Hi Mirele: This is a tricky situation! Does your school have a collection development policy? A collection development policy can protect you from having to personally make a judgement call and can outline procedures to have a book removed from a library. I do not think Amalia's suggestion of hiding the book behind the desk solves the problem. If you do not have a collection development policy, now would be a good time to develop one with the head of school and or other leaders within your community.
Let me know how I can be helpful! Best, Aimee Lurie SSC President Sydney Taylor Book Award, Past Chair The Association of Jewish Libraries On Nov 4, 2014, at 1:17 PM, Enid Sperber wrote: > Is your school Orthodox or UltraOrthodox? Have you read the book? If the > answer to the first is no and the answer to the second is yes then I believe > that this is one person's opinion about the book. There are several reviews > on Amazon (one very astute one in particular) that lays out what the book is > about and discusses the meaning of its contents. It seems to be a raw > account of what happened to the author 15 years ago. For a certain part of > the population it sounds like it would be dangerous but for others > enlightening. It is your call but I think promoting the book might cause > controversy (because the teacher might make a stink to others) whereas > putting it on the shelf for someone to find might be a better solution. It > just depends on the make up of your school population. The reviewer seems to > feel that the girl never got any proper lessons on behavior so that this is a > cautionary tale. All of this said I have removed purchases from my shelves > because of negative comments that could have caused upset. I worked in an > elementary school where there was more parental screening than there possibly > would be in an upper school. But then I am a coward and try to avoid conflict > if possible. All of this said I have not read the book. > > Enid Sperber > Retired librarian > Temple Israel of Hollywood Day School (a Reform day school) > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Mirele Kessous <mkess...@cesjds.org> wrote: > I just bought a copy of Cut Me Loose by Leah Vincent for our library. After > I bought it, one of the teachers read it and complained that it teaches kids > bad lessons. She told me that I should not have it in the library. I’m not > one to censor, but I am one to question whether I should promote a title or > leave it, inconspicuously, on the shelf for someone to discover. Are there > any school librarians out there who have encountered similar issues with this > book? How have you handled them? > > Thank you! > > > > Mirele Kessous > > Upper School Librarian > > Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School > > 11710 Hunters Lane > > Rockville, MD 20852 > > 301-692-4982 > > mkess...@cesjds.org > > > > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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