[IP] Library Age Limits
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From: Zach Sparer <zsparer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: June 11, 2005 12:38:20 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: For IP? Library Age Limits
Dave,
Thought this article might be of some interesting to the IP
community. This specific age restraint isn’t what we’re used to
seeing, but it still exists as precedent. I guess if you haven’t
learned to read at an adult level by the time you’re of a certain
age, you’re SOL. [ or if your a parent or grandparent trying to help
your child djf?]
Zach Sparer
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- Adults must be accompanied by children in
certain sections of Evansville's public libraries.
The Evansville-Vanderburgh Library Board voted Thursday to bar
unaccompanied adults from children's areas as a precaution against
"those who might be there for inappropriate reasons," Evelyn Walker,
the library's assistant director of public service told the
Evansville Courier & Press.
Library director Marcia Au said there have been no reports of
children being accosted in the library, but employees have been
concerned about some people who are "plunking themselves down" in the
children's rooms and watching the youngsters.
"Exceptions to the rule will be people doing research, such as
teachers, or child-care workers looking for books or other materials
for their classes," Walker said.
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