Details of Marshall Library Plan

An article previewing last night's presentation of a material selections policy at the Marshall, Missouri library fairly locks into place a lot of information that had been floating about what would happen if a library patron was to object to material found at the library. The reason you're reading about it here is that this need for a new policy was brought on by a library patron's complaints surrounding the graphic novels Blankets (Craig Thompson) and Fun Home (Alison Bechdel).

As many were able to piece together from an earlier article, the system will now have such complaints go to the librarian first, who will make a decision with oversight and an appeal mechanism invested in the general library board. Any book in question will go to in-library use but remain in use, which would be superior to the "removal until we can figure this out" experience enjoyed by the two graphic novels. What's left is news of the formal vote (expected to be positive, I think) and, unless I missed something, a decision on the graphic novels at the heart of the original matter.
 
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