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Tulare County proclaims October 2025 Banned Books Week, library urges protection of reading access
Summary
The county presented a proclamation recognizing October as Banned Books Week and the county librarian warned against routine challenges to library materials, citing a 1982 county library policy and American Library Association figures.
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 7 presented a proclamation recognizing October 2025 as Banned Books Week and heard from Darla Wagner, the Tulare County Librarian, about censorship challenges facing libraries.
Wagner told the board the national Banned Books Week initiative—observed by libraries and bookstores—“calls attention to the harms of censorship”…
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