Does anyone in the Corner or out there know when or where this notion that libraries are a major bulwark against tyranny came from? Newspapers, I understand. Churches, diaries etc, I get. But where did librarians and the ACLU get this idea that libraries are these secular sanctuaries against the gumshoes of the State? I’m not saying I think libraries shouldn’t be given adequate social space, but I don’t understand where the lofty self-image many of these librarians have of themselves comes from. Did I miss a period in American history where librarians where warriors for the first amendment? Please, if you have an answer I’d like to know. Put “Librarians” in the subject header.