Anxiety for many Arkansas librarians is at an all-time-high under new “state laws governing the availability of books and the sharing of ideas in schools,” according to a Monday, January 1 report from News From The States. Per the report, “Act 372 would create criminal liability for librarians who distribute content that some consider ‘obscene’ or ‘harmful to minors’ — two terms that the law does not define — and put the availability of challenged books in the hands of elected officials.”. Another piece of legislation, called the LEARNS Act “prohibits ‘indoctrination’ of children in schools bu…
