[aisle] Parent Permission for students to read "older" books

[Joan Bessman Taylor]

Please revisit library policy and ethics statements around the Student's
Right to Read. You should not require permission slips for a student to
read any book in your library. What a student reads should be based on
their abilities, comfort level and choice not on their chronological age.
Teach students how to select books and know themselves so that they develop
the judgment needed over time.

Access to Resources and Services in the School Library: An Interpretation
of the Library Bill of Rights
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations/accessresources
See especially the following paragraph warning against the common forms of
censorship."Major barriers between students and resources include but are
not limited: to imposing age, grade-level, or reading-level restrictions on
the use of resources; limiting the use of interlibrary loan and access to
electronic information; charging fees for information in specific formats;
requiring permission from parents or teachers; establishing restricted
shelves or closed collections; and labeling. Policies, procedures, and
rules related to the use of resources and services support free and open
access to information."

See also the following blog entry: https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=12859

stepping down from my soapbox,
Joan

Joan Bessman Taylor, PhD
Associate Professor
School Library Studies
Curriculum & Instruction
University of Northern Iowa
joan.taylor at uni.edu
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On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 1:58 PM Rose O’Connell via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone have a permission-slip form that younger students can have
> parents sign which allows them to read "older" books?  We are at a middle
> school and categorize some  books as "8th grade" only books.  Lately we're
> having students ask if they can have their parents give them permission to
> read these books.
>
> If you have a form you wouldn't mind sharing, please send to
> roconnell at ccsd89.org.
>
> Thank you!
>
>
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> Rosemary O'Connell
> Library Director
> Glen Crest Middle School
> 725 Sheehan Avenue | Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
> 630-469-5220
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