08-06-2025 12:41 via publiclibrariesnews.com

Dictator, Scottish cuts and Libraries Change Lives

EditorialSome more information about the awful dismissal of Carla Hayden as USA Librarian of Congress. From what can be gathered the abbreviated timeline went something like this:
Far right person calls the Librarian of Congress “woke” on social mediaTrump reads this while scanning his phone and immediately tells someone to sack Carla HaydenCarla is dismissed within an hour. She has no other communication or meeting apart from the two sentences in the sacking email.Defending the dism
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