ChannelOklahoma.com - News - Library Sets Up Special Collection For 'Sensitive' Books: "After a complaint about children's books with homosexual content, a library commission has decided to place youth material of a sensitive nature in a special collection in the adult section.
Members of the Metropolitan Library Commission voted 10-7 Thursday to place such 'easy, easy-reader and tween' books dealing with 'sensitive or controversial topics' into a special collection that only will be accessible by 'adults in authority.'
In public comments before the vote, Richard Harris held open a book he said was from the library's young adult section and displayed a page with rows of nude figures.
'Do you want your kids looking at this without you being there?' Harris said.
Mike Canfield, representing the American Civil Liberties Union, urged the commissioners to 'honor the library system's long-standing tradition of free access to knowledge.'
The commission didn't decide Thursday how librarians would enforce such a plan and also did not rule on which books would be in this adults-only section. Instead, they voted to form a committee to make those choices."
Saturday, August 27, 2005
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