Corvallis, Albany libraries and museums face federal cuts

National Library Week 2025 lands amid book bans, budget cuts, job losses

Library staff laid off, let go or placed on leave. Books banned, challenged and purged. Funding cut, slashed or outright ended. Believe it or not, it’s National Library Week. During the seven days from April 6-12, Americans honor the work of our libraries, librarians and staff and all they do for our communities. For this year’s theme of “Drawn to the Library,” the honorary chairs are best-selling authors and illustrators Raina Telgemeier and Sc…

A time of book bans and library funding cuts

Not to say “we told you so” but how can progressives not say “we told you so” when it comes to President Donald Trump’s recent actions? Reading the front page article, “Library programs on the chopping block” (April 7), I am reminded of the U.S. Naval Academy’s recent decision to remove over 300 diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) books from the academy’s library. What a clear reminder of the Kristallnacht book burning in Nazi Germany. And the…

Nellie White: Library funding cuts ‘not the end of the world’

A recent letter claims that libraries are “a vital cornerstone of democracy” (April 1). The letter writer is entitled to her opinion, but that’s an absurd thing to say when many let drag queens in the front door. They shouldn’t be let in at all!

Corvallis, Albany libraries and museums face federal cuts

In one instance, a $5,000 award the Albany Public Library has already earned in a contest is being clawed back, threatening the city’s summer reading program.

Cutting library funding means cutting lifelines for communities

A row of library books. (Getty)Every Friday night, my 5-year-old walks through the door beaming, arms overflowing with books. He’s just spent the afternoon in a safe, vibrant place where he could play, learn, and grow, at no cost to our family: the library. Libraries are much more than buildings full of books. As a social work educator, I helped launch a social work internship at a local branch in 2024. The social work intern quickly became, and…

How federal NEH and library cuts are impacting Long Island institutions

Humanities advocates say the funding cuts mean a loss of cultural enrichment for Long Island that could jeopardize literacy, job training and economic opportunity.