[Publib] Having a materials challenge form online

[Phalbe Henriksen]

At 06:21 PM 3/4/2008, Jennie J. Stoltz wrote:
>Having one-on-one interaction with a librarian often times allows 
>for a resolution to be made without needing to go through the entire 
>formal reconsideration process.  For example, a patron might point 
>out that they feel a book is inappropriate for the children's area 
>(as a former childrens' librarian I know it's impossible to read 
>every single word of all books ordered) and a librarian might then 
>offer to move it into the Young Adult collection....

Slippery slope! In North Carolina, death is part of the second grade 
curriculum (or it was when I lived there). We have a picture book in 
our library here in Florida where I work now that is a story that 
includes someone who dies. A parent has objected, saying that she 
doesn't want her children of picture book age (third grade and below) 
to ever come across a book that has a death in it.

How do you resolve that one? Who decides when [your] children find 
out about death? A parent, a teacher, a state department of 
education, a pet, an elderly relative, anyone killed by accident, a 
military neighbor/friend/relative in harm's way?

Phalbe Henriksen