L.A. County libraries work to expand digital library cards to all Californians, not just those living in the county.
Has a growing list of books on race, LGBTQ+ issues and sexuality — including literary classics — been removed from school and public library shelves and thus blocked your access to certain books?
Although there have been some challenges, Crutcher said that in the nine years she has been managing collections at 86 libraries she’s never banned a title. “It would be digital. You would be given an account number, a log-in and you choose a PIN or password,” Crutcher explained. The process is similar to
“The bans are becoming more organized, more political and sadly, more successful,” Bodenheimer said on Friday, June 30. “We didn’t think we could sit by and watch while some are taking books off the shelves.” The supervisors’ motion said they’ve seen efforts to challenge books that describe racial conditions and slavery in the 19th century using language that is not politically correct today, as well as books related to LGBTQ+ issues.
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