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ny181024151310 Virginia Bennett on the first day of early voting at the public library in Black Mountain, N.C., Oct. 17, 2024. Bennett said that while she had seen the military helping everywhere since the storm, she still believed the federal response had been inadequate. (Mike Belleme/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny181024151413 Matthew Slauson, 68, a Democrat, on the first day of early voting at the public library in Black Mountain, N.C., Oct. 17, 2024. Slauson said he was fed up with former President Donald Trump?s false claims about the Biden administration?s handling of the disaster caused by Hurricane Helene. (Mike Belleme/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny221024221911 Electors on the first day of North Carolina?s early voting period, at the public library in the town of Black Mountain, which was recently devastated by flooding, on Oct. 17, 2024. Foreign powers including Russia and Iran could move quickly right after the vote to undermine the democratic process, intelligence agencies warn. (Mike Belleme/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny181024151414 Jackie Tatelman, 71, a Democrat, on the first day of early voting at the public library in Black Mountain, N.C., Oct. 17, 2024. Tatelman said the Harris ticket, ?is going to be more likely to help the people who actually need to be helped, and without judgment.? (Mike Belleme/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny181024151411 Jim Reising, 68, with goods at a donation hub he has been operating at his home in Black Mountain, N.C., Oct. 16, 2024. From now until Election Day, Reising said, he planned to encourage his Republican neighbors to briefly put down their chain saws and excavators and head to the Black Mountain Public Library. (Mike Belleme/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny151024211710 Community members attend a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters to discuss Initiative 128, which would enshrine reproductive rights in Montana?s Constitution, at a public library in Bozeman, Mont., Sept. 30, 2024. (Tailyr Irvine/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny061024124912 FILE ? From left, Melinda French Gates and her daughter, Phoebe Gates, during an event hosted by the Clooney Foundation for Justice at The New York Public Library, Sept. 26, 2024. After her divorce from Bill Gates, French Gates came into her own billions of dollars, with which she could do whatever she chose. She used to insist on appearing nonpartisan, but no more. (Rebecca Smeyne/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny221024141414 Jessica Judson, a public health worker, at the Gloria Coles Flint Public Library in Flint, Mich., on Sept. 17, 2024. Judson said that she generally tried to give people in public office the benefit of the doubt, but that her approach was tested by the water crisis. (Brittany Greeson/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny020724145211 An 1866 Tudor-style public library, by the American architect Leopold Eidlitz, in Hinsdale, Mass., June 22, 2024. A writer shares his favorite ways to experience the often-overlooked Housatonic River in the Berkshires region of western Massachusetts. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny110524145707 ? EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3 A.M. ET ON SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2024. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS ? Jackie Rogers, president of the Garden by the Bay, right, with Laquetta Little, co-leader, at the community garden in Edgemere, a beach community in the Far Rockaways neighborhood of Queens, on April 22, 2024. The Garden by the Bay is a precious resource in amenity-poor Edgemere, where the closest grocery store is over a mile away. (Jade Doskow/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny110524143007 ? EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3 A.M. ET ON SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2024. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS ? Leida Velazquez, the branch manager of the Throgs Neck Library, which serves tens of thousands of residents in this area of the Bronx, on March 25, 2024. Over the past year, she has seen an increase in patrons using the computers, as well as requests for assistance in applying for identification cards, jobs and food stamps benefits. ?I?ll print applications for them,? she said. (Jade Doskow/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny110524144007 ? EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3 A.M. ET ON SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2024. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS ? The children?s section of the Throgs Neck Library, which serves tens of thousands of residents in this area of the Bronx, on March 25, 2024. According to Social Explorer, nearly a third of residents in the census tract closest to the library are below poverty level. And about one out of four residents has no other computing device besides a smartphone. (Jade Doskow/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny110524150106 ? EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3 A.M. ET ON SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2024. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS ? The children?s section of the Throgs Neck Library, which serves tens of thousands of residents in this area of the Bronx, on March 25, 2024. According to Social Explorer, nearly a third of residents in the census tract closest to the library are below poverty level. And about one out of four residents has no other computing device besides a smartphone. (Jade Doskow/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny190324180207 A DJ spins ?Born in the U.S.A.? as voters came and went at the Burton Barr Public Library in downtown Phoenix on Primary Day in Arizona, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (Ash Ponders/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny110524141907 ? EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3 A.M. ET ON SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2024. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS ? The Greenpoint Energy Center, operated by National Grid, sits along Newtown Creek, an area where there are two Superfund sites, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, on March 17, 2024. There, two large tanks store liquefied natural gas, which can be converted to fuel for heating during cold-weather emergencies. (Jade Doskow/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny110524144707 ? EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3 A.M. ET ON SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2024. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS ? The Greenpoint Energy Center, operated by National Grid, sits along Newtown Creek, an area where there are two Superfund sites, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, on March 17, 2024. There, two large tanks store liquefied natural gas, which can be converted to fuel for heating during cold-weather emergencies. (Jade Doskow/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny110524142306 ? EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3 A.M. ET ON SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2024. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS ? Willis Elkins, the executive director of Newtown Creek Alliance, an environmental nonprofit, stands along Newtown Creek, an area where there are two Superfund sites, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, on March 17, 2024. Elkins would like to see the area cleaned up instead of more gas infrastructure being built on the land. (Jade Doskow/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny110524145007 ? EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3 A.M. ET ON SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2024. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS ? Mychal Johnson, left, and Arif Ullah of the nonprofit South Bronx Unite, which helped develop community indicators for the U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index, at the Maria Sola Community Greenspace in the South Bronx, on March 13, 2024. Traffic in the South Bronx has contributed to higher asthma rates, which put residents at a disadvantage when extreme weather, such as smoke from wildfires, pollutes the air further. (Jade Doskow/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny110524144306 ? EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3 A.M. ET ON SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2024. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS ? The Cross-Bronx Expressway, which cuts off the South Bronx from the rest of the borough, with cars and trucks ? over 187,000 daily ? spewing pollution, in New York on March 13, 2024. Traffic in the South Bronx has contributed to higher asthma rates, which put residents at a disadvantage when extreme weather, such as smoke from wildfires, pollutes the air further. (Jade Doskow/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny110524143306 ? EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3 A.M. ET ON SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2024. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS ? The Cross-Bronx Expressway, which cuts off the South Bronx from the rest of the borough, with cars and trucks ? over 187,000 daily ? spewing pollution, in New York on March 13, 2024. Traffic in the South Bronx has contributed to higher asthma rates, which put residents at a disadvantage when extreme weather, such as smoke from wildfires, pollutes the air further. (Jade Doskow/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny130324115706 A voter drops their ballot at a drop box in front of the Ballard branch of the Seattle Public Library in Seattle, March 12, 2024. After weeks of losing sizable shares of Democratic primaries to ?uncommitted? votes protesting his policy toward Israel?s war in Gaza, President Biden took a commanding percentage of the Washington State primary results reported Tuesday. (Grant Hindsley/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny110524142606 ? EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3 A.M. ET ON SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2024. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS ? Divine Dixon, left, and Lucia Henderson, right, who were part of a class project to protect trees that was spearheaded by their teacher, Lynn Shon, middle, stand outside New York Harbor School in Red Hook, Brooklyn, on March 8, 2024. ?Students looked at data and discovered that flooding, sea level rise and extreme heat were problems disproportionately impacting Red Hook, along with the urban heat island effect? (when cities tend to be warmer than rural areas), Shon said. ?They were able to identify trees as a high-leverage solution.? (Jade Doskow/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny110524143607 ? EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3 A.M. ET ON SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2024. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS ? The Red Hook Houses, New York City?s second-largest public housing complex, in Red Hook, Brooklyn, on March 8, 2024. In 2012, hundreds of trees were felled or damaged by Hurricane Sandy, which flooded the area and knocked out the power and water at the public housing complex. In order to make repairs there, officials cut down about an additional 400 trees. (Jade Doskow/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny110524145306 ? EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3 A.M. ET ON SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2024. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS ? A young tree in Red Hook, Brooklyn, where the water table is high, meaning the ground is often saturated, on March 8, 2024. In 2012, hundreds of trees were felled or damaged by Hurricane Sandy, which flooded the area and knocked out the power and water at the nearby Red Hook Houses, New York City?s second-largest public housing complex. In order to make repairs there, officials cut down about an additional 400 trees. (Jade Doskow/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny090824203811 FILE Ñ The Pella Public Library in Pella, Iowa, Jan. 16, 2024. A federal appeals court on Friday, Aug. 9, lifted an injunction on a law that bars public schools from having books that depict sexual acts, which had already led to the removal of thousands of books from public school classrooms and libraries. (Maansi Srivastava/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny181123000906 **EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before FRIDAY 12:01 A.M. ET, NOV. 17, 2023. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** Tealights and praters at an event hosted by Standing Together, an organization that works for peace between Israel and Palestine, at Brookline Public Library in Brookline, Mass. on Nov. 15, 2023. The founders, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, and a Jewish Israeli, are trying to teach Americans Ñ anyone who will listen, really Ñ about their lived reality and the only path they see moving forward. (Sophie Park/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny161123220007 **EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before FRIDAY 12:01 A.M. ET, NOV. 17, 2023. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** Tealights and praters at an event hosted by Standing Together, an organization that works for peace between Israel and Palestine, at Brookline Public Library in Brookline, Mass. on Nov. 15, 2023. The founders, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, and a Jewish Israeli, are trying to teach Americans ? anyone who will listen, really ? about their lived reality and the only path they see moving forward. (Sophie Park/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny161123215206 **EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before FRIDAY 12:01 A.M. ET, NOV. 17, 2023. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** Pamphlets for Standing Together, an organization that works for peace between Israel and Palestine, at Brookline Public Library in Brookline, Mass. on Nov. 15, 2023. The founders, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, and a Jewish Israeli, are trying to teach Americans ? anyone who will listen, really ? about their lived reality and the only path they see moving forward. (Sophie Park/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny071123170207 Outside the Richmond Public Library, a polling location on Election Day in Richmond, Va., on Nov. 7, 2023. Voters headed to the polls in several states on Tuesday as this off-year election culminates with some key races on the line for Democrats and Republicans. (Carlos Bernate/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny131123110206 Baby story time at Frisco Public Library in Frisco, Texas on Oct. 25, 2023. Texas has become a state of immigrants, a population that is now multigenerational. (Meridith Kohut/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny161023180706 George Hawkins at the Fairfield Henrico County Public Library in Richmond, Va., on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. Hawkins, who completed a 13-year prison term in Virginia, asked the state last spring to restore his right to vote. (Andrew Mangum/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny051023205806 June Ambrose, a stylist, dances at the Jay-Z exhibit at the Brooklyn Public Library during the libraryÕs 24th annual gala, Oct. 2, 2023. The benefit, which drew local dignitaries and raised $1.5 million, honored Jay-Z and his mother, Gloria Carter. (Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny051023210006 DJ Questlove performs at the Jay-Z exhibit at the Brooklyn Public Library during the libraryÕs 24th annual gala, Oct. 2, 2023. The benefit, which drew local dignitaries and raised $1.5 million, honored Jay-Z and his mother, Gloria Carter. (Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny051023205706 The artist Jay-Z receives an award from Mayor Eric Adams of New York City during the 24th annual gala at the Brooklyn Public Library, Oct. 2, 2023. The benefit, which drew local dignitaries and raised $1.5 million, honored Jay-Z and his mother, Gloria Carter. (Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny051023210607 Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) greets guests at the Jay-Z exhibit at the Brooklyn Public Library during the libraryÕs 24th annual gala, Oct. 2, 2023. The benefit, which drew local dignitaries and raised $1.5 million, honored Jay-Z and his mother, Gloria Carter. (Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny051023210307 Lacey Schwartz Delgado and Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado of New York at the Jay-Z exhibit at the Brooklyn Public Library during the libraryÕs 24th annual gala, Oct. 2, 2023. The benefit, which drew local dignitaries and raised $1.5 million, honored Jay-Z and his mother, Gloria Carter. (Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny051023210106 Xochitl Gonzalez, a writer and trustee of the Brooklyn Public Library, during the libraryÕs 24th annual gala, Oct. 2, 2023. The benefit, which drew local dignitaries and raised $1.5 million, honored Jay-Z and his mother, Gloria Carter. (Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny051023210706 Gayle King, co-host of ÒCBS Mornings,Ó attends the 24th annual gala at the Brooklyn Public Library, Oct. 2, 2023. The benefit, which drew local dignitaries and raised $1.5 million, honored Jay-Z and his mother, Gloria Carter. (Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny051023205506 Nina Collins, the chair of the Board of Trustees at the Brooklyn Public Library, during the libraryÕs 24th annual gala, Oct. 2, 2023. The benefit, which drew local dignitaries and raised $1.5 million, honored Jay-Z and his mother, Gloria Carter. (Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny051023210406 Linda Johnson, the president and chief executive of the Brooklyn Public Library, at the Jay-Z exhibit during the libraryÕs 24th annual gala, Oct. 2, 2023. The benefit, which drew local dignitaries and raised $1.5 million, honored Jay-Z and his mother, Gloria Carter. (Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny120823150007 ? EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3 A.M. ET ON SUNDAY, AUG. 13, 2023. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS ? Members of the newly appointed Houston Independent School District board listening as Mike Miles, the Houston Independent School District superintendent, presents his agenda during a meeting of the district?s school board, in Houston on Aug. 3, 2023. As part of a state takeover plan, libraries in underperforming schools are becoming spaces for disruptive students to watch lessons on computers. (Meridith Kohut/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny120823145806 ? EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3 A.M. ET ON SUNDAY, AUG. 13, 2023. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS ? Parents and teachers snapping their fingers in support as a fellow attendee challenged the agenda proposed by Mike Miles, the Houston Independent School District superintendent, during a meeting of the district?s school board, in Houston on Aug. 3, 2023. As part of a state takeover plan, libraries in underperforming schools are becoming spaces for disruptive students to watch lessons on computers. (Meridith Kohut/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny120823145507 ? EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3 A.M. ET ON SUNDAY, AUG. 13, 2023. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS ? Parents and teachers listening as Mike Miles, the Houston Independent School District superintendent, presents a plan to focus on rapidly improving reading and math scores in dozens of elementary and middle schools, during a community meeting at Stevenson Middle School in Houston, on Aug. 1, 2023. As part of a state takeover plan, libraries in underperforming schools are becoming spaces for disruptive students to watch lessons on computers. (Meridith Kohut/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny120823145307 ? EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3 A.M. ET ON SUNDAY, AUG. 13, 2023. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS ? Mike Miles, the Houston Independent School District superintendent, giving a presentation to parents and teachers during a community meeting at Stevenson Middle School, in Houston on Aug. 1, 2023. As part of a state takeover plan, libraries in underperforming schools are becoming spaces for disruptive students to watch lessons on computers. (Meridith Kohut/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny190823112006 Downtown Waupun, Wis., where a local prison lockdown has been ongoing for over four months, on July 27, 2023. Unlike the many penitentiaries built in remote areas, WaupunÕs prison sits in the middle of town, next to the public library and on a quaint main street. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny190823112706 A sign marking Waupun Correctional Institution property in downtown Waupun, Wis. on July 27, 2023. Unlike the many penitentiaries built in remote areas, WaupunÕs prison sits in the middle of town, next to the public library and on a quaint main street. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny220723115106 A group representing San Diego?s public library system marches in the city?s Pride parade, July 15, 2023. After two residents checked out nearly all available copies of the books featured in a library branch?s Pride Month display and threatened not to return them until ?inappropriate content? was permanently removed, people donated more than $15,000 and the city will kick in over $30,000 for more LGBTQ-themed materials and programming. (John Francis Peters/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny220723114706 Marni von Wilpert, a member of the City Council in San Diego, July 12, 2023. After two residents checked out nearly all available copies of the books featured in a library branch?s Pride Month display and threatened not to return them until ?inappropriate content? was permanently removed, people donated more than $15,000 and the city will kick in over $30,000 for more LGBTQ-themed materials and programming. (John Francis Peters/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny220723115506 Adrianne Peterson, director of the Rancho Peñasquitos branch of the public library system, in San Diego, July 12, 2023. After two residents checked out nearly all available copies of books in the branch?s Pride Month display and threatened not to return them until ?inappropriate content? was permanently removed, people donated more than $15,000 and the city will kick in over $30,000 for more LGBTQ-themed materials and programming. (John Francis Peters/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny220723115306 A display of books for Pride month at the Rancho Peñasquitos branch of the public library system in San Diego, July 13, 2023. After two residents checked out nearly all copies of books in the display and threatened not to return them until all ?inappropriate content? was permanently removed from the library, people donated more than $15,000 and the city will kick in over $30,000 for more LGBTQ-themed materials and programming. (John Francis Peters/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny220723114905 Adrianne Peterson, director of the Rancho Peñasquitos branch of the public library system in San Diego, shows Pride-themed library cards that are available, July 12, 2023. After two residents checked out nearly all available copies of the books featured in the library branch?s Pride Month display and threatened not to return them until ?inappropriate content? was permanently removed, people donated more than $15,000 and the city will kick in over $30,000 for more LGBTQ-themed materials and programming. (John Francis Peters/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny050523133907 A painting of a rock formation known as ?Old Man of the Mountain,? left, at the Littleton Public Library in Littleton, N.H., May 2, 2023. The rock formation collapsed in 2003, but it hasn?t lost its hold on residents, who have passed on their affection to a new generation. (John Tully/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny050425215513 An employee walks the halls of the The National Archives in College Park, Md., on April 21, 2023. As the Trump administration pulls government websites and data offline, it is selectively stripping away the public record, letting the president declare his own version of history, archivists and historians said. (Jared Soares/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny110425110716 Dong Eun Kim, a senior exhibition conservator, checks the light levels of the Declaration of Independence in the rotunda, which is kept dim to slow the degradation of the ink on the documents, at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., April 20, 2023. As the Trump administration pulls government websites and data offline, it is selectively stripping away the public record, letting the president declare his own version of history, archivists and historians said. (Jared Soares/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny220424202407 FILE ? Mar-a-Lago, the private club and residence of former President Donald Trump, in West Palm Beach, Fla., April 4, 2023. Filings made public in the case charging the former president with illegally retaining classified material after leaving office show an associate told him in a card room or library at Mar-a-Lago that he could face indictment if he failed to give them back. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny130423222505 **EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before 3:01 a.m. ET Friday, April 14, 2023. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** A library at the New Home Independent School District facility in New Home, Texas on March 28, 2023. Unlike many rural school districts, where the public schools are the only nearby options, New Home is close enough to the city of Lubbock that parents can choose to send their children to nearby private schools. (Christopher Lee/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny240323124106 The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. A divided House on Friday approved legislation that would mandate that schools make library catalogs and curriculums public, and that they obtain parental consent before honoring a student?s request to change their gender-identifying pronouns, part of a Republican effort to wring political advantage from a raging debate over contentious social issues. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny260423110107 FILE ? The Brooklyn Heights Library, in Brooklyn on Jan. 16, 2023. Mayor Eric Adams plans to announce on Wednesday that he will back off from threatened budget cuts to New York City?s public libraries, sparing them from having to close many of their branches on weekends. (Justin Kaneps/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny110123194206 People use the public computers at the Bronx Library Center in New York, Jan. 11, 2023. Public libraries could be forced to cut their hours and programming. ? The City Council wants to protect their funding in the next budget battle. (Bing Guan/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny110123194406 People at the Bronx Library Center in New York, Jan. 11, 2023. Public libraries could be forced to cut their hours and programming. ? The City Council wants to protect their funding in the next budget battle. (Bing Guan/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny110123194606 Children walk by the Bronx Library Center in New York, Jan. 11, 2023. Public libraries could be forced to cut their hours and programming. ? The City Council wants to protect their funding in the next budget battle. (Bing Guan/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny240325181211 FILE Ñ The public library in Bemidji, Minn., Jan. 7, 2023. An executive order signed by President Donald Trump has demanded that the Institute for Museum and Library Services be eliminated to the maximum extent allowed by law. (Jaida Grey Eagle/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny120224113906 FILE Ñ Justice Elena Kagan at the Supreme Court in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Hours after considering whether former President Donald Trump is eligible to hold office, Kagan participated in a public discussion at the Library of Congress. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny200822162406 Writers, friends and supporters of Salman Rushdie gather at the New York Public Library to read from his works, in New York on Aug. 19, 2022. Authors including Paul Auster, Gay Talese, Kiran Desai and others reminded the Midtown crowd that without free expression, ?literature is nothing but an echo chamber.? (Jackie Molloy/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny200822162605 Attendees of an event held by writers, free-speech advocates and friends of the author Salman Rushdie at the New York Public Library in New York on Aug. 19, 2022. Authors including Paul Auster, Gay Talese, Kiran Desai and others reminded the Midtown crowd that without free expression, ?literature is nothing but an echo chamber.? (Jackie Molloy/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny200822161905 Siri Hustvedt reads an excerpt of Salman Rushdie?s work during an event at the New York Public Library in New York on Aug. 19, 2022. Authors including Paul Auster, Gay Talese, Kiran Desai and others reminded the Midtown crowd that without free expression, ?literature is nothing but an echo chamber.? (Jackie Molloy/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny200822162105 From left, A.M. Homes, Amanda Foreman, Tina Brown, and Andrew Solomon talk before a reading event for novelist Salman Rushdie at the New York Public Library in New York on Aug. 19, 2022. Authors including Paul Auster, Gay Talese, Kiran Desai and others reminded the Midtown crowd that without free expression, ?literature is nothing but an echo chamber.? (Jackie Molloy/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny020822174605 A voter casts their ballot in the Michigan state primary elections at a public library in Ferndale, Mich. on August 2, 2022. (Cydni Elledge/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny040324184107 FILE ? Voters arrive at the poll station for the primary election at Burton Barr Library in Phoenix, Aug. 2, 2022. A federal judge issued a mixed decision in Arizona?s ongoing battles over voting rights and public trust in elections, upholding new requirements for voters to prove their citizenship but limiting the ways that voters could be disqualified. (Cassidy Araiza/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny130822131605 FILE ? Arrows lead voters toward the polling location at Queens Public Library at Richmond Hill on the first day of early voting for the state midterm elections in New York, June 18, 2022. The state?s redistricting woes have created a rare August primary for New York?s congressional and State Senate seats, raising concerns of low voter turnout. (Andrew Seng/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny190622163306 Arrows lead voters toward the polling location at Queens Public Library at Richmond Hill on the first day of early voting for the state midterm elections in New York on Saturday, June 18, 2022. (Andrew Seng/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny260322132805 Olivia Dorsey, who runs Digital Black History, shares a photo of Manley Neusom Stewart (1888-1938) and likely his wife, Ella L. Gray (1890-1930) at the Dallas Public Library, on March 24, 2022. Stewart was Dorsey?s great-great uncle. (Nitashia Johnson/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny260322133305 Olivia Dorsey, who runs Digital Black History, shares an assortment of documents from her personal collection at the Dallas Public Library, on March 24, 2022. Some American descendants of enslaved people and others whose ancestors profited are using online portals to collaborate and reckon with their shared family pasts.(Nitashia Johnson/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny260322133105 Olivia Dorsey, who runs Digital Black History, shows a map of Beacon, N.Y. that she would use in her research at the Dallas Public Library, on March 24, 2022. Some American descendants of enslaved people and others whose ancestors profited are using online portals to collaborate and reckon with their shared family pasts.(Nitashia Johnson/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny260322133905 Olivia Dorsey, who runs Digital Black History, reading at the Dallas Public Library, on March 24, 2022. Some American descendants of enslaved people and others whose ancestors profited are using online portals to collaborate and reckon with their shared family pasts.(Nitashia Johnson/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny020422151406 Dominique Gomillion and her daughter, Ariel, 8, who recently began visiting libraries again, at the South Hollis Public Library in Queens, on Feb. 1, 2022. They had stopped after accruing more than $50 in late fees. (An Rong Xu/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny020422151005 A book recently returned to the New York Public Library, last checked out in 1965, in New York, on Jan. 27, 2022. The library?s decision to end late fees set off a wave of returns, accompanied by bashful letters of apology and gratitude. (An Rong Xu/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny020422151205 A patron?s note to the New York Public Library, along with a batch of long-overdue books in New York, on Jan. 27, 2022. The library?s decision to end late fees set off a wave of returns, accompanied by bashful letters of apology and gratitude. (An Rong Xu/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny071018221204 A photo provided by the city of Chicago of artist Kerry James Marshall?s 1995 painting ?Knowledge and Wonder.? The proposed auction of the mural, now held by the Chicago Public Library, is a dreadful idea, says Jason Farago, an art critic for The New York Times. (City of Chicago via The New York Times) ? FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY

ny071018221304 FILE ? Artist Kerry James Marshall in his studio in Chicago, Sept. 3, 2016. The proposed auction of Marshall?s 1995 mural ?Knowledge and Wonder,? held by the Chicago Public Library, is a dreadful idea, says Jason Farago, an art critic for The New York Times. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny050723120605 FILE ? Chirlane de Blasio and her husband, Bill de Blasio, then a Democratic candidate for New York City Mayor, voting at the Park Slope Branch Public Library on election day, Sept. 10, 2013. The couple met in City Hall when both worked for David Dinkins, the city?s first Black mayor. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times/Fotoarena)