I'm a public library director, and it's scholastic, Gale Resources, Baker and Taylor, all of them. They no longer put LGBTQ in their subject headings for MARC records, nor in their description and also are perfectly fine with allowing AI generated Non Fiction books to be published and distributed without any due diligence. St Joe County Indiana (not where I live) had "This Book is Gay" in their children's section, and is basically porn. A parent challenged it, went through the process and they said they will keep it and keep it as is next to Peppa Pig and other titles. Sickening. Thankfully, my library and staff are all pretty solid conservative Christians. Very rare for a library but I'm proud of my library and team.
So they check for it? I've been wondering about this, because if you check it out then your name is attached to it, but if it gets lost inside the building then you're not stealing or defacing it and it might go unnoticed for a while.
Based on who works there, most likely. At my library, I don't know if something is lost unless someone tells me or I go looking to check it out myself. My department supervisors keep up with the collections, but they are looking to add to it not always see what's missing, especially a one off book. It is really sad that they would want to include such a book that rivals porn and kama sutra. Side note - at that board meeting that discussed the book and the challenge of it, the library lawyer had to close the board room doors so that outsiders didn't hear all the discussion about it. As an adult, I couldn't stomach a lot of what was quoted from the book.
Thank you for the insight. I'm not looking to destroy literature, I just thirst for justice and can't understand why the left is digging into the rainbow porn for kids genre. Fortunately my town is reasonable and wouldn't stock such books. If I'm wrong or another reader has encountered this problem, now we have some ideas.
that's sad, scholastic is extremely liberal and they lure kids in with free stuff & book fairs. another reason to home school!
Yes, steer clear of scholastic. The only thing left at the book fair was the “What Is” animal books. Scholastic is crap.
Sad to hear this. I used to love their book fairs when I was a kid many years ago.
I'm a public library director, and it's scholastic, Gale Resources, Baker and Taylor, all of them. They no longer put LGBTQ in their subject headings for MARC records, nor in their description and also are perfectly fine with allowing AI generated Non Fiction books to be published and distributed without any due diligence. St Joe County Indiana (not where I live) had "This Book is Gay" in their children's section, and is basically porn. A parent challenged it, went through the process and they said they will keep it and keep it as is next to Peppa Pig and other titles. Sickening. Thankfully, my library and staff are all pretty solid conservative Christians. Very rare for a library but I'm proud of my library and team.
In that case, how long would it take staff to notice if the book were dropped between the wall and a shelf, or kicked under a display?
Knowing that library system, they would ensure it's always in the collection. Personally, I would hope someone burns it.
Link for anyone interested
https://realnewsmichiana.com/2023/08/30/sjc-dems-fight-to-keep-book-about-anal-sex-and-poop-fetishes-available-to-kids-at-library/
So they check for it? I've been wondering about this, because if you check it out then your name is attached to it, but if it gets lost inside the building then you're not stealing or defacing it and it might go unnoticed for a while.
Based on who works there, most likely. At my library, I don't know if something is lost unless someone tells me or I go looking to check it out myself. My department supervisors keep up with the collections, but they are looking to add to it not always see what's missing, especially a one off book. It is really sad that they would want to include such a book that rivals porn and kama sutra. Side note - at that board meeting that discussed the book and the challenge of it, the library lawyer had to close the board room doors so that outsiders didn't hear all the discussion about it. As an adult, I couldn't stomach a lot of what was quoted from the book.
Thank you for the insight. I'm not looking to destroy literature, I just thirst for justice and can't understand why the left is digging into the rainbow porn for kids genre. Fortunately my town is reasonable and wouldn't stock such books. If I'm wrong or another reader has encountered this problem, now we have some ideas.
So what's the info? I clicked on it and there seems to be nothing beyond this tweet. Do I need to be signed in? I'm not on mainstream social media.