Censorship Question

[Kathy Geronzin <kathy_geronzin@po-1.northeast.k12.ia.us>]

The question of whether or not a book is censored if it's not selected =
comes up frequently.  In my opinion any book that is not selected is =
unselected.  This realm of unselected materials includes all those =
materials that have not been selected, but which materials can be selected =
from at other times.  This list includes new books, expensive books, books =
you wanted to purchase, but didn't have enough money in the budget to =
afford, etc.  It also includes books that might not ever be selected =
because they don't meet the educational needs of your school.  On the =
other hand, if a book is censored that means an official has made a =
decision that a certain book will be censored or banned. If that decision =
says for example Catcher in the Rye will not be in our school libraries or =
taught in any classes in our school, that means the school librarians and =
teachers can not share this book with the students of the school that has =
censored the book.  However, if Catcher in the Rye has not been selected =
for the library collection than it is unselected and could be selected at =
a later time.

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