Showing posts with label Public Libraries. Show all posts
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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Ken Paulson: Once stocked, library books should not be pulled

  Being a librarian is a tough job. You have to tend to your community’s diverse information needs, often while working with limited resources.

  The job gets that much tougher when you find yourself in the crossfire of public opinion generated by a controversial book.

  No, this time it’s not about Huckleberry Finn or Slaughterhouse Five. This time it’s a controversial trilogy of books called Fifty Shades of Grey, erotic novels that have moved to the top of the best-selling lists all across America.