Alabama: “Huntsville Library Moving Animated Disney Movies After Policy Changes”

From the Alamaba Political Reporter:

Movies like Moana, Frozen, Coco and more are moving in the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library after the board changed policies to comply with new state aid requirements from the Alabama Public Library Service.

Interim director Connie Chow confirmed to APR that numerous movies currently shelved in the juvenile section of libraries are moving to young adult sections based on ratings from the Motion Picture Association of America.

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“This (collection review) is being done to be in compliance with our collection development policy which was recently approved by Alabama Public Library Service,” Chow said. “These updates were required by APLS in order for the library system to receive state funding that is vital to the continued operation of some of our smaller library branches.”

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