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Resident urges commissioners to enforce Columbia County library collection policy
Summary
A long-time patron told the Columbia County Board of Commissioners the library's collection development policy is not being applied, citing lack of written rationales for reconsiderations, insufficient professional consultation and questionable relocations of young-adult titles; she asked the board to direct staff to follow the written policy and review staff certifications.
Karen Parham, a Columbia County resident and frequent library patron, told the Board of Commissioners on April 21 that the county’s library system is not following its own collection development policy and asked the board to intervene.
"The policy is not being applied as written," Parham said, describing three problems she says are evident in the March 31 Library Board record: absence of written rationales at the time of reconsideration decisions; the director’s use…
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