Musmann: The Ugly Side of Librarianship

There's obviously plenty of ground here for disappointment, shame, and anger. It's hard to read about a profession failing to stand up for its members' rights and basic dignity. It also makes me wonder what people will say about us 75 years from now. What are we doing today that people will consider shameful in the 2080s?

We've read about censorship in more than one form, and now about complicity in racial discrimination. Neutrality and the support of intellectual freedom are an important part of a library's mission. Do these lapses seem so much worse because they stand in such sharp contrast to stated the mission?