Well here we are at the beginning of another new year- a time for fresh starts, new hopes, and the promise of endless possibilities; a time to look ahead to a brighter, smarter future.

The only problem is that not everyone got the memo: This is the year 2013- not 1913.

There remain those out there living in the past, desperately clinging to a way of thinking that does not fit the times and standing firm behind irrational decisions that go against everything they are supposed to be about.

Beverly James might look like the poster image for librarian of the year- soft voiced, glasses, wool suit- but her unilateral and biased administrative decisions are nothing of the sort. In fact, I think they’re downright dictatorial.

Last December she gave the patrons of the Greenville County Library the gift of censorship, all wrapped up in a pretty red bow, when she decided that Neonomicon, a four-issue graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Jacen Burrows, would be completely removed from circulation for everyone, despite its placement in the adult section.

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http://bbark.deepforestproductions.com/column/2013/01/06/banned-books-awareness-neonomicon/