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Director keeps three challenged titles; the requester appeals to the Library Advisory Board
The Director of Library Services told the board that a resident had asked the library to reconsider three titles, "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison, "Gender Queer" by Maia Kobabe and "The Every Body Book" by Rachel E. Simon. A staff review committee reviewed each book and reported to her, and she decided to keep all three where they were in the collection. The resident appealed. Board members must read or listen to each work in full before deciding; the board planned to decide on February 10, 2025 only if every member had finished all three books by then.[1]
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The December 9, 2024 minutes record a resident's request for reconsideration of "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison, "Gender Queer" by Maia Kobabe and "The Every Body Book" by Rachel E. Simon. "The Staff review committee reviewed each book and submitted a report"; based on it and her own review the Director "decided to keep the three challenged titles where they are in the collection. The citizen appealed that decision." [1]
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Under the appeal, "Each Board member must read or listen to the entirety of the work before deciding." The board discussed deciding on February 10, 2025, and "decided that would take place only if each Board member has had the opportunity to finish reading and assessing all three books by that time." [1]
