As folks from across the political spectrum challenge library material, OPL allows users to have unfettered access to any information, as long as it is legal.
Ottawa’s libraries have the original versions of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, while If I Ran the Zoo is kept in the adult section.
Libraries have a core responsibility to safeguard and facilitate access to constitutionally-protected expressions of knowledge, imagination, ideas, and opinion, including those which some consider unconventional, unpopular or unacceptable, said Wright. “Last fall, every day we would wake up to 10 or 15 new emails. I missed deadlines. I didn’t get grant applications in on time. By December, if someone asked if I wanted to walk away, I would have said ‘Yes.'”Article content
The irony of censorship in the name of parental rights is that one parent demanding the removal of a book or program from a library infringes on the rights of other parents who approve of access for their own children, said Wright. The Ottawa Public Library is currently in the process of removing filters from internet stations in its libraries.
How many books have been challenged in Canada — and which ones — is still unclear because there is no definitive Canadian database with information on all challenges. In February, the Centre for Free Expression and the Canadian Federation of Library Associations announced an agreement in principle to maintain a joint database of challenges to public and school libraries.
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