Nashville Public Library launches ‘Freedom to Learn’ marketing campaign

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

Whereas those books is perhaps banned from some schools, there is nonetheless somewhere else you will discover them.

"Our job is simply to make sure that if you need it, it is here for you," said Public Info Officer for the Nashville Public Library, Ed Brown.

"'Maus' is all checked out proper now," stated Brown. "So we bought extra copies on order however as quickly as word obtained round about what occurred in McMinn County, we acquired plenty of holds."

These are just some of the two million different supplies on the Nashville Public Library.

"Lots of people do not wish to learn these books; they do not need their youngsters to should read these books, or forced to learn these books, and that's fantastic," stated Brown. "However there are loads people who do, and we wish to be there for the people who do wish to learn these materials."

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

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

The purpose is to get the 5,000 library playing cards in the palms of latest sign-ups this month.

"We aren't trying to be a push back — a force pushing back against these selections — we wish to be a substitute for say, if you happen to could not be capable to get it there... you will get it here," mentioned Brown.

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