Report From San Diego Comic-Con: “Post-Pandemic Censorship: Libraries and the Challenges They Face”

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Book bans and legislative control of reading materials are a very real thing. Whether it’s a blue state or a red state, agitators have mounted challenges to libraries across the nation to remove books that provide inclusive content to the public. “Libraries and the Challenges They Face,” the first panel at the San Diego Public Library’s Comic Conference for Educators and Librarians, addressed this issue. Betsy Gomez (ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom) moderated a panel of experts that included Mychael Threets (supervising librarian, Solano County Library), Moni Barrette (president, GNCRT; co-founder, Creators Assemble!), Jack Phoenix (collection development manager, Cuyahoga Falls Library; author, Maximizing the Impact of Comics in Your Library), and Francisco Soto (doctoral student; Drag Queen Storytime).

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