Caleb Nichols on Defending Public Libraries

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In their myriad forms, these tell us that it’s important to powerful people to restrict what ideas people can access. Do you care about libraries, that let anyone in and support anyone’s interest in learning? Caleb Nichols is a librarian, writer, poet and musician, currently course reserves coordinator at Cal Poly/San Luis Obispo. His article, “Public/Private Partnerships Are Quietly Hollowing Out Our Public Libraries,” was published recently on Truthout.org. Transcript: ‘A For-Profit Company Is Trying to Privatize as Many Public Libraries as They Can’