New library confidentiality law goes into effect across Vermont next week: are our librarians ready? [Video]

PROGRAM TO REMAIN AS BIG AS IT WAS AFTER THE PANDEMIC. WITH SCHOOL OUT… SUMMER IS BUSY TIME FOR LIBRARIES. STARTING THIS MONDAY… CHANGES TO VERMONT’S LIBRARY LAWS WILL BE IN EFFECT… AND YOUR KIDS ARE AMONG THOSE WHO WILL BE MOST IMPACTED. NBC 5’S AMANDA MARTIN-RYAN JOINS US LIVE IN ESSEX JUNCTION. IN FRONT OF BROWNELL LIBRARY. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE DIRECTOR THERE. AMANDA…WHY ARE THEY RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT THE CHANGES COMING…. BRIAN, PART OF THE LAW WILL SHIFT THE CONFIDENTIALITY AGE FROM 16 TO 12… SO KIDS 12 AND OLDER CAN KEEP THEIR LIBRARY RECORDS PRIVATE. BUT LIBRARIANS DON’T HAVE MUCH TIME TO ADJUST… AFTER GOVERNOR PHIL SCOTT SIGNED THE LAW EARLIER THIS MONTH. 0:02 08;37;44;11 <IT IS A NICHE THING.> WHEN WE’RE CHECKING OUT books AT THE LIBRARY… OUR PRIVACY USUALLY ISN’T TOP OF MIND. AND UNDERSTANDING THE POWER AND RIGHT TO IT… IS SOMETHING LEARNED WITH …