Arkansas Libraries

The Saline County Quorum Court now has the power to hire and fire library employees.

Arkansas is temporarily blocked from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing “harmful” materials to minors, a federal judge ruled Saturday.

Plaintiffs claim Act 372, which allows librarians to face legal penalties for providing "harmful" material to minors, is too vague and opens the door to viewpoint discrimination.

The Saline County Quorum Court will decide next month whether to shift some control over the library system’s staff, budget and operations to the county judge.

24 Saline County residents spoke Monday night on the proposed changes to the county ordinance that created the library board.

A lawsuit is underway against a law to regulate books found in Arkansas libraries.

A display of LGBTQ-themed books at the Crawford County Library has triggered a series of debates about children's literature and the separation of church and state.

Several Arkansas libraries and library associations are suing Crawford County officials and state prosecuting attorneys in an effort to overturn Act 372.

Some community members believed content in books with LGBTQ characters is too sexually explicit for the library.

The Saline County Quorum Court on Monday passed a resolution in light of a state law signed in March that allows people to challenge library materials considered “obscene.”