| Librarians Won't Give Child 'Porn' Book |
| Written by Cate Slattery | |||
| Wednesday, 21 October 2009 22:51 | |||
 Two Nicholasville librarians are fired for not allowing a kid check out a book. The women say the book contains pornographic material inappropriate for children. The two women say they were fired last month when they wouldn't let a young girl check out a book from The League of Extraordinary Gentleman series. Now, both women say they're less concerned with their jobs and more concerned with keeping material like this out of children's hands."Residents in Jessamine County do not realize that these books that are so graphic are available in the library let alone to their children," former Jessamine County librarian, Beth Bovaire, said. Beth Bovaire worked at Jessamine County Public Library up until a month ago. She and Sharon Cook worked as librarians- the two were fired last month when they say they didn't allow a child check out a book from the league of extraordinary gentleman series. "My friend Sharon had brought it to me on Wednesday, and she said 'look at this book it's filthy and it's on hold for an 11 year old girl,' and I said well okay, lets take it off hold." The Jessamine County Library director says it's against their policy to speak about employee terminations but he did give me a copy of their policy and it clearly states the responsibilities of the child's reading must lye with the parents and not with the library. The women say the books contain lewd pictures of men and women in sexual situations that are inappropriate for children. "If you give children pornography, a child, a 12 year old, can not understand and process the same way a 30 year old can," Sharon Cook said. The women say parents these days are swamped and it's far too easy for a child to check out a book without them ever knowing. The women hope the library will reconsider their policies to make sure children aren't checking out inappropriate materials. Trackback ( 0 )
Trackback Link for This Article  Jami says:2010-Apr-20 13:39
 This book is adults only.
I've read this comic, enjoyed it, wish Moore would do more of it. But yeah, anyone under 18 shouldn't be reading this. The Invisible Man rapes Polyanna. Quartermain and Mina become lovers. Hyde rapes The Invisible Man to death. NOT a children's book.
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Jack says:2009-Nov-13 16:14
 More Facts
The library workers in question (NOT LIBRARIANS) had previously had a denied request to get the book pulled from the collection, and then had been keeping the book checked out to themselves for months before the girl placed a hold on it, which they proceeded to cancel (http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/78655.html). This was not an isolated incident -- they had a history of deliberately trying to keep this item from circulating and (I think) deserved the termination.
Nerdess says:2009-Nov-05 07:30
 Good for those girls.
I read Watchmen at 16. there was 1 sex scene. it was 1 panel and was important to the story. 'League' is an amazing piece of Lit. Alan Moore is an amazing writer. He's Guano Crazy but geniuses usually are. I'm proud to know that there are girls out there willing to expand their interests. . Kids aren't stupid. They feel and are able to understand more that we give them credit for. Why do you think they have the ability to be so resiliant at times. They can't read Babysitter's Club forever.
Evan Waters says:2009-Oct-30 22:40
 Poor headline
I'd just like to say that I think the headline on this article is outright irresponsible and prejudicial. This is not, by most standards, a porn book (and I doubt it would be deemed pornography or even obscene by most courts of law). It is a book with adult content. There is a difference.
It reflects badly on WTVQ that they went with this headline, even with the quotation marks. Lisa says:2009-Oct-29 17:56
 Ms.
As a library tech student, I can't tell you how many times we have had it drilled into us that we never, ever censor readers choices, including childrens'. That is for parents. As for this particular title, several of our county branches have them shelved in the Young Adult section.
aussie says:2009-Oct-27 18:09
 Very strange
Sounds very selective reporting to me. Can an employee in the US just be sacked like that? Wouldn't they have to be warned on a first occasion first? Sounds like an occasion for re-training is their actions were inappropriate. What I am asking is - who laid a complaint? The 11-year old? HUH? Her PARENTS? Surely not!! Sounds very fishy - like to give these ladies a lie-detector test before offering and sympathy or blame!
Carlo says:2009-Oct-29 18:54
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Yes, an employee in the U.S. can just be sacked like that - unless they belong to a union, which is unlikely in this case. You can be fired for any reason a few narrowly defined reasons outlined in the law. And those reasons are extremely narrow - religious, racial, or disability discrimination...that sort of thing. Otherwise, companies may have policies that say they give warnings but there's no law that would require they follow them.
Junior says:2009-Oct-27 11:33
 Mr.
I don't believe any librarian should censor a child. It's murky, I myself am a librarian, but I don't believe that it's the responsibility of the library, as a function of the state, to deem what is appropriate. That's the job of whoever is raising the child.
I think being fired is a bit much, but then again I don't know the context of the firing, or if there were problems in the past. I also disagree with the title of this article. A graphic novel, despite its name, are generally not pornographic. Kompanik says:2009-Oct-27 11:10
 Get the facts straight
First, these women are not librarians, they are support staff who were not authorized or trained to make decisions about collection development or readers' advisory. If they had concerns that should have told their supervisor(s) and let those with authority make the decision. They had no right to make that decision.
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