Librarians’ mission to connect people and information goes hand in hand with a strong commitment to intellectual freedom, and the school library should be a safe place for students to explore literature or research topics that might be deemed controversial. Some Chicago public schools lack any central library at all, while others have previously existing libraries which are now staffed by aides or parent volunteers since the librarian was reassigned. Parents’ desire to at least keep some sort of library available in their childrens’ schools is laudable, but many of the volunteers would probably be among the first to say that students would be much better served by a full-time professional librarian. Aside from the various tasks listed above, librarians are also well-versed in legal precedents pertaining to students’ right to read. Without Chicago school librarians in libraries where they belong, there is a strong chance that the Persepolis fiasco will be repeated with other books–only this time there may be no one to raise the alarm in the first place.
Chicago Public Schools Reassign Librarians, Endanger Freedom to Read | Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
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