Politicization of libraries has many planning exit strategies

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Politicization of libraries has many planning exit strategies

Librarians in Alabama are struggling. They have been for a while, and there’s no light at the end of the tunnel yet. On my last day working in public  libraries, I made a farewell post that included: “If there is anything that I’ve learned about libraries in the last 14 years, it’s that only a very small part of the value of a library is based on the books on the shelves. Most of the value lies in the people who choose those books, who help you …