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Anderson County Library Board defers state book-review deadline after public debate on minors' access
Summary
After more than a dozen public commenters urged competing approaches to children’s access to library materials, the Anderson County Library Board voted to delay its scheduled book-review vote until next month and told staff to notify the state librarian that reviews remain in progress.
The Anderson County Library Board voted to postpone its item on book reviews for the Secretary of State until the board’s next meeting, following multiple public comments urging either protection of children or broad access to information.
During the public-comment portion of Tuesday’s meeting, speakers offered sharply different views. Al Good of Oak Ridge urged the board to “let librarians do their job” and warned against outright bans, saying librarians have professional training to select…
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