Post by Admin on Mar 3, 2023 19:57:20 GMT -7
Inside the movement to ban books at libraries and in schools
KBZK reports "Jamie Larue has spent much of his career fighting censorship.
“My whole belief is the purpose of the public library is to be a place to investigate the world," LaRue says.
For nearly 25 years, LaRue was the head of a public library system outside Denver.
“When I was there, I got 250 challenges. And by challenges, I mean attempting to remove or restrict access to books," LaRue says.
Now the head of the public libraries in Garfield County, Colorado, Larue also used to head the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom.
The American Library Association says in 2022, there were a record number of attempts to ban or restrict access to books at libraries."
Read the full story here.
“My whole belief is the purpose of the public library is to be a place to investigate the world," LaRue says.
For nearly 25 years, LaRue was the head of a public library system outside Denver.
“When I was there, I got 250 challenges. And by challenges, I mean attempting to remove or restrict access to books," LaRue says.
Now the head of the public libraries in Garfield County, Colorado, Larue also used to head the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom.
The American Library Association says in 2022, there were a record number of attempts to ban or restrict access to books at libraries."
Read the full story here.