Opinion: American Librarians Sadly Face ‘Thousands of Book Challenges’ in Today’s Political Climate ...Middle East

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Patrons in a library in San Diego County. Courtesy County News Center “It’s bad out there.” “It’s really bad.” “Actually, it’s beyond bad.” “It’s truly awful.” Comments from librarians overheard at this year’s international conference of the American Library Association, held in San Diego June 27 to July 2, gave testament to the toxic conditions many librarians and library staff are experiencing amidst a record number of book challenges this past year. One session at the conference introduced its topic by writing, “Book bans dominate our national literary narrative … [T]he targeting of certain ‘controversial’ themes and subsequent threat to intellectual freedom is clear

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