PEN America: 'Distressing' That Indiana Library is Moving Teen Books to the Adult Section
August 12, 2023
August 12, 2023
NEW YORK, Aug. 12 -- PEN America issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2023:
PEN America expressed distress today over the decision by Indiana's Hamilton East Public Library to move more than 1,300 Young Adult books to its adult section under a new "Collection Development Policy" that overrides publisher, author, and librarian recommendations on where to shelve books.
The decision will make it more difficult for teenagers to access books written for th . . .
PEN America expressed distress today over the decision by Indiana's Hamilton East Public Library to move more than 1,300 Young Adult books to its adult section under a new "Collection Development Policy" that overrides publisher, author, and librarian recommendations on where to shelve books.
The decision will make it more difficult for teenagers to access books written for th . . .