Pat Scales, chair of the American Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom Committee and SLJ columnist, regularly fields questions on banned library materials. But “this is the first I’ve encountered in which a book’s format has been censored,” she writes.
About Kathy IshizukaKathy Ishizuka (kishizuka@mediasourceinc.com, @kishizuka on Twitter) is Executive Editor of School Library Journal.
I am appalled that e-format is being discriminated against. I do think a discussion with the classroom teacher, the reading teacher and if there isn’t any movement with the principal. I can understand the classroom or reading teacher insisting on a certain level book for assessment of comprehension and fluency (all titles are not available in e-format) but for independent reading this policy seems absurd.