LIBRARIES: Free people read freely
I want to thank Community Library Network trustees Rachelle Ottosen and Tom Hanley for attending the viewing of “Banned Together” at the Coeur d’Alene Library on Sunday, Jan. 19. Given the unfortunate outcomes of the board meeting the Chair and Co-chair led on Jan. 16, where over 8,000 residents will no longer have full access to the cooperative’s catalog (likely inciting a lawsuit), I hope they learned why the government shouldn’t tell citizens what they can and can’t access. In case they missed it in the film, here are six points that warrant a review.
1. People want access to what they want to read and what they want their children to read.
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