I expect many books are on the radar of would-be opponents because they are either a) revered classics that are often part of school reading lists, or b) books that are popular. Though I can understand why you might want to restrict books with instructions for harming others or oneself (even if such information is readily available on the internet.) I can also see why many revered but subversive children's books are opposed (but of course that's what makes them so great!)
My take is that the greatest threat to libraries is copyright law, which currently does not permit a first sale doctrine for ebooks or digital media and generally stands in the way of building practical and sustainable digital library collections.
And likely other parts of society as well:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_commonly_challeng...
I expect many books are on the radar of would-be opponents because they are either a) revered classics that are often part of school reading lists, or b) books that are popular. Though I can understand why you might want to restrict books with instructions for harming others or oneself (even if such information is readily available on the internet.) I can also see why many revered but subversive children's books are opposed (but of course that's what makes them so great!)
My take is that the greatest threat to libraries is copyright law, which currently does not permit a first sale doctrine for ebooks or digital media and generally stands in the way of building practical and sustainable digital library collections.