Tag: ALABAMA PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM

The Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) has announced the opening of a public comment period for a proposed code amendment deeming material containing gender ideology inappropriate for children and youth sections of Alabama’s libraries. Nothing about this rule would prohibit or ban books on these topics from being in the adult sections.

As Christians, we hold the light of truth. Only we hold that.

Alabama Public Library Service chairman John Wahl said he was pleased to read a recent United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decision allowing librarians to remove books from shelves.

Libraries across the state rushed to remove sexually explicit material from their children and teen sections following new guidelines by the Alabama Public Library System in May 2024. The APLS threatened to withhold funding from any library that did not comply with new regulations.

The Fairhope Public Library board voted not to move a controversial book from the teen section to the adult section after the state paused funding due to explicit material, meaning it will no longer receive state funding.

Friday, during his weekly appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) reacted to the Alabama Public Library Service's (APLS) decision to fire now-former agency director Nancy Pack a day earlier.

Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) Board chairman John Wahl recently stood behind the board’s Thursday decision to fire then-APLS director Nancy Pack after months of growing tension.  

Alabama Public Library System (APLS) Chairman John Wahl said the Fairhope Public Library has been the worst he's seen in the fight to remove inappropriate material in children and teen sections.