Dear Editor,
Re: “Five books challenged at library,” Community, March 2.
I was dismayed to read about attempts to ban books at Richmond Public Library.
As a retired librarian (albeit school, which has a bit of a different mandate), I believe a public library should have something that could, should or would offend everyone/anyone. It is a repository of ideas, facts, opinions open to all without bias or judgment.
It is not, nor ever should be, the mandate of a public institution in a democratic society to preselect “appropriate” materials. As Einstein said: “The only thing you absolutely have to know is the location of the library.”
Jenny Coyle
RICHMOND
