Sat Nov 10, 2007 6:14 am (PST)
Please help us protect Gwinnett's children- your children.
Please come and support those who will be speaking to the Library Board. We will be asking them to:
1. Change their policies to further filter known sites that are sexually explicit /pornographic,
2. Intervene and stop patrons who are veiwing sexually explicit material especially if it is being done by minors or in the presence of minors, (required by House Bill 1055 -prevention of minors to harmful material) Gwinnett County is the ony one of 54 library systems surveyed that has a policy preventing intervention- Other libraries intervene, suspend library privledges and prosecute if appropriate.
3. Inform parents of the risks of exposure to sexually explicit/pornographic material while visiting the library. Require parents to give written consent for their minor to use the internet in addition to the other areas a parent has to give permission for the minor child currently when requesting a library card. (Almost 70% of the libraries in Ga. require written consent and many require the parent to sit with their minor child when they use the internet)
Monday, Nov.12
6pm
5 Forks Trickum Library
Breakdowns of statewide library policies are available as an attachment. If you would like to see them email me and let me know.
Ruth Hardy
There is another issue at Gwinnett's Libraries that bothers me.
My daughter wanted to read the Parent Trap, so she reserved it. We knew there were several versions of this book, but we thought they were all kids books.
What my 11 year old received was a Silhouette Romance book. I brought it back and the librarian said it was up to me to monitor what she got as they did not have a teen or below category If I wanted to restrict what she could reserve, would have to restrict her to children's books only.... she reads way above this level. There is a parent advisory category, but it is very small and does not include romance books.
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