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Re:Librarians Are Dangerous by nimish on Saturday April 19, 2025 @03:25PM (#43738765)
Librarians are also at the forefront of censorship and shaping information, so we also must put them under the greatest of scrutiny.

We don't live in an age where access to information is limited. Curation (retrieval) is more important than ever.

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Re:Librarians Are Dangerous by pyfon on Saturday April 19, 2025 @09:15PM (#43740810)
Maybe true in 1999? But now the library is a tiny fraction of where people get information from.
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Re:Librarians Are Dangerous by karaterobot on Sunday April 20, 2025 @11:46AM (#43744517)
What's an example of librarians banning books? I typically see library books being removed due to regulations passed by federal, state, city councils, school boards, etc. There may be some examples out there of librarians refusing to lend out books, but I think they're pretty rare, and you may be thinking of those other groups.
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