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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">February 2018 Tuesday Topic: Fire and Fury, Finding the Balance in Collection Development</span></u><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Welcome to Tuesday Topics, a monthly series covering topics with intellectual freedom implications for libraries of all types. Each message is prepared by a
member of OLA's Intellectual Freedom Committee or a guest writer. Questions can be directed to the author of the topic or to the
</span></i><a href="http://www.olaweb.org/contact-ifc" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">IFC committee</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">.</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The 2016 election and its aftermath have generated a plethora of books from diverse points of view. One that has received considerable attention is Michael Wolff’s
<i>Fire and Fury</i>, which, in an unprecedented move, the current president attempted to censor. After receiving a cease-and-desist order from a White House lawyer, the publisher, Henry Holt & Co., responded that it would not cease publication, and moved the
release date up to the following day.<sup>1</sup> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Demand for the book out-paced availability, as the book sold out on the first day. Libraries responded to the popularity of the book by purchasing multiple copies,
and waiting lists around the country exploded overnight.<sup>2</sup> Meanwhile, other books for or against the current administration continue to be published, and librarians must select carefully to maintain a balanced collection.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Fortuitously, the American Library Association has just released a new publication, the “Selection and Reconsideration Policy Toolkit for Public, School, and Academic
Libraries.”<sup>3</sup> It includes sections on the need for a selection policy, the components of the policy, the procedures for reconsideration of materials, and an appendix with intellectual freedom core documents. Of particular interest is the section
“Policies on Selecting Materials on Controversial Topics.”<sup>4</sup></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The section opens with “It is the responsibility of all libraries to serve every member of their designated communities. It is not the responsibility of a library
to promote one point of view over another. This requires that libraries collect material that represents majority beliefs as well as minority beliefs.”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">While librarians are all familiar with these core values, adopting them into their own policy and practice will give them the tools to select and defend their selection
of controversial materials. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The excitement over
<i>Fire and Fury</i> will eventually pass, but there will always be new hot-topic books and difficult collection development decisions to make.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1><sup><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">1</span></sup><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"> Oliver Darcy, “</span><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/08/media/fire-and-fury-publisher-response-trump-cease-and-desist/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">'Fire
and Fury' publisher responds to Trump legal threat</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">,” CNNMoney, January 8, 2018.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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</span></sup><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Tom Vogt, “</span><a href="http://www.columbian.com/news/2018/jan/22/libraries-readers-on-hold-for-fire-and-fury/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Libraries,
readers on hold for ‘Fire and Fury’</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">,” The Columbian, January 22, 2018.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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</span></sup><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. "</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/tools/challengesupport/selectionpolicytoolkit" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Selection
& Reconsideration Policy Toolkit for Public, School, & Academic Libraries</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">." Tools, Publications & Resources. January 18, 2018.
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</span></sup><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. "</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/tools/challengesupport/selectionpolicytoolkit/controversial" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Policies
on Selecting Materials on Controversial Topics</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">." Tools, Publications & Resources. January 12, 2018.
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<h1 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Sheryl Eldridge</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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