Tayla Cardillo writes: “A legal debate in Colorado has raised the question of whether individuals submitting request for reconsideration forms are protected by library privacy laws or if their names and other identifying information are public record along with the rest of the request. It all started when Crested Butte resident Rebecca White submitted a reconsideration request to Gunnison County (Colo.) Library about the graphic novel Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe. Ultimately the library retained the book as part of its young adult collection, but during the course of the challenge, Crested Butte News Editor Mark Reaman submitted a Colorado Open Records Act request in order to gather more information about the book challenge taking place at the library.”
OIF Blog, Oct. 24; Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, July 11