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    • 30 Nov 07
    • 7:46 am

    The information from the ALA is false, purposefully so. People should not be guided by the ALA's comments. I am not taking a stand on the underlying issue, merely exposing the ALA's propaganda. "'Libraries tend to reflect the communities they serve,' says Loriene Roy, president of the American Library Association (ALA). '[They] respond to community needs and they do so within their budget, but they are not set up to make profit.'" No, they do not "respond to community needs," at least not always, as the ALA president implies. For example, when the public and the government of Oak Lawn, IL, …

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