Library Journal - 9-11 Commission: Libraries Can Be Part of the Solution

Library Journal - 9-11 Commission: Libraries Can Be Part of the Solution: "The 9-11 Commission report, which looked broadly at the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and future responses to terrorism, invoked libraries in 'defending our ideals' and communicating such principles to Arab and Muslim audiences. 'If the United States does not act aggressively to define itself in the Islamic world, the extremists will gladly do the job for us,' it warns. One way of achieving this is to ' rebuild the scholarship, exchange, and library programs that reach out to young people and offer them knowledge and hope.'"