The video below is very difficult for public service employees to watch. Citizen Journalists have been performing ‘1st Amendment Audits’ of public sites and touring public buildings to see how well, or poorly the community will “embrace American 1st Amendment protected activity”. Videos of the confrontational exchanges are showing up across the web with views that can far exceed your own website or even page views of your online catalog.<\/p>\n
Recently, the Plymouth District Library experienced one of these visits. Since filming in a library without express permission is a core belief held closely by libraries across America<\/a>, the battle here is typical of the reaction when library staff encounter a videographer inside their ‘limited public forum’ space.<\/p>\n I encourage you to watch as much of the video as possible to get a better understanding of these situations, should an auditor visit your library.<\/p>\n
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