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Veronda Pitchford, from San Francisco, Calif., and Califa Group, states that if you go to a legislator and the first thing they say is, 'When I was a kid,' you're dead, implying they haven't been in a... 0.800

👤 Veronda Pitchford 📋 News Article 🏷️ Funding , Libraries , Legislators

Simplified: Veronda Pitchford states that legislators who reference their childhood library experiences likely haven't visited a library recently.

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Joan Firestein, from Baltimore County, Md., and Baltimore County Public Library, identifies restricted access to information as a challenge, including book bans, inability to reach locations, and immi... 0.900

👤 Joan Firestein 📋 News Article 🏷️ Libraries , Book banning , Information access , Immigrants

Simplified: Joan Firestein identifies restricted access to information, including book bans and lack of awareness among new Americans, as a challenge.

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Gina Batie, from Muskogee, Okla., and Cherokee Elementary School, finds it frustrating that the pendulum seems to be swinging back toward book banning and book challenges. 0.900

👤 Gina Batie 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , Libraries , Book banning

Simplified: Gina Batie finds the trend of book banning and book challenges frustrating.

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Rosie Camargo, from South Holland, Ill., and South Holland Public Library, states that if communities do not fight for libraries, libraries will disappear. 0.900

👤 Rosie Camargo 📋 News Article 🏷️ Libraries , Community involvement

Simplified: Rosie Camargo states that libraries will disappear if communities do not advocate for them.

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Cindy Hohl, from Fairway, Kan., and the Shawnee Indian Mission Foundation, states that when legislation is drafted saying libraries are not needed because people have the internet, it is like saying m... 0.900

👤 Cindy Hohl 📋 News Article 🏷️ Libraries , Legislation , Internet

Simplified: Cindy Hohl states that legislation claiming libraries are not needed due to the internet is comparable to saying math classes are not needed due to ca...

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Holly Eberle, from Algonquin, Ill., and Algonquin Area Public Library District, states that some libraries are being defunded entirely. 0.900

👤 Holly Eberle 📋 News Article 🏷️ Funding , Libraries

Simplified: Holly Eberle states that some libraries are being entirely defunded.

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Ed Garcia of Cranston Public Library in Cranston, R.I., stated that libraries are one of the few places in the surveillance economy that are not trying to collect and sell user data. 1.000

👤 Ed Garcia 📋 News Article 🏷️ Privacy , Libraries , Data

Simplified: Ed Garcia of Cranston Public Library in Cranston, R.I., stated that libraries are one of the few places in the surveillance economy that are not tryin...

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Jenny Foster of the Hawaii Supreme Court Law Library in Honolulu, Hawaii, stated that the things librarians are facing in 2026 are like nothing she has seen in her 27 years of librarianship. 1.000

👤 Jenny Foster 📋 News Article 🏷️ Libraries , Challenges

Simplified: Jenny Foster of the Hawaii Supreme Court Law Library in Honolulu, Hawaii, stated that the challenges librarians are facing in 2026 are unprecedented i...

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Sherry Scheline, director of Donnelly Public Library in Donnelly, Idaho, stated that her budget for the whole year is only $80,000, which includes payroll and everything. 1.000

👤 Sherry Scheline 📋 News Article 🏷️ Statistics , Libraries , Budget

Simplified: Sherry Scheline, director of Donnelly Public Library in Donnelly, Idaho, stated that her budget for the whole year is only $80,000, which includes pay...

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The New York Public Library’s blog has inventive recommendations, like the books that inspired the 2025 Emmy nominees. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Reading , Libraries , Recommendations

Simplified: The New York Public Library's blog provides inventive book recommendations, including those that inspired the 2025 Emmy nominees.

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