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Library trustees review collection policy updates after state'level Freedom to Read guidance
Summary
Trustees discussed merging a state'library'issued model policy tied to the New Jersey Freedom to Read Act into the library'system'collection development policy, with attention to complaint procedures and staff protections.
New Brunswick Public Library trustees discussed proposed updates to the library'system'collection development policy on the board'meeting agenda, citing the recently enacted New Jersey Freedom to Read Act and a model policy circulated by the State Library. Joy Crow Logan, a trustee, said she has begun merging the library'system'existing policy with the state'library'suggested language and will present phrasing choices to the board.
Why it matters: trustees said the policy changes aim to limit censorship of library materials and to provide protections for library employees who oppose…
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