Nashville Public Library launches ‘Freedom to Learn’ marketing campaign

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

Whereas those books might be banned from some schools, there's still somewhere else you'll find them.

"Our job is simply to make sure that in order for you it, it is right here for you," mentioned Public Information Officer for the Nashville Public Library, Ed Brown.

"'Maus' is all checked out right now," mentioned Brown. "So we acquired extra copies on order but as quickly as phrase acquired round about what occurred in McMinn County, we obtained quite a lot of holds."

Those are just a number of the two million different supplies at the Nashville Public Library.

"Lots of people don't need to read these books; they don't want their youngsters to have to read these books, or forced to read these books, and that's superb," said Brown. "But there are a lot individuals who do, and we need to be there for the individuals who do wish to read these materials."

And if you wish to make your love for these supplies known, what better approach than along with your library card? The 5,000 limited version playing cards for the campaign say "I read banned books."

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

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

"We're not trying to be a push again — a drive pushing back against these selections — we want to be a substitute for say, if you could not be capable to get it there... you can get it here," said Brown.

The restricted version library cards are available so long as provides final.