state library

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The state library was awarded $15.7 million for the year, and was still owed about 21% of that.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2025

So far, state library associations — private, professional organizations that resemble the American Library Association, but on a state level — are sticking with the American Library Association.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2023

Last month, a copy of “The Bounty Trilogy” by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, published in 1932, was returned to a Washington state library 81 years after it was checked out, CNN reported.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2023

At a public library in East Texas, according to news reports and the state library association, an alarmed patron recorded video of a uniformed officer behind the circulation desk sorting through frequently challenged books.

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2023

The documentaries were ordered from the state library and usually selected by Ahmed Kathrada, who was our section’s librarian.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela