Alabama libraries stall disaffiliation with national group accused of ‘Marxism’

Most observers expected the Alabama Public Library Service to formally disaffiliate from the controversial American Library Association, last week. In fact, Gov. Kay Ivey called for the state’s libraries to disaffiliate from the national organization. And, last month, Director Nancy Pack acquiesced to the governor. However, last Thursday, the public libraries postponed the vote to disaffiliate from the ALA. The ALA is a 150-year-old librarian professional development organization that has come under fire from conservative policymakers and activists throughout the state who say the association