Advocating For and Supporting Academic Freedom

Advocating For and Supporting Academic Freedom

Libraries are considered safe places, secure places to read and meet diverse (but sometimes like-minded) people who celebrate literacy by expanding different viewpoints on learning and the scholarship of research. Readers may be more apt to read when they see stories of themselves or books that share the same looks, backgrounds, or experiences, which gives readers of different backgrounds opportunities for a richer understanding of the world tha…