[aisle] Book Challenge Issue

[Joan Bessman Taylor]

ALA Policy help
https://www.ala.org/tools/challengesupport/selectionpolicytoolkit

National Council Against Censorship help
https://ncac.org/news/attack-on-books

Support for *Gender Queer*
https://ncac.org/news/fairfax-virginia-lawn-boy-gender-queer-library

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https://ncac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Brevard-County-Letter.pdf

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ttps://ncac.org/news/orlando-florida-school-district-ignores-procedures-in-removing-gender-queer-from-libraries

Have a sound policy, make sure everyone knows you have one and insist the
policy is followed.

Hope this helps,
Joan
Joan Bessman Taylor (she/her)

Associate Professor, MEd, MLIS, PhD

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On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 4:20 PM Nichole Folkman via AISLE <
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> Do you have a policy for book challenges? Are your administrators aware of
> it?
>
> On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 2:09 PM Lisa Marcum via AISLE <
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>> Hi all,
>> We've got some administrators making noise about removing Gender Queer
>> from our shelves.  Anyone have ideas of what we should do?
>>
>> Lisa Marcum
>>
>> Library Media Specialist
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