We celebrate this day because we know we cannot take the right to read for granted. Across the country, book bans and book challenges are rising. Earlier this year, the American Library Association released data illustrating just how much.
In , they documented 1, demands to censor library books and resources, the highest since they began collecting this data more than 20 years ago. The number of individual titles being challenged has also grown. Providing free and open access to ideas and materials is one of our guiding principles: Intellectual Freedom. We practice that in ways big and small.
It means helping patrons navigate the internet and find the housing and job and benefit applications they need to go about their daily lives. It means carrying nonfiction books on gardening and cooking and computer programming and small business. It means having books that are popular, books that are informational, that may be controversial, considered classics, or educational This commitment has always been central to our mission.
What was true then is true now β that we believe in, and will fight to protect, your right to read. Dara Schmidt Director.
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