09-04-2025 14:51 via infodocket.com

Report: “Mississippi Libraries Ordered to Delete Academic Research in Response to State Laws”

From Mississippi Today:
A state commission scrubbed academic research from a database used by Mississippi libraries and public schools — a move made to comply with recent state laws changing what content can be offered in libraries.
The Mississippi Library Commission ordered the deletion of two research collections that might violate state law, a March 31 internal memo obtained by Mississippi Today shows. One of the now deleted research collections focused on “race relations” a
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