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Books with Racist Images

Posted on March 5, 2021

Q: What does the recent announcement from Seuss Enterprises that six Dr. Seuss books will no longer be published because of racist images mean for my library? We don’t have all of the books but …

Posted in What IF ... ForumTagged classrooms, policies, public libraries, school libraries

Complainant and Review Committee Information and Roles

Posted on March 29, 2020

Q: Do I send school policies and reviews of a book to a complainant, or just to the review committee? And how do I make sure the Review Committee understands its role? Those are great questions. …

Posted in What IF ... ForumTagged classrooms, policies, public libraries, school libraries

Preparing in Advance for a Complaint

Posted on March 29, 2020

Q: Are there some standard practices I should follow in order to be prepared for a book complaint? It’s great you’re thinking ahead regarding how to be prepared. Some people never face formal challenges in their …

Posted in What IF ... ForumTagged advocacy, classrooms, policies, public libraries, school libraries

Is a Selection Policy that Outlines “Acceptable” and “Unacceptable” Topics Promoting Censorship?

Posted on March 27, 2020

Q: My administrator wants to revise the policy for library selection and classroom reading choices in the middle school where I am a library media specialist. He is suggesting that we come up with very …

Posted in What IF ... ForumTagged classrooms, collection development, policies, school libraries

Does a Classroom Library Have the Same Standards as a School Library?

Posted on March 26, 2020

Q: Does a classroom library have the same standards as the school library? A first grade teacher came to me on Friday because a parent wants her to remove a book from the classroom collection. …

Posted in What IF ... ForumTagged classrooms, policies, school libraries

District Has No Selection/ Reconsideration Policy

Posted on March 5, 2020

Q: My district does not have a materials selection policy. Therefore, there are no official selection criteria, nor is there a process for reconsideration of challenged materials. What steps can I take to remedy this …

Posted in What IF ... ForumTagged classrooms, policies, school libraries

Cultural Inaccuracies in Books and Intellectual Freedom

Posted on March 5, 2020

Q: I’m unsure how to balance positive professional reviews with criticism elsewhere that points out stereotypes and cultural inaccuracies. It seems important to pay attention to those concerns, but also important not to limit access …

Posted in What IF ... ForumTagged classrooms, collection development, public libraries, school libraries

Censorship vs. Selection in the Curriculum

Posted on November 10, 2012

Q: The English department at my high school has been discussing removing several titles from the summer reading list and curriculum and replacing them with less controversial novels. Is there anything that can be done …

Posted in What IF ... ForumTagged classrooms, school libraries, self-censorship

Collection Development by Committee?

Posted on August 24, 2011

Q: What do you think of collection development by committee? With the elimination of library media specialist positions in our district, the principal at my school wants book selection for each school to be done by …

Posted in What IF ... ForumTagged advocacy, classrooms

Supporting a Colleague Facing a Challenge

Posted on March 21, 2010

Q: Recently there was a book challenge at the library in a neighboring community. I thought often about contacting the librarian in the middle of it all but didn’t know if it would be welcome. …

Posted in What IF ... ForumTagged classrooms, public libraries, school libraries
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