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.
Ontario's education minister has asked the Peel District School Board to put an immediate stop on its weeding process - which assesses and removes older books - saying it was “illogical” to remove books from years past that educate student on history, antisemitism or are celebrated classics.
But students and an advocacy group made up of members of the school community say some texts are being removed just for being more than 15 years old and are calling on the board to provide a clear explanation. Reina Takata, a Grade 10 student, says her school librarian had recently informed students that books published before 2008 were no longer available since the board implemented its new weeding guidelines earlier this year.
Anita Brooks Kirkland, the chair of the Canadian School Libraries Association, says the process of “weeding” library collections has long been carried out to ensure collections are up-to-date and represent the student population.
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