December 17, 2022 – 21st Century Library & Information Science Network

Imagine if a library closed its doors from 3-5 p.m. every day, which just happens to be when the Senior Center across the street lets out for leisure time, and heading to the library was a popular activity. Now those seniors need to go somewhere else during that time.

Imagine if a library decided that they had too many behavior problems when disabled patrons were in the library, so they implemented a policy where all disabled patrons had to sign in at the door with an ID so that staff could track them and ban them if they damaged property or otherwise “misused” the library…