Nashville Public Library launches ‘Freedom to Learn’ campaign

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — It is a topic that's taken hold in Tennessee: books like "Maus" or "Stroll Two Moons" have been pulled from cabinets.

While these books is perhaps banned from some colleges, there is still somewhere else you can find them.

"Our job is just to ensure that if you need it, it is right here for you," said Public Information Officer for the Nashville Public Library, Ed Brown.

"'Maus' is all checked out proper now," stated Brown. "So we acquired extra copies on order however as quickly as phrase received round about what occurred in McMinn County, we bought numerous holds."

These are just a number of the two million different materials on the Nashville Public Library.

"A lot of people do not want to learn these books; they don't need their children to have to learn these books, or compelled to learn these books, and that's fantastic," stated Brown. "However there are a lot people who do, and we wish to be there for the people who do wish to read these supplies."

And if you wish to make your love for these supplies identified, what higher manner than along with your library card? The 5,000 limited edition cards for the marketing campaign say "I learn banned books."

"We all watch the TV shows that we like; all of us watch the completely different sports activities or root for the completely different teams we're a part of," stated Brown. "Books are not any totally different."

The goal is to get the 5,000 library cards within the hands of recent sign-ups this month.

"We aren't trying to be a push again — a force pushing again in opposition to these decisions — we need to be a substitute for say, for those who may not be capable of get it there... you can get it here," stated Brown.

The limited version library cards can be found as long as provides last.