Citrus County library advisory board tables draft rubric for reviewing challenged materials

The Citrus County Library Advisory Board on Tuesday voted to table a draft internal rubric intended to guide board and staff reviews of books and other materials that patrons challenge.

Board members said the draft — presented by Library Director Adam Chang as a starting point for discussion — should be refined before the board adopts it. Director Adam Chang said the document is a draft meant to help the advisory board and staff evaluate whether a work should remain in the collection, be relocated within the collection, or be removed. "This is a work in progress," Chang told the board.

The matter drew extensive public comment. John Labriola, a Citrus County resident, said he opposed adding questions to the public reconsideration form and urged any expanded questionnaire be used only in internal staff reviews. "If the material has received an award, that also would not make it…