iI was discussing my overall view of how libraries should be operated and not necessarily and one specific library in Australia.
1. Permit librarians to decide what books go into the library.
2. Keep Do Gooder citizens out of the process of what books should not be in the library.
The reason for number two is that if we allow one “Do Gooder” to decide what books must be pulled from the shelf, then we must allow every “Do Gooder” dictate what books should be pulled. If we allow for that, at the end of the process, there would be no books in the library.
Yeah, and you were airing an opinion which went against the valid procedures the libararians were following in the article.
Fact is, all librarians have to pick and choose, even those who work for adult libraries. They can't have all books. If some want to cut back on the fantastical literature and go for a different kind of lit, for example, that's their choice.
we allow one “Do Gooder” to decide what books must be pulled from the shelf, then we must allow every “Do Gooder”
No. "We" don't decide. The local systems do. YOU shouldn't be dictating except to your own kid's school. Otherwise you are the "do-gooder" you claim to dislike.