Students and a national library association say a school board west of Toronto needs to be more transparent about the so-called “weeding” of its libraries amid concerns some books are being removed from collections solely because they were published before 2008.
Students and a national library association say a school board west of Toronto needs to be more transparent about theamid concerns some books are being removed from collections solely because they were published before 2008.
The board has said that older books, regardless of publication date, are allowed in schools if they are “accurate, relevant to the student population, inclusive, not harmful, and support the current curriculum.” Saisha Luciani, a 15-year-old student in Mississauga, Ont., says she was upset when she went to her school library at the start of the new school year and learned her favourite books such as the “Harry Potter” series, “The Hunger Games” and even non-fiction books about her East Indian heritage had been removed.
Both students say they would like to see the board clearly communicate with students to explain its weeding plan and provide details on whether books that may have been removed in error will be replaced.
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