The American Libraries Special Report: The Legacy of 9/11 provides timely resources as we prepare to mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
Stories in the special report include:
- a look back at the 21 libraries destroyed in the World Trade Center and the documentation activities that followed this immense cultural loss
- recollections from librarians who countered post–September 11 ignorance and bigotry with programs and information about Islam and the Middle East
- a profile on the public library of Gander, Newfoundland—a small Canadian town that found itself in the spotlight when 6,500 travelers were diverted there after the attacks
- an overview of two archives preserving the broadcasts and digital ephemera of September 11
- an interview about privacy and surveillance with the Connecticut Four, the four librarians who challenged the Patriot Act and government overreach that followed the attacks.
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