Post #4062035
2026-07-24 10:32 UTC
@transworld@masto.ai
This is a school library, but it begs the question for any library:
If a truly conservative community has procedures so they can have influence over their public institutions, would you as a librarian compromise the integrity of the library so the community at least had some sort of library? Or close it, a compromised library is no library at all?
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@grammasaurus@mastodon.social 2026-07-24 11:03
@Urban_Hermit@mstdn.social @transworld@masto.ai they need to change the procedures. This is ridiculous: “any county resident can challenge a book by filling out a single form, and the school is required to remove it from shelves within five days. Putting it back requires a formal hearing. In Clay County, one man exploited that asymmetry to file more than 400 challenges, resulting in 287 books removed in a single school year—titles that included The Handmaid’s Tale, Slaughterhouse-Five, and The Color Purple.“