Jen SorensenA bill in Louisiana, HB 777, would make it a crime for librarians to use public funds to join the American Librarian Association or attend an ALA conference, punishable with prison time and hard labor for up to two years.
For more info: https://bookriot.com/louisiana-hb-777/
Marcel@jensorensen The article doesn't seem to support the headline. It also says "librarians would be sentenced to hard labor for daring to join their largest professional organization". The HB777 text they quote, however, 'only' bans the 'use of public funds' to do so. Still bad, of course, but let's stick to facts. So I'd love to know if librarians doing all this with their own money, are also 'criminalized'.
Margaret Moonshadow@kritischelezer @jensorensen Good question. Librarians themselves are renumerated with the public dollar. It's my bet that eventually, if not imminently, all control over their every action will be censured if such trends continue.