HEPL board ends controversial review policy, will return books to teen section
The Hamilton East Public Library ended a policy that has attracted widespread criticism and thrust the suburban library system into a heated national debate.
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The Hamilton East Public Library ended a policy that has attracted widespread criticism and thrust the suburban library system into a heated national debate.
The Hamilton East Public Library board sought to protect kids from books. But when kids and others pushed back, their resolve faltered.
In an Oct. 5 advisory opinion, Luke Britt, the state's public records expert, wrote that two HEPL board members violated the state's Open Door Law.
An investigation surrounding a local library began after several people asked the state to look into whether a meeting between two library board members at a Fishers coffee shop was legal.
HamCo officials favor giving some library board spots to Fishers, Noblesville after book relocation policy draw ire. But that's easier said than done.