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Farmers Branch Library Board debates spine stickers, privacy and access after patron feedback
Summary
Board members discussed patron feedback including requests for content labels (rainbow stickers), access to digital collections, and self-checkout usability. Members raised privacy and gatekeeping concerns and asked staff to gather more detail before changing policy.
At a regular meeting, the Farmers Branch Library Board reviewed patron feedback forms and debated whether to add visible spine stickers to identify books with LGBTQ-related content or themes.
Board Chair Kristen, reading patron comments and leading the discussion, said the idea drew both support and concerns: “I do like the idea of adding the rainbow stickers on the spines of books that have those things in it because it would help the people who are looking for it find it,” she said, while other board members warned that visible labels could create a…
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