The Impact of Book Bans on Public Libraries with Tom Fay
Mon, Sep 23
|Online via Zoom
Seattle Public Library Chief Librarian Tom Fay in conversation with Folio librarian Lillian Dabney
Time & Location
Sep 23, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
Online via Zoom
About the Event
Celebrate Banned Books Week at Folio with a curated selection of programs that address the book challenges we are facing at this time. The theme this year is Let Freedom Read.
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum is pleased to welcome Seattle Public Library Chief Librarian Tom Fay, for a presentation and conversation with Folio Librarian Lillian Dabney, on the impact of book bans on public libraries and the how book bans might affect collection development.
About Tom Fay
On Wednesday, March 2, 2022, The Seattle Public Library’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously to select Tom Fay as the new Executive Director and Chief Librarian of The Seattle Public Library. The vote marked the culmination of a national search for the Library’s next Chief Librarian. Since 2015, Tom Fay served as the Library’s Director of Programs and Services, directing the Library’s Public Services and Programs, Collections, Materials Handling, and Information Technology departments at Seattle’s downtown…