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As a member of Planned Parenthood and the ACLU, I get newsletters that are very informative with news that would be valuable to a wider audience. I would like to donate my copies of my newsletters free to the Marshalltown Public Library. But I cannot. The American Library Association recommends that periodicals that are published for private memberships such as the NRA, PP, and ACLU cannot be shelved at public libraries. They are intended for the people who join those memberships. A periodical that is not shelved because of protocol doesn’t count as censorship. If they take NRA, they must take the ACLU and Planned Parenthood newsletters. I’m not a member of the KKK but if they have a newsletter, they will have to take that, too.
This is not a difficult concept. I don't need to write any more letters about it or go to any Library Board meetings every month and make a nuisance of myself. I understand the concept and why the Marshalltown Library Board must have protocols. We have a beautiful library which is currently underfunded. Our library is one of two in the state of Iowa to win a national award for excellence. The award is framed in the lobby. They don't have time for nuisance