NEW ORLEANS — Cheers erupted as Jamie Gregory strode onstage to receive an award, the “Oscar for librarians,” as it is known to the hundreds of library workers who gathered at a convention center here recently to discuss the future of their beleaguered profession.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Culture war in the stacks: Librarians marshal against rising book bans
Facing smear campaigns and death threats, librarians are on the front lines of what they call an urgent battle for intellectual freedom
By Hannah Allam
Updated March 4, 2023 at 4:46 p.m. EST|Published March 2, 2023 at 5:04 p.m. EST