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Residents challenge Columbia County library board appointments and book placements
Summary
Multiple residents told the Columbia County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 21, 2025, that library governance changes, board appointments and recent shelving decisions have undermined the public library’s independence and disproportionately affected titles with LGBTQ content and materials addressing puberty and anatomy.
Multiple residents told the Columbia County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 21, 2025, that library governance changes, board appointments and recent shelving decisions have undermined the public library’s independence and disproportionately affected titles with LGBTQ content and materials addressing puberty and anatomy.
Priscilla Bence said she searched the county library catalog and found a rise in listed titles that she believes should not be available to children; she told commissioners a young-adult/LGBTQ search returned 329 results on Oct. 16, 2025, up from 123 at an earlier check, and that a juvenile/LGBTQ search rose from 13 to 381 in her counts. Bence said she found roughly 40–50 titles that…
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