How Book-Banning Campaigns Have Changed the Lives and Education of Librarians.

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      LIBRARY education; LIBRARY media specialists; EDUCATIONAL change; SCHOOL librarians; COLLECTION development in libraries; BANNED books; LIBRARIANS; DEATH threats
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      JULY 24, 2023 Despite misconceptions and stereotypes - ranging from what librarians Gretchen Keer and Andrew Carlos have described as the "middle-aged, bun-wearing, comfortably shod, shushing librarian" to the "sexy librarian ... and the hipster or tattooed librarian" - library professionals are more than book jockeys, and they do more than read at story time. Librarians and the future librarians we teach have always loved books and reading. [Extracted from the article]
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