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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Richard Hall

A librarian’s frontline view of Florida’s ‘vetting’ process for school books, and the titles being banned

The Independent

Keri Clark used to spend her days helping students discover books in the school library where she works in Jacksonville, Florida. As she saw it, her job as a librarian was to get as many books in kids’ hands as possible.

That changed last month. The library is now closed off, the shelves are empty, and her job now mostly consists of “vetting” piles of books to comply with new censorship laws implemented by the state of Florida.

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