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Resident raises alarms about missing LGBTQ titles and urges statewide-backed collection policy for new Columbia County library system
Summary
Karen Parham told commissioners that 'Gender Queer' and another LGBTQ title have gone missing from the Evans branch and urged the county to finalize a neutral, professional collection-development policy before the new Columbia County Library System launches in January 2026.
At the public-comment portion of the meeting, Karen Parham urged the county to finalize a content-neutral, professionally grounded collection-development policy before the countywide library system launches in January 2026 and reported repeated missing library titles.
Parham, who said she often works with the Freedom to Read Coalition of Columbia County, told…
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