“Although some patrons have praised the library’s vision, the Language and Learning idea has met with resistance from those who say that the proposal is another step toward placing Spanish on an equal footing with English as the national language.
“‘The library is a purveyor primarily of written information, and it should be provided largely, say 95 percent, in the native language of our country, which is English,’ said Fred Elbel, president of Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform.”
First, there is no “national language” of the United States. Those bills, have yet to pass. Second, last I checked, any of the “native language” of this country can be found on the Native Languages of the Americas site.
Michael Sauers is the Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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