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PUBLIC LIBRARIES UNDER ATTACK <br />• A librarian at the Boulder PL was attacked <br />from behind by a patron and suffered a <br />severe concussion. <br />• Two front range libraries experienced <br />sexual assaults of library staff this year. <br />• Public library branches closed to <br />remediate Methamphetamine <br />contamination. <br />• One Colorado library has experienced so <br />much disruption from patrons with mental <br />health challenges that they plan to lock <br />their doors and allow patrons in only after <br />checking their library card and id. <br />• First Amendment auditors threatened and <br />bullied library staff throughout the state. <br />• Several front range libraries received an <br />onslaught of book challenges, challenges <br />to Board positions and questions about <br />the morality of their book selection <br />process. <br />• A library in Colorado Springs closed for a <br />day to recover from a violent altercation <br />between library patrons. <br />