The Marion County Public Library (KY) asked for letters in support of retaining John Green's Looking for Alaska book at Marion County High School. The following letters were addressed to the local public library so the library had these to read when they attended a local school board meeting.
Questions?
Helen Bischoff, Assistant Library Director, Transylvania University hbischoff@transy.edu
Jason Cooper, Technical Services Manager, Boyle County Public Library (former Transy librarian) jcooper@boylepublib.org
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"We are continuing our fight as an Association to stop this bill from becoming law and have contacted the Governor’s office to urge his veto. Now you can help out with that as well.
Working with our ALA partners, Advocacy chair Samuel Northern has developed a Oneclicks campaign to urge the Governor to veto. Adding your name and voice to this effort takes less than a minute. Please join me in this effort as we work to ensure our professional values are represented and protected in the state. If you wish to add to the petition, you can do so here.
Thank you all again for your support and membership of the Kentucky Library Association."
email communication from Andrew Adler, Kentucky Library Association, President, March 21, 2023)