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Pleasanton commission approves collection policy updates to comply with California law, asks staff to formalize reconsideration procedures
Summary
On Sept. 4 the Pleasanton Library Commission voted to recommend that the City Council adopt a revised collection development policy updated to comply with the California Freedom to Read Act (AB 18 25). Commissioners pressed staff to formalize how public requests for reconsideration of materials are handled and retained.
The Pleasanton Library Commission voted Sept. 4 to recommend that the City Council adopt a revised library collection development policy updated to comply with the California Freedom to Read Act (AB 18 25), and commissioners asked staff to develop a formal procedure for handling requests to reconsider materials.
Library staff said the draft contains “minimal changes” intended to satisfy the state requirement and to reaffirm longstanding selection principles. Staff read the draft wording highlighted in the packet, saying the policy acknowledges that “the library's collection meets the broad and diverse interests of the community and respects both the library's autonomy and the specific needs of the city,” language the staff said is drawn from the American Library Association Bill of Rights.
The change matters because the state law requires libraries…
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