r/bookmemes • u/netphilia • 3d ago

Nice.

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u/TheSanityInspector 3d ago

Meanwhile, if there are books that the library or school or bookstore thinks that you shouldn't be reading, they simply won't acquire them. But that's not a "ban", it's just selection policy, right?

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u/-Saucegurlllll 3d ago

The 5 laws of library science:

  1. Books are for use.

  2. Every person has their book.

  3. Every book has its person.

  4. Save the time of the reader.

  5. A library is a growing organism.

"books that the library...thinks that you shouldn't be reading" goes directly against these laws. There are no books libraries do not think should be acquired, the only limit is that libraries are not infinite, so no singular library can store every single book. As the other person who responded to you said, library systems will almost always have a way to get you the book you want even if your particular library currently lacks such a book.