From: Hendon, Alison <A.Hendon_at_BrooklynPublicLibrary.org>
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:58:51 -0400

Just to add to this discussion, the Brooklyn Public Library has both J and J Restricted cards for children. The parent(s) decide if they want the child to have a J Restricted card. If they do, the child can only check out materials cataloged as J. This does lead to some cross-over purchasing, particularly for important titles like Claudette Colvin (and popular ones like the Lightning Thief series.) We try to keep this to a minimum due to budget constraints.

Alison (who buys the YA books)

Alison Hendon Youth Selection Team Leader Brooklyn Public Library a.hendon_at_brooklynpubliclibrary.org


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From: Burgess, Francesca Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 2:23 PM To: Pinsonault, Jessalynn; CCBC Network Subject: RE:
 Professional Responsibility

That's an interesting question. My concern is that this title was removed from the Juvenile collection upon the insistence of one library patron, after a collection development decision had already been made initially to place it in the Juvenile collection.

I would not necessarily consider an initial decision to purchase a title as YA rather than J to be censorship. Such decisions are sometimes arbitrary, and vary depending on the selector. I agree that in some cases, a system's materials budget may be a factor as well.

In our system, even if a title is initially purchased as Young Adult only, if it becomes a Newbery winner or Honor book (as CLAUDETTE COLVIN is), or makes the ALSC Notables list, we purchase it for the Juvenile collection as well.

Francesca
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