Boundary County

Boundary County's library board talks with their patrons about the issues.  

Grangeville, let's work together so we can have diversity of accomodation.  

Please show some respect for families and traditional values in our community. 

Jul 21, 2023  BOUNDARY COUNTY LIBRARY

1. Add a NEW section upstairs next to the front desk. This section will be named “New Adult” and will be recommended for 18 years and up. This section will have books with teenager characters but are inappropriate for minors according to Federal Obscenity Laws, Idaho State Laws, Miller Test and our Community Standards. The librarians will use resources like www.booklooks.org, Miller Test, etc. to rate these books. The system will be similar to rating a movie. WARNING: Parents that feel the need to monitor their child’s check outs should remove that child from your family library card. The librarian will not police what your child reads. But they will at least take steps to catalog these books out of the basement (area for under 18 years old). If you are fine with your child checking out whatever, then that child can roam the whole library and have their name on your family library card. This will give parents in the basement a “safety net” and reduce the stress of the librarians. Win-Win!!!

2. Over the next few months, the librarians will compare all books in the Young Adult section (12/14 to 18 years old) and slowly move books that do not pass the Miller Test upstairs in the “New Adult” section. All books cataloged in the “New Adult” section will have a warning label on the outside of the book stating, “Adult Content” (or similar verbiage).

3. Me, Earl and the Dying Girl will temporarily be located in the Director’s office. If anyone wants to check it out, please ask the front desk. Once they establish the “New Adult” section this book will be the 1st book in that category.