[aisle] Book Challenge Issue

Wed May 18 04:10:49 CDT 2022

Hi Lisa,
School Librarian Martha Hickson gives some tips and includes her 'book
resume' for Gender Queer
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YpDVUiIF3rqrR392A_Cehv0POqhxoxCDj0pNGe2iaWA/edit?usp=sharing>
in this OIF Blog post:
https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/lawn-boy-and-gender-queer-the-trend-toward-book-challenges/
In this OIF Blog post, she discusses her successful defense for Gender
Queer and other titles at her school.
https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/martha-hickson-students-and-school-board-save-5-challenged-titles/

--Kathy

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On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 10:13 PM Joan Bessman Taylor via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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
>
> <http://goog_410310324>
> https://ncac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Brevard-County-Letter.pdf
>
> h
> 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
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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?
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>> 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
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