Comments on: A Library’s Approach to Books That Offend http://www.librarystuff.net/2009/08/23/a-library%e2%80%99s-approach-to-books-that-offend/ The library weblog dedicated to resources for keeping current and professional development Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:33:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Warren http://www.librarystuff.net/2009/08/23/a-library%e2%80%99s-approach-to-books-that-offend/comment-page-1/#comment-32306 Chris Warren Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:32:58 +0000 http://www.librarystuff.net/2009/08/23/a-library%e2%80%99s-approach-to-books-that-offend/#comment-32306 One assumes that there are some criteria applied to the censorship of books in the Brooklyn Public Library, as I imagine there are in all libraries. However, it would be good to know what these are and to have them explained by librarians. I'm not sure that "It's not for the public" would have been sufficient explanation for me - I mean, someone might arbitrarily decide that my recent book is not for the public because it has magic in it and they don't believe in or don't like books with magic in them! That would make me sad. Chris Warren Author and Freelance Writer Randolph's Challenge Book One - The Pendulum Swings One assumes that there are some criteria applied to the censorship of books in the Brooklyn Public Library, as I imagine there are in all libraries. However, it would be good to know what these are and to have them explained by librarians. I’m not sure that “It’s not for the public” would have been sufficient explanation for me – I mean, someone might arbitrarily decide that my recent book is not for the public because it has magic in it and they don’t believe in or don’t like books with magic in them! That would make me sad.

Chris Warren
Author and Freelance Writer
Randolph’s Challenge Book One – The Pendulum Swings

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