being banned as well as th continued onslaught of protest against drag queen story, hour it has become clear that right-wing activists have se their sights on bringing the culture war to the library making it a focal point in the battle against intellectua freedom, and inclusivity joining me, now brooks rainwater, president and ceo o the urban libraries council. brooks, welcome to the saturda show thank you for being here free to join you. today so the american library association in 202 counted at least 729 censorshi attempts targeting a recor 1597 books once the full data is released 2022 is set to overtake that record how are libraries dealing with all of this? with these book bans i particular we have really seen a acceleration of book bans al throughout the country, bu particularly in certain states as this is happened, time an time again, librarians are jus feeling incredibly challenged.