Two San Diego residents cleared out the Pride month display at their library and said such materials shouldn’t be available to children, one of several recent clashes over L.G.B.T.Q. issues in California.
What I don’t get is how they were able to take out this many books - I understand (and generally agree with) policies to limit library fines, but that doesn’t mean you have to let people take out enough books to clear out an entire section.
Most libraries won’t stop you from checking things out unless you are already have unpaid fines.
In my schooling days I had occasion to check out like 20 books a couple times. I got some questions about why, but it was more curiosity and I even got a few suggestions for more books on the topic at hand.
Sure, but isn’t there usually a limit of like 20 or 30 books at a time? And you can’t take out more books after that without a) returning some of the old ones or b) admitting some of them are lost and paying to replace them.
From reading the article, it sounds like multiple people were involved. So, for example, I take out 20 books, then you take out 20 books, and then another person takes out 20 books. Between the 3 of us, we’ve now taken 60 books and not hit any limits.
Using this system, a small group of extremists could remove material from the library that they have decided is objectionable regardless of whether everyone else in their community thinks it is.
What I don’t get is how they were able to take out this many books - I understand (and generally agree with) policies to limit library fines, but that doesn’t mean you have to let people take out enough books to clear out an entire section.
Most libraries won’t stop you from checking things out unless you are already have unpaid fines.
In my schooling days I had occasion to check out like 20 books a couple times. I got some questions about why, but it was more curiosity and I even got a few suggestions for more books on the topic at hand.
Sure, but isn’t there usually a limit of like 20 or 30 books at a time? And you can’t take out more books after that without a) returning some of the old ones or b) admitting some of them are lost and paying to replace them.
From reading the article, it sounds like multiple people were involved. So, for example, I take out 20 books, then you take out 20 books, and then another person takes out 20 books. Between the 3 of us, we’ve now taken 60 books and not hit any limits.
Using this system, a small group of extremists could remove material from the library that they have decided is objectionable regardless of whether everyone else in their community thinks it is.