1. WOODS WITHOUT
WOLVES
By Jamie LaRue
jlarue@jlarue.com
2. DCL
Over 200 challenges (citizen attempts to remove books from
library) from 1990 to 2010
Focus on the Family – Christian right wing group
Generational: Boomers and Gen-X
Overprotectiveness of children
Ages 4-6, 14-16 – the end of infancy, the end of childhood
3. The Uses of Enchantment:
The Meaning and Importance
of Fairy Tales
By Bruno Bettelheim
4. A CASE STUDY
• jaslarue.blogspot.com
• 2008 election
• Gay rights
• A cry for civil discourse
• The role of the library
• Title retained
• Election lost
5. POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES
1. Policies matter (see http://www.ala.org/offices/oif)
2. Procedure: apologize, listen, restate, serve
3. Only supervisor can give complaint form