Brandy's Reads

♫ So happy together ♫ or...  ♫ Breaking up is hard to do ♫ After reading the articles about Orange City Public Library in Iowa (and reading more about it - did anyone see where later in the year there was a guy burning LGBTQ books from that library??? Crazy!!!) I was amazed that not only were they requesting that they separate out the LGBTQ books specifically, but they didn't want them to hold off on purchasing  new materials with that content until a policy could be put into place for the material to be further scrutinized for the public at large, so to speak. I was flabbergasted at the extent to which the community members who were against the materials were willing to go. I also wondered where the board meeting took place that had over 100 people in attendance! lol There are obviously arguments for either scenario (keeping the books shelved by author or separating them out by subject) and I really don't think you are wrong - as long as you have supported your...

The prompt this week reads as follows: Though this week's group of "genres" all seem very different, they all have in common the fact that many people don't feel that they are legitimate literary choices and libraries shouldn't be spending money on them or promoting them to adults. The common belief is that adults still don't or shouldn't read that stuff. How can we as librarian, work to ensure that we are able to serve adults who enjoy YA literature or graphic novels? Or should we? I can't wait to read your thoughts on this. Thanks! Seriously. Are we not here to serve the patrons who walk in our doors no matter what they want to read, without judgment?  I wanted to stop there but I felt that probably didn't qualify as a thorough answer. However, when patrons walk through our door they are expecting to find materials they want to read. It is our duty as librarians to help them in every possible way, no matter their age or the materia...