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

[Sullivan, Kathy]

We ask parents of 6th graders (youngest students in our 6-12 building) to
sign a form if they wish their child to check out books in the HS section.
I've attached the doc. Best wishes.
:) Kathy

*Kathy Sullivan*
*Princeville Junior Senior High School*
*P.C.U.S.D. #326*
*302 Cordis Avenue, **Princeville, IL  61559*
*309.385-4660  x1574*
*ksullivan at princeville326.org <ksullivan at princeville326.org> *

*"Literature is the safest key to a nation's treasure." *- Chaim Nachman
Bialik



On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 2:16 PM Joan Bessman Taylor via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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
> Pronouns: she, her, hers
>
>
> 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!
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rosemary O'Connell
>> Library Director
>> Glen Crest Middle School
>> 725 Sheehan Avenue | Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
>> 630-469-5220
>>
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