I don’t blog most of the book-banning related stories I read since they’re well documented on other blogs. However, this story happened here in Colorado and the things said in the article are just amazing. It seems that the superintendent of Norwood High School gave a all of the copies of Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultimato a parent to destroy without, of course, reading the whole book. The good thing is that at least one of the school’s juniors only heard of the book because of the controversy and specifically read it in response.
via LISNews
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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