The Durango Herald: Requests to ban certain books from school and public libraries – some of which target materials aimed at marginalized groups – have surged in recent years in Colorado and across the United States, said Luke Alvey-Henderson, director of Durango Public Library.

The Colorado Legislature passed SB24-216, the Standards for Decisions Regarding Library Resources, this year to protect books and materials held by libraries from censorship. Now, Durango Public Library is updating its policies to remain aligned with the law.

Alvey-Henderson said the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom documented 1,247 demands to censor library books and other resources last year. That is a 65% increase from 2022 and the highest level of attacks on books in over 20 years of monitoring.

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