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The freedom to access information is at stake. The First Amendment is at stake.

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Garfield County Public Library Board of Trustee Meeting
Dec 5
Garfield County Public Library Board of Trustee Meeting

Recent press

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Garfield County Libraries column: Our library heroes
Garfield County Libraries column: Our library heroes
Library interference
Library interference
Garfield County District 2 interviews
Garfield County District 2 interviews
Florida county restoring dozens of books to school libraries after ‘book ban’ lawsuit
Florida county restoring dozens of books to school libraries after ‘book ban’ lawsuit
Garfield County Libraries column: First, the Amendment
Garfield County Libraries column: First, the Amendment
Book bans have become a powerful censorship tool in Colorado. Libraries and patrons hold the line.
Book bans have become a powerful censorship tool in Colorado. Libraries and patrons hold the line.

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Words from our Community

  • "The BOCC is completely unqualified to make these appointments. They have exhibited little interest in the outstanding accomplishments of the GCPLD. The only interest they have shown recently is in response to a fringe group of conspiracy theorists attempting to control what the library has on its shelves."

    Carol O’Brien, LTE in Post Independent, March 11, 2024

  • "When you couldn’t intimidate the library trustees last fall with respect to the banning of certain books unpopular with a particular county constituency, you’ve decided to try another method to browbeat and bully the residents in this county.”

    Ellen Dole, Public Comment at Garfield County BOCC Meeting, March 18, 2024

  • "In the past year the BOCC has pandered to a small group of constituents who are challenging the integrity and independence of GarCo Public Libraries. The BOCC went so far as to ‘God Bless’ the bigoted remarks of this group during a BOCC hearing."

    Michele Brower, LTE in Post Independent, March 13, 2024

  • “I’m pretty confident that, left to themselves, the [BOCC] will continue to be flagrant in their belief that they can do whatever the heck they please. So the possibility is still there for some sort of legal recourse. And we’re looking at a commissioner election and, somehow, library materials wound up as one of the deciding questions for all the [county commissioner] candidates. So will this be decided by the voters? Will it be decided by the courts? I don’t know yet.”

    Jamie LaRue, Executive Director of Garfield County Libraries, in an interview with the Sopris Sun, published March 27, 2024