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Something I have started doing this year is, on the spreadsheet where I list
my book order, I also include where I found the book reviewed. These
spreadsheets get filed in the budget file for each year so if we ever have a
challenge I know exactly where the book was reviewed.
Diane Gallagher-Hayashi
Teacher-Librarian
Stelly's School
Saanich School District (63)
Saanichton, British Columbia
Canada, V8M 1S8
Diane_Hayashi@sd63.bc.ca
daichan@islandnet.com
"I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a
gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am proud of what I am...I, am a librarian!"
The Mummy
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From: "Kathy Geronzin" <kathy_geronzin@PO-1.NORTHEAST.K12.IA.US>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 1:04 PM
Subject: GEN: Book challenges
> I have been responding individually to people when they are facing =
> challenges to library materials. In the last two days I have sent =
> messages to four different people facing challenges to four different =
> books. I am writing this message today to let you know steps you can take
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> when materials in your school are challenged. These are the steps you can
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> take when a library book or other instructional material use is
challenged.=
> 1. A review of the selection policy. 2. A review of the =
> reconsideration process in your school. 3. Find copies of reviews, =
> journal articles, and lists of materials where the challenged book is =
> mentioned or reviewed. 4. Enlist the help of professional organizations =
> such as, your state library associations, and the Office for Intellectual
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> Freedom of the American Library Association. 5. Begin coalition =
> building within your school with other faculty members, in the community =
> with community members. 6. Determine what the teaching objectives are =
> for having the material. =20
>
> Research shows that schools who have selection policies, a reconsideration
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> process, and a supportive principal are those most likely to successfully
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> fend off challenges to instructional materials used in the schools. If =
> anyone would like assistance with planning strategy during an attempt to
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> challenge the use of instructional materials (including library books) =
> please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to give assistance. I
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> am a life long student of the issues of Intellectual Freedom and I have =
> helped many schools plan strategies when they have been confronted by =
> challenges. =20
> --=20
> Kathy Geronzin
> District Librarian
> Northeast Community School District
> 3690 Hwy # 136
> Goose Lake, IA 52750
> 563-577-2249
> e-mail kathy_geronzin@po-1.northeast.k12.ia.us
>
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