The Colorado Sun: It’s a strange time to be a librarian in Colorado.

Long accustomed to having their workplaces written off as musty-smelling anachronisms, a growing number of librarians lately find themselves under scrutiny, or attack. 

Across the state, and beyond, librarians have been accused of purposely peddling online porn to kids. And at the Colorado Capitol this year, libraries and those who run them were the focus of two separate bills — which may be an unprecedented volume of library-related legislation in a single session.

Depending on which side of the circulation desk you’re standing on, it’s all part of a sincere effort to protect children from harm, or a frontal assault on freedom of speech. However you look at it, the divide is growing. And, “it’s had a chilling effect” on libraries, said James Duncan, executive director of Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC). 

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