(WMOK) Metropolis, IL – As we’ve entered the new year in Illinois, the Illinois Book Ban Ban discussion has continued to grow in many communities throughout the state.
In January WMOK asked Director Baxter in the library’s regularly scheduled Coffee Break visit how the new laws would affect or not affect the Metropolis Public Library. We discussed the laws and she confirmed that there would be no changes.
Later in January – during the public comment portion of the Metropolis City Council Meeting on the 22nd of January – Metropolis Public Library Board Members (one former and one current) were on the agenda to speak:
Hear their audio below:
Their comments let us know that there was more to the discussion.
With that, we added the topic to our list for their next Coffee Break, Thursday February 1.
WMOK spoke with Metropolis Public Library Director Rosemary Baxter and Circulation Director Brenda Hill for a part-two, it turned out to be WMOK’s coffee break as we discussed with Director Baxter “the Library Bill of Rights and its Role in Small Population “Hometown Libraries””
Hear our discussion from WMOK’s Thursday Coffee Break – February 1st:
We’ll continue to review our Coffee Break and follow up on other items that we discussed in conversation – such as the abrupt arrival of a local religious group at a recent Metropolis Public Library Board Meeting, the Metropolis Public Libary Christmas Open House and more.
We invite the community to weigh in.
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