Filed by Gary Price

From CNN: In the past several months, the Brooklyn Public Library has issued more than 5,100 free electronic library cards to young people nationwide, Nick Higgins, the library’s chief librarian told CNN.

From 13 News Now, WVEC-TV: The Virginia Beach Circuit Court dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday that sought to limit the sale of two books said to be "obscene" for minors.... The judge laid out six reasons that the lawsuit could have been dismissed. She also said [the case] couldn't be amended and re-submitted because that "would be futile."

A message was delivered from Jamestown Township residents to Patmos Library board members Monday night — keep the library open.

From Motherboard/VICE: Library workers across Oklahoma’s Metropolitan Library System (MLS) were shocked this week after receiving instructions to avoid using the word “abortion” and not to help patrons locate abortion-related information on either library computers or their own devices.

A lawsuit filed by OCLC in U.S. Federal Court, Southern District of Ohio, claims that representatives from Clarivate have been contacting OCLC customers and encouraging them to contribute bibliographic records from WorldCat to an under-development platform called MetaDoor, in direct breach of those customers’ contractual obligations to OCLC.

From the East Bay Times: Several apparent Proud Boys members disrupted a Drag Queen Story Hour event at the San Lorenzo Library on Saturday afternoon—threatening the event’s organizer with homophobic and transphobic slurs and briefly forcing the performer to flee for safety.

From IMLS: The Institute of Museum and Library Services today is pleased to announce the six recipients of the 2022 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation’s highest honor given to libraries and museums that make significant and exceptional contributions to their communities.

From ALA: The American Library Association (ALA) and a coalition of more than 25 groups are banding together to empower individuals and communities to fight censorship and protect the freedom to read.

From a Macmillan Publishers Statement: Don Weisberg announced today that he will be stepping aside as CEO, Macmillan Publishers at the end of the year. Jon Yaged has been appointed his successor as CEO, Macmillan Publishers US. Weisberg will continue in an advisory capacity to Stefan von Holtzbrinck starting in January 2023.