Ivey said she wants to determine whether “reform” is needed in children's sections of libraries.
Alabama library agency faces scrutiny from Kay Ivey after controversies over ‘inappropriate’ children’s booksBooks line the shelves of an Alabama school library. File photo. Trisha Powell Crain/AL.comAlabama’s state library agency is now under scrutiny by the governor, following a handful of local book challenges and conservative efforts to cut ties with the American Library Association.
The service helps train local librarians and aims to ensure all libraries are providing quality services, but it’s typically up to local branches to screen books and handle any concerns. Ivey then issued a detailed list of questions about parental supervision, screening processes and library governance to determine whether “reform” was needed. She asked Pack to provide an answer before the APLS board meets next Wednesday, Sept. 13.thanking the governor for her “thoughtful and considerate concern.”
In 1939, the association adopted its “Library Bill of Rights” in response to Nazi book burnings, said Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom. Since then, hundreds of local libraries and state groups, including Alabama’s, have adopted its guidance. as Hannah Rees and Will Sanchez of Clean Up Prattville, accused the ALA of “smuggling progressive politics” into local library programming, training and procedures.
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