Nashville Public Library launches ‘Freedom to Read’ marketing campaign

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

Whereas those books may be banned from some colleges, there may be nonetheless somewhere else you could find them.

"Our job is just to make sure that in order for you it, it is here for you," said Public Data Officer for the Nashville Public Library, Ed Brown.

"'Maus' is all checked out right now," said Brown. "So we got more copies on order however as quickly as word acquired around about what occurred in McMinn County, we got a lot of holds."

These are simply among the two million other materials on the Nashville Public Library.

"Lots of people don't want to learn these books; they do not want their children to must read these books, or forced to read these books, and that is high-quality," mentioned Brown. "However there are so much people who do, and we want to be there for the people who do want to learn these supplies."

And if you want to make your love for these supplies identified, what better approach than together with your library card? The 5,000 limited edition playing cards for the marketing campaign say "I learn banned books."

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

The goal is to get the 5,000 library playing cards within the arms of new sign-ups this month.

"We are not trying to be a push again — a drive pushing again towards these choices — we wish to be an alternative to say, when you may not be capable of get it there... you will get it here," said Brown.

The restricted version library cards can be found as long as supplies last.