; Whereas libraries have met this expanded and intensified demand for community, public health, and safety net services often while contending with severe funding cuts, creating unsustainable and frequently unsafe working conditions for library workers; Whereas the health of our country and survival of our democracy requires that everyone be able to exercise rights to information and services, and it is especially important for young people to have the opportunity to learn and encounter and debate all manner of ideas, including controversial ones; Whereas library staff must make decisions about the books and media in their collections and assist patrons in accessing those materials as a fundamental responsibility of their job, without fearing censorship or reprisal for fulfilling their role in providing information and resources to the public; Whereas, over the past year, there have been deplorable incidents throughout the country that have been orchestrated to intimidate library staff and prevent them from fulfilling their central work responsibility to provide the public with free and unfettered access to information; Whereas library workers across the country are mobilizing for a collective union voice in their workplaces to elevate their profession, ensure safe and adequately resourced spaces that meet the needs of the communities they serve, and to protect the essential role of libraries in American democracy; and Whereas the week of April 23 through April 29, 2023, would be an appropriate time to celebrate National Library Week : Now, therefore, be it