Georgia: Many Public Libraries Won’t Carry “50 Shades Of Grey”
From Georgia Public Broadcasting:
Of the 51 public libraries that participate in Georgia’s online library service, only 6 have decided to make the books available.
Janet Florence, the public information officer for the DeKalb County library system says they are not carrying the books. The Dekalb County Library selection committee determined that the trilogy was of poor quality and had received several negative reviews. She says they only had two requests from patrons for the book, so the public demand wasn’t there. Florence says public libraries have limited funds to add to their collections, and DeKalb County didn’t feel this was a good use of those funds.
The article also includes a comment from Susan Lemme, Head of Reference and book selector for the Washington Memorial Library Branch of the Middle Georgia Regional Library System. They’re providing access to the book.
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Filed under: Libraries, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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