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The Zero-Sum Mindset and Efforts to Defund ALA

Author: Andrew Thomas Sulavik (Manatee County Libraries)

Abstract

This editorial summarizes a county meeting, where a vote was taken to defund the county public library system’s institutional membership to the American Library Association (ALA) and the zero-sum thinking that supported it. It is a scenario that is repeatedly playing out throughout the country at both state and local levels. The rationale behind it needs to be understood before steps to curtail it can be taken.

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How to Cite: Sulavik, A. T. (2023) “The Zero-Sum Mindset and Efforts to Defund ALA”, The Political Librarian. 6(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.7936/pollib.8846