Oklahoma City Commission Overrules Library Recommendations

Reported in yesterday’s Library Journal

After a close 10–7 vote, the Metropolitan Library Commission, Oklahoma City, overruled the recommendations of library staff and decided to set up a special collection of children’s books, including those with gay themes, which only adults could access, according to The Daily Oklahoman. A library memo describes the topics as including “death, bullying, and human sexuality, sexual and physical abuse.�