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Old 01-24-2020, 09:03 AM   #50
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Originally Posted by leebase View Post
There is always censorship in libraries. Always. Would I think the librarian or the community representatives have that responsibility? I say the community representatives
Librarians have been absolutely central in the fight against censorship for a long time. It's a core value of their profession. Read this and the subsections.

http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill

And this

https://www.ftrf.org/page/History

Why on earth anyone would prefer to outsource library materials selection from the relevant highly trained professionals to untrained "community" reps - who have, on the whole, volunteered to interfere because they are in favour of censorship - is beyond me.
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