I am the chairperson of our local library board. Recently the Mayor of our town came to the library after hours and took a movie out of the library and locked it up in his office safe.
It was 50 Shades of Gray and he didn't think it was something that should have been purchased for our library. He didn't approve of the content. The librarian purchased it because there had been multiple requests.
Now I personally am of a conservative nature and I feel this movie is not appropriate. BUT I feel that libraries are for everyone. Right? And the board is not in charge of what gets purchased for the library so I have no say in that anyway. I'm not really sure what to think about this whole situation.
I guess my questions are:
Should libraries even have movies available to check out? Are they only for books?
If a library only has a small(ish) amount of funds how do they decide what to spend money on and what not to?
And what are your thoughts on this whole situation? Please be kind.
It was 50 Shades of Gray and he didn't think it was something that should have been purchased for our library. He didn't approve of the content. The librarian purchased it because there had been multiple requests.
Now I personally am of a conservative nature and I feel this movie is not appropriate. BUT I feel that libraries are for everyone. Right? And the board is not in charge of what gets purchased for the library so I have no say in that anyway. I'm not really sure what to think about this whole situation.
I guess my questions are:
Should libraries even have movies available to check out? Are they only for books?
If a library only has a small(ish) amount of funds how do they decide what to spend money on and what not to?
And what are your thoughts on this whole situation? Please be kind.