From: Susan Thomsen <c_spaghetti_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 08:02:29 -0700 (PDT)

Here is an interesting opinion piece about a library patron's request (which was granted) to move the book CLAUDETTE COLVIN from her library's children's section to the Young Adult section. I know the author, and although I do not agree with her viewpoint, I think she raises some interesting questions, especially in regard to professional responsibility.

"Am I a Book Banner," by Jennifer Donovan

I'm a library patron, too, but not a librarian. My hometown library, the wonderful Westport (CT) Library, shelves this book in the children's section. The NYPL puts it in YA. In Montgomery, AL, where most of CLAUDETTE COLVIN: TWICE TOWARD JUSTICE takes place, the book is in Juvenile Biographies.

Susan Thomsen


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From: Susie Highley To: CCBC Network Sent: Sun, September 26, 2010 5:45:31 AM Subject: RE:
 Professional Responsibility

I really appreciate this discussion about responsibility, cultural awareness, and book selection. All of this has led me to question yet another aspect of all the cutbacks of school library media personnel: who will be able to make informed decisions and maintain good, representative collections? More and more, school media centers have limited supervision by trained staff. Susie Highley Indianapolis

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