Letter from a librarian to a patron who challenged a book
Uncle Bobby's WeddingRecently, a library patron challenged (urged a reconsideration of the ownership or placement of) a book called "Uncle Bobby's Wedding." Honestly, I hadn't even heard of it until that complaint. But I did read the book, and responded to the patron, who challenged the item through email and requested that I respond online (not via snail-mail) about her concerns.
I suspect the book will get a lot of challenges in 2008-2009. So I offer my response, purging the patron's name, for other librarians.
from this post in dark_christian
from another post in dark_christian, "A group of roughly 5 or less families - which oh-so-conveniently happen to be affiliated with the same anti-choice dominionist-friendly organization that is hellbent on running out of town the new Planned Parenthood that opened in Aurora last year - complained about a local library that permitted its teenaged patrons to access the PP Teenwire website on its computers." The Batavia Public Library Board of Trustees voted 4-2 to continue linking to the Planned Parenthood Web site Teenwire.com from the library's site, but to move it from the Young Adult to the Web Reference page.
Trustees Doug Sullivan and Rich Henders voted against the motion because they were in favor of retaining the Teenwire site link in the Young Adult section.
I suspect the book will get a lot of challenges in 2008-2009. So I offer my response, purging the patron's name, for other librarians.
from this post in dark_christian
from another post in dark_christian, "A group of roughly 5 or less families - which oh-so-conveniently happen to be affiliated with the same anti-choice dominionist-friendly organization that is hellbent on running out of town the new Planned Parenthood that opened in Aurora last year - complained about a local library that permitted its teenaged patrons to access the PP Teenwire website on its computers." The Batavia Public Library Board of Trustees voted 4-2 to continue linking to the Planned Parenthood Web site Teenwire.com from the library's site, but to move it from the Young Adult to the Web Reference page.
Trustees Doug Sullivan and Rich Henders voted against the motion because they were in favor of retaining the Teenwire site link in the Young Adult section.