THE FUSE

This is a story about a librarian doing everything she can to defend the right to read. It’s a story of courage under pressure, and it’s not only ongoing but also looking as though it might end with a librarian losing her job. It’s a story that’s intended to both honor and uphold these efforts, as well as a story intended to remind every library worker–and every library champion–that this is the kind of responsibility required of the field all the time and especially now. The Library Bill of Rights, which serves as the ethical guidelines for the field, requires library workers to uphold the right to read and to speak out against efforts to remove the First Amendment rights of American citizens as they relate to the public library.