A library in Idaho is limiting children’s access to comply with new law
Donnelly Public Library hosted children's programming. (Courtesy of Sherry Scheline)
A new law in effect this week in Idaho requires libraries to move books into an “adults only” section if a patron believes it contains sexual content that could be harmful to children. Libraries that don’t comply face fines. But at least one library in the state, which says it doesn’t have the space to create a separate section, now requires children to have a parent present, or a signed waiver, to even enter the building.
Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Sherry Scheline, director of the Donnelly Public Library, about the decision.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
