S. Res. 169 (Introduced in Senate) — Expressing support for the staff of public, school, academic, and special libraries in the United States and the essential services those libraries provide to communities, recognizing the need for funding commensurate with the broad scope of social service and community supports provided by libraries, preserving the right of all citizens of the United States to freely access information and resources in their communities, supporting a strong union voice for library workers, and defending the civil rights of library staff.

That the Senate—

(1)

commends the work of library staff in the United States;

(2)

supports the goals and ideals of National Library Week;

(3)

recognizes that libraries and library staff provide critical infrastructure for the United States and are essential to the future of the United States;

(4)

supports the prioritization of full funding of library services at the Federal, State, and local levels to ensure the continuation and improvement of library services;

(5)

reaffirms—

(A)

the fundamental right of the people of the United States to access information, which is made real through the efforts of library staff;

(B)

the fundamental right of library workers to organize and collectively bargain at work and to have a protected voice in their workplace; and

(C)

the civil rights of library workers to exercise their responsibilities to the public without threats or intimidation; and

(6)

recognizes the right of library staff—

(A)

to speak out on matters of public concern;

(B)

to address themselves to elected officials and to the administration of the entities that employ library staff; and

(C)

to inform the people of the United States about their right to free and unfettered access to information, and about threats to that access.

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