u/Icy-Cardiologist162

Y’all I am so tired. My library board passed a new collection development policy making anything that talks about sex automatically move to the adult section. I’ve got old ladies coming in and screaming at me over books like My Mom’s Having a Baby and telling me it’s porn. According to my manager, a board member is even sending reviews from RatedBooks and TakeBackTheClassroom, demanding that hundred of books be moved to the adult section, and they are doing it 😭 How is this okay?! How are library boards able to create any policy they want, restricting books based on content, even if it’s not required by law??? What can I even do? I’ve voiced my opinion and have basically been told that I don’t make the rules, the board does, so there. The board is SUPPOSED to SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE for the library, yet one of our members said that she doesn’t care if staff will be upset because they can just be replaced. I’m 2 semesters into library school and I think I’m going to pivot because I don’t know if I can handle this stress long term.

The Fault in Our Stars, and a plethora of other books written for teenagers, has been moved to the adult section of the Pickens County Library System in South Carolina. They need advocates. John Green personally called out a library in Indiana for doing the same thing and they ended up changing their collection development policy after public backlash. Please, if you have any sort of platform, spread awareness. Maybe John Green can help this library system out too!

The Fault in Our Stars, and a plethora of other books written for teenagers, has been moved to the adult section of the Pickens County Library System in South Carolina. They need advocates. John Green personally called out a library in Indiana for doing the same thing and they ended up changing their collection development policy after public backlash. Please, if you have any sort of platform, spread awareness. Maybe John Green can help this library system out too!