Re: [LM_NET] HIT: In the Night Kitchen

[Shonda Brisco <sbrisco@GMAIL.COM>]

Is anyone else disappointed that after nearly 30 years we still have
librarians who are responding to "In the Night Kitchen" by censoring
the book through these types of actions:

> Several said they had drawn shorts on the boy.
>
> One has pulled the book from the collection.


I realize that there are situations where community standards are
considered, but I think, as a profession, some school librarians don't
understand that it is sometimes necessary for the librarian to take
the stance of protecting the integrity of the author's original work
while continuing to provide access to the materials without censoring
it themselves. If censorship is done by the professional school
librarian, then I have to ask... what hope do we have in protecting
the collection when outside censors attack other materials within the
collection because of the intellectual content?


~Shonda

-- 
Shonda Brisco, BA Ed., MLIS
Library Media / Technology Specialist
Weatherford, TX 76086

Digital Bookends wiki / blog:
http://digitalbookends.pbwiki.com
http://shonda.edublogs.org/
sbrisco@gmail.com

Resources for Texas School Librarians:
http://txschoollibrarians.ning.com/
http://txschoollibrarians.wikispaces.com/

"Digital Resources" columnist
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