Mayor orders book off the shelves, all copies already checked out
According to the Houston Chronicle the mayor has ordered the library to restrict access to How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale by porn star Henna Jameson, completely bypassing the library’s policy of reviewing challenged material. Here’s my three favorite quotes from the article. (One’s funny, the others are scary.)
“Sandra Fernandez, a spokeswoman for the Houston Public Library, said all copies of Jameson’s book now are checked out, and more than 20 people are on a waiting list for the book.”
“Fernandez said the library has no restrictions on what books children can check out, though it restricts their Internet use.”
“Michel said [the mayor] issued his order after consulting with [councilwoman] Holm and Toni Lambert, interim director of the Houston Public Library. Lambert declined to be interviewed, but said in a written statement that she agreed with White’s recommendation.”
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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