public libraries /tags/public-libraries public libraries en-US Copyright Sun, 09 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT New Mexico considers ban on book bans, bucking national trend /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 State Library offers New Mexicans free New York Times subscriptions /local-news/2024-07-05/state-library-offers-new-mexicans-free-new-york-times-subscriptions The State Library is offering all New Mexicans free online subscriptions to the New York Times. The state Department of Cultural Affairs announced the resource this week along with an app to download e-books and audiobooks at no charge. Fri, 05 Jul 2024 23:28:40 GMT /local-news/2024-07-05/state-library-offers-new-mexicans-free-new-york-times-subscriptions Nash Jones Educational facilities, CNM and APS would receive millions with voter approval /local-news/2023-10-25/educational-facilities-cnm-and-aps-would-receive-millions-with-voter-approval Albuquerque residents have several bonds on their ballots this election related to education. Central New Mexico Community College, Albuquerque Public Schools, and city libraries and museums all stand to receive millions in public funding for capital projects. The largest of the three, which will appear on Bernalillo and Sandoval County ballots, is for CNM, which stands to receive $80 million for campus improvements. Wed, 25 Oct 2023 22:44:18 GMT /local-news/2023-10-25/educational-facilities-cnm-and-aps-would-receive-millions-with-voter-approval Nash Jones Coronado Elementary Students Talk Books And Libraries /public-health-new-mexico/2019-03-25/coronado-elementary-students-talk-books-and-libraries This winter, a pipe burst at Coronado Elementary in downtown Albuquerque, damaging the school library. The city public library responded by issuing… Mon, 25 Mar 2019 19:34:39 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-03-25/coronado-elementary-students-talk-books-and-libraries Hannah Colton N.M. Senate Drains Proposed Rural Library Fund /public-health-new-mexico/2019-03-01/n-m-senate-drains-proposed-rural-library-fund Nearly a quarter of New Mexicans live in rural areas, where things like high-speed internet, free meeting spaces and educational opportunities can be… Fri, 01 Mar 2019 23:58:25 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-03-01/n-m-senate-drains-proposed-rural-library-fund Hannah Colton