American Library Association: Office for Intellectual Freedom Responds to Missouri Legislation That Threaten Access to Information
January 17, 2020
January 17, 2020
CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 17 -- The American Library Association issued the following statement:
Missouri House Bill 2044, introduced on January 8, 2020, proposes the creation of five-member "parental library review boards" to identify "age-inappropriate" public library materials and restrict access to those materials. The bill proposes criminal prosecution for librarians who make those materials available to minors and would deny funding to libraries that do not . . .
Missouri House Bill 2044, introduced on January 8, 2020, proposes the creation of five-member "parental library review boards" to identify "age-inappropriate" public library materials and restrict access to those materials. The bill proposes criminal prosecution for librarians who make those materials available to minors and would deny funding to libraries that do not . . .