The Alabama Public Library Service has voted to approve changes that could affect libraries across the state.
This is after Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey sent the library service proposed amendments, urging them to restrict books that could be deemed offensive for anyone under 18.Cindy Hewitt, Executive Director of Huntsville Madison County Public Library, said they are different from the amendments originally proposed by Governor Ivey .
One of the proposed amendments states, “It does not constitute a denial of service based on age when exercising discretion in the location of sexually explicit material or other material deemed by the public library board to be inappropriate for children or youth.”One of the APLS amendments is limiting children’s cards to age 18.
The Huntsville Madison County Public Library recently had a board meeting to vote on policies that were written to reflect the needs of the community and with Gov. Ivey’s proposed amendments in mind.
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