.

NOTE: On 5/13/22, Erie 1 BOCES hosted a program[1] regarding school library materials management.  That same week, the Erie Coun

[NOTE: We didn't get this as a submission to "Ask the Lawyer", but we wish we had...]

In a local school district, multiple books have been challenged recently.

[NOTE:  This question was submitted in response to the guidance posted at Minor Employees and Obscenity in the Li

I appreciate your thorough treatment of the topic of pornography in libraries, especially couching it in the larger context of objectionable content.

Our municipal library recently revised its by-laws, and the revisions were approved by four of our five elected trustees.