Sunday, March 22, 2009

NJ Libraries Oppose the ALA: "Libraries are a Safe Haven for Youth" and a "Safe Learning Environment"

New Jersey libraries oppose the American Library Association [ALA] on the issue of safe libraries. The NJ State Library has an advertising campaign to attract attention to NJ libraries. Here is a sign I saw on the Garden State Parkway:


The sign says, "NJ Libraries Transform Lives; Tell us your story; www.tellusyourstory.org." Go to that site to see:

LIBRARIES ARE A SAFE HAVEN FOR YOUTH

Filomena Pereira hopes that all the students at her town’s high school will be able to take advantage of the educational resources provided by their library.

FULL STORY HERE

LIBRARIES ARE A NON-THREATENING SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

This New Jersey family shares their love of the library.

FULL STORY HERE

So the NJ State Library is promoting NJ's safe libraries, among other things.

Compare that to the ALA's view of safe libraries:
So NJ promotes safe libraries and the ALA promotes the opposite, or so it appears. I think NJ libraries oppose the ALA on the issue of safe libraries. At least I hope they do.

What do you think?

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