Happy National (USA) Library Week

Louisiana HB 777 Would Criminalize Librarians and Libraries Who Join the American Library Association (using state funds)

https://bookriot.com/louisiana-hb-777/

We’re not talking misdemeanor here.

The HB 777 text reads:

A. No public official or employee shall appropriate, allocate, reimburse, or otherwise or in any way expend public funds to or with the American Library Association or its successor.
B. No public employee shall request or receive reimbursement or remuneration in any form for continuing education or for attending a conference if the continuing education or conference was sponsored or conducted, in whole or in part, by the American Library Association or its successor.
C. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or both.

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Seems a bit aggressive against the ALA, hmmmm?

Idaho HB710 was just signed into law fining libraries that don’t remove materials objected to by parents.

This librarian posits that libraries will have to cancel cards for children.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5mVugqvb21/?igsh=NDJmc3RtbHBhNmhi

https://idahocapitalsun.com/2024/04/10/idaho-libraries-must-move-materials-deeme...

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