In addition to helping mitigate risk, agents and brokers should help libraries understand their policies. An insurance agent or broker, working with an insurance program specializing in libraries, will have the knowledge base to help their insureds understand what is covered, what isn't and what should be. (Credit: Zherui WU) In addition to helping mitigate risk, agents and brokers should help libraries understand their policies. An insurance agent or broker, working with an insurance program specializing in libraries, will have the knowledge base to help their insureds understand what is covered, what isn't and what should be. (Credit: Zherui WU)

Over the past several years, calls to increase book bans and control what content libraries can share have been on the rise. In fact, four of Publisher's Weekly's top five stories about libraries in 2022 focused on book bans and political censorship. But censorship wasn't the only issue weighing on libraries in 2022. Library leaders, particularly those who operate in underserved communities also continued to feel the economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many applied for funds from federal or state grants as a result.

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