libraries

Ellen Quinn Sullivan will serve a two-year term on the city’s library board, an advisory group that provides leadership for the library system and its three locations.

The Dallas-based firm acquired 4.6 acres of property adjacent to the former library site downtown for more development. Company officials have not given many hints as to what they plan to do with the property yet.

Overnight library hours at UTA’s main library are being eliminated, prompting students to raise concerns about the change.

Arlington Library Director Norma Zuniga faced calls for her termination after books depicting graphic illustrations were not considered pornographic.

Communities around Fort Worth may be getting new mini libraries by the end of the year.

On a sunny Friday afternoon, the Summerglen Library branch in north Fort Worth is bustling with patrons doing anything but reading. Some are participating in a weekly Spanish class, others are casting their ballots during early voting and playing games on desktops.

Lou Anne Mauldin and Carol Hafer, librarians for Broadway Baptist Church, remember feeling shocked to learn that a book they ordered for the church had a previous life at a Massachusetts high school.

Parents from Katy, Austin and Keller recently launched the Texas Freedom to Read Project. All were angry over growing book bans they say infringe on free speech and access to ideas.

House Bill 900 seeks to rid school libraries of inappropriate books by requiring book vendors to rate materials. A legal challenge says the law is too vague and broad.

Clark was previously the director of library and cultural services for the city of Aurora, Colorado. She oversaw seven public libraries, a bookmobile, two arts centers, a history museum and historic sites, and cultural arts education.

Plus, council approves more money for Forest Park Pool, legal defense contract for short-term rental ordinance.

The district's libraries will remain closed to allow library staff time to make sure the district is in compliance with a new law regulating "sexual content" in school libraries, according to a district spokesperson.