This type of thing always generates some hot takes so I’m sharing the ALA definition of a book ban
> A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group. A banning is the removal of those materials. Challenges do not simply involve a person expressing a point of view; rather, they are an attempt to remove material from the curriculum or library, thereby restricting the access of others.
Emphasis mine because that’s the important part.
Collection management is not censorship. Library weeding is not censorship.
Trying to limit what other people in the community have access to IS censorship.
PracticalTie t1_jdlhzw3 wrote
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This type of thing always generates some hot takes so I’m sharing the ALA definition of a book ban
> A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group. A banning is the removal of those materials. Challenges do not simply involve a person expressing a point of view; rather, they are an attempt to remove material from the curriculum or library, thereby restricting the access of others.
Emphasis mine because that’s the important part. Collection management is not censorship. Library weeding is not censorship.
Trying to limit what other people in the community have access to IS censorship.
E: this is sometimes called soft censorship.