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Originally Posted by OBCT
At the same time - to steal a cheesy cliche - "common sense isn't always common." My point is that subjectivity plays a role, and trained librarians may or may not let their own biases get in the way or doing their job appropriately. I'm not sure it's best to let this whole discretionary business land on the shoulders of school librarians, generally speaking. Others will disagree.
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Sure, librarians have their own biases, but if that bias blatant (or maybe even not blatant), the administration, staff and parents are going to notice.
I'm kind of confused about this book selection process. Maybe you can fill us Canuckistanis out and explain it a little. From what I gather, these people meet I suppose annually, and discuss what books they'll be allowing in the school system. Is that right?
Does anyone know if we do this in Canada? Like go through this kind of process? This kind of controversy pops up every once in a while but I don't remember (and could be way off) this happening in Canada.