/tags/book-ban Book ban en-US Copyright Sun, 09 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT /local-news/2025-02-09/new-mexico-ban-book-bans-buck-national-trend While many states have considered or passed laws making it easier to remove books from libraries, others have bucked that trend. In New Mexico, some local efforts to remove books have prompted state lawmakers to try to protect librarians from that kind of pressure. Sun, 09 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT /local-news/2025-02-09/new-mexico-ban-book-bans-buck-national-trend Nash Jones /news/2023-10-04/banned-books-week-comes-as-ban-attempts-hit-20-year-high It’s Banned Books Week, and some New Mexicans are celebrating simply by reading. The American Library Association is behind the event and puts out a list of most commonly banned books each year. Wed, 04 Oct 2023 17:34:28 GMT /news/2023-10-04/banned-books-week-comes-as-ban-attempts-hit-20-year-high Megan Myscofski /show/university-showcase/2023-06-16/how-the-spike-in-book-challenges-hurts-libraries-and-intellectual-freedom On this episode we talk with Deirdre Caparoso about explosion of challenges against libraries and books. She is outreach and community engagement librarian at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center. She is also chair of the intellectual freedom committee for the New Mexico Library Association. Fri, 16 Jun 2023 14:19:43 GMT /show/university-showcase/2023-06-16/how-the-spike-in-book-challenges-hurts-libraries-and-intellectual-freedom Megan Kamerick /local-news/2023-06-01/demands-to-ban-books-were-unsuccessful-in-rio-rancho-public-libraries Calls to ban books in public libraries have popped up around the country, with the American Library Association reporting a record number of demands to censor books in 2022. Recently the battle came to Rio Rancho, but those challenges were unsuccessful. Thu, 01 Jun 2023 21:54:33 GMT /local-news/2023-06-01/demands-to-ban-books-were-unsuccessful-in-rio-rancho-public-libraries Taylor Velazquez