I'm not one to disparage academics or academia but there do come times when I have to wonder if this person has ever once entered into or interfaced with a local library about what they do for their community.
I worked in libraries during the height of Covid and the Michael Brown uprising...
I attended an urban infrastructure panel where a UC Berkeley professor argued that libraries were gentrification. I am really struggling to see how this is different from a Republican position of denying knowledge, tools, and technology to low income, disadvantaged neighborhoods.