Excuse me, but I am a new member and visual artist. I am deeply worried when ideas are not debated but are eliminated. My current series is Banned Books and Bullets. A simple format using a 1" x1.5' format on a wood panel, I am creating for each Classic Banned Book a piece. I am wondering how I might inform the ALA since I am using there lists for the Classics to promote the protection of libraries.
I live in NYC and the attack was covered on PBS. We are in dangerous times with the Hungarian President being held up as a model for 21st century fascism.
Noreen Dean Dresser
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Noreen Dean Dresser
Artist
Parlour 153 Studio
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Original Message:
Sent: Aug 04, 2022 09:47 AM
From: April Sheppard
Subject: THE RIGHT IN THE US HAS A NEW BOGEYMAN: LIBRARIES
My local public library has been under near constant attack in the last two years and my gut says it's just a matter of time before these groups start looking at academic libraries as closely as they do public and schools. I already have two friends at academic libraries that are having their libraries' social media accounts being watched for "liberal agendas," particularly anything LGBTQ+ related.
Original Message:
Sent: 8/3/2022 1:30:00 PM
From: Diedre Conkling
Subject: THE RIGHT IN THE US HAS A NEW BOGEYMAN: LIBRARIES
Posting for Fred Stoss:
I give up on trying to find a way to communicate with SRRT via Connect. So please post this where others might be made aware:
https://drwebdomain.blog/2022/08/03/the-right-in-the-us-has-a-new-bogeyman-libraries-maeve-higgins-the-guardian/?fbclid=IwAR0tsRlRuMaoUJZItEZyWcLHz03TRf9cQHMAv5XW0V8SwCQ790OaUXm7HpA
I don't know in "Dr. Web<" aka Michale McCulley is still an ALA Member, but he goes back a long way...@
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Diedre Conkling
Retired
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