Newspaper Editorial: “Louisiana Libraries Don’t Need New State Restrictions”
From NOLA.com:
There were 1,500 nominations for the national “I Love My Librarian” awards, and one of the 10 honorees was Cara Chance, of Carencro.
She has bravely battled the wave of censorship unleashed by political appointees to Lafayette Parish’s library board.
We have some advice for Attorney General Jeff Landry: Don’t put your name in to the American Library Association next year.
Landry said last week that Louisiana needs a law to restrict what minors can check out of public libraries.
We don’t think Big Brother needs to be in charge of library cards, or that legislators should be intruding into the responsibilities of local officials.
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Filed under: Awards, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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