The Durango Herald: It’s nice to know that Durango Public Library just put more muscle into its policies, aligning with Colorado’s recently passed SB24-216, the Standards for Decisions Regarding Library Resources, to protect books and materials held by libraries from censorship.

This shows legislation and protocol were hard on the heels of those responsible for the surge of book bans in 2023. This benefits all community members and we couldn’t be happier.

As reported in The Durango Herald on July 18, Luke Alvey-Henderson, director of the library, said the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom documented 1,247 demands to censor library books and other resources last year – a 65% increase from 2022 and the highest level of attacks on books in more than 20 years of monitoring.

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