Our new children's wing!
And new teens and tweens space!
Of course, the horrifying news is that the new CPSIA (click on "Save Handmade" in my sidebar to learn more) is so unconstitutionally vague that the American Library Association has issued the following warning:
Under the current opinion issued by the General Counsel of the CPSC, the law would apply to books for children under the age of 12; therefore, public, school, academic and museum libraries would be required to either remove all their children’s books or ban all children under 12 from visiting the facilities as of February 10.
That was written on 1/22. Then today, 1/28, they wrote:
“Librarians are very concerned about the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act,” said Bridget Quinn-Carey, Director of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System. “We do not have enough information from the Consumer Product Safety Commission to adequately prepare to comply with these new regulations. Testing all of our children’s books would render public libraries virtually useless for children and their families for months, years and in some cases permanently. It would be costly and disruptive at a time when we are seeing shrinking funding and dramatic increases in the number of people using libraries and checking out books. These measures threaten the very existence of public libraries. We sincerely appreciate the efforts of Congressman Lee to address this important issue.”
If you haven't yet, please do click "Save Handmade" in my sidebar and take what action you can.
I certainly hope my children can enjoy their new library past February 10.
