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Our Mission
Our mission is simple, Your Library, Your Way™.  We make best practice suggestions, you decide whether to use them.  We aim to help you improve library services so much it’s noticeable and favored by the community and by library employees/trustees themselves.  Making libraries better and safer for everyone via application of common sense model policies is the mission.  We guide people on auditing libraries and on running for library boards of trustees.
Team Members
Dan Kleinman
Executive Director
Appeared in
"The Librarians," a film by ALA 2025.
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Shawn McBreairty
In Memoriam
Maine Source Of Truth
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Kevin DuJan
Author: Shut Up!: The Bizarre War that One Public Library Waged Against the First Amendment
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Campbell County Public Library, WY
Board of Trustees
Charles (Chuck) Butler
Campbell County Public Library, WY
Board of Trustees
Echo Schneider
Christian County Public Library, MO
Board of Trustees
Marta Mossburg
Fremont County Library, WY
Board of Trustees
Dee Chambless
Tyler Public Library, TX
Former Board Member
Jon M. LaDelfa, CPA
Mount Morris Library Association, NY
Board of Trustees and Treasurer
Vicki Baggett
Escambia County Public Schools, FL
English Teacher/Author/Youth Minister
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Debbie Leimbach
Comal County Schools (NBISD & Comal ISD), TX
Retired Clinical Laboratory Scientist/Science Teacher/Grandmother
Aimee Nobile
Frank Kardasz, MPA, Ed.D.
Former Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force; Phoenix Police
Task Force Commander/Project Director/Sergeant
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Bruce Friedman
Concerned parent
Activism shown in Banned Book Club, Color Ed., by Hyun Sook Kim, Ryan Estrada 2026, as shown.
Appeared in
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Crystal Marull, PhD
Certified Teacher, Masters in Education
Certified Media Specialist, Alachua County, FL
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Bonnie Wallace
Library Advisory Board Vice President, Llano County, TX
Appeared in
"The Librarians," a film by ALA 2025.
Little v. Llano County
, 106 F.4th 426 (5th Cir. 2025) (great victory 5/23/25)
Wallace v. Houston ISD
(S.D. Texas 2026)
Teri Hubbard
Sioux Center Public Library, IA
Board of Trustees
Brooke Stephens
Founder of RatedBooks.org &
Laverna in the Library Facebook Page &
National Book Rating Index NBRI
Utah Moms for America, Civic Engagement Director
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Pierre Barns
Abbotsford, British Columbia
Canada
Robert Chiaradio
Westerly, RI
Youth and parental rights advocate
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Jerry Chapman
Owensboro, KY
Co-Founder and Chairman - Citizens for Decency, Inc.
Creator - BookLens.org
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Diane Smith
Forest Lake, MN
Former Teacher/Children’s Advocate/Civic Engagement
A Call to Action: Book Discerning for Children's Learning, by Children's Advocate - watch to end.
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