American library association. To her left is the director of the center for the future of libraries. Examining innovation in libraries and the communities they serve. And finally, susan parker, who is the Deputy University librarian at ucla, where she leads building you just Building Design and renovation projects. And serves as the librarys chief financial officer. Susan parker, let me start with you. Favorite library moment and or what you like about libraries . Are you sick of that . If you worked in a fast food joint, you stop eating it. Do you still like libraries . I love libraries. They are obviously a place i feel very comfortable. It is what the that attracted me to libraries that kept me coming back as it is a place i was always welcome even as a small child. You develop affection for the people who treat you kindly, and even more so they live or you in re you in with bigger and better book and you get excited in thinking and looking things up. Is there a moment in your child
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So, just like the jehovahs witnesses in 1943, the consequences are stark. Barnett held that people, including young students, could not be forced to say what was not in their minds. A concept we today called the rule against compelled speech. The court emphasized the constitutional limits on the states coercive power, which exercised by, quote, village tyrants or by the federal government. And it underscored that the First Amendment was designed to protect noncon officialists of all stripes them court particularly focused on schools because the case involved two Elementary School girls. It said because schools are educating the young for citizenship they must scrupulously protect individual rights. If wire not to strangle the free mind at its source and to teach youth to discount important principles of government as mere platitudes. You can watch this and other programs online at book of the doering booktv. Org. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] book tv is back live
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You can keep the spirit of the lit fest going all year round by downloading the printers row at where you will find all of the chicago tribunes book content free and discounted ebooks for subscribers and the complete printers row we will leave about 10 minutes at the end of the program for a q a session, so if you have questions please sign up at the microphone to your right and ask questions at the microphone so the home viewing audience can hear the question and before we begin, please silence your phones and turn off thank you, tom. And welcome, welcome here to Jones College prep. Great to have you here. Im sure you dont mind being many this airconditioned venue in this airconditioned venue on this hot chicago day. Y. Were delighted today to welcome a son of the north shore, justin peters, correspondent for slate, formerly wrote a lot of things i read in the columbia journalism review as well whose recentlypublished book is the idealist. Its a book thats both biography and explorati