NOTE: The Board has decided to suspend all Requests for Reconsideration and Appeals until Oct 15, 2026, to allow staff to complete their audit of the Juvenile and Young Adult collections. If you have comments or concerns, you may contact the Board at board@dcplibrary.org.
The Daviess County Public Library believes that censorship is a purely individual matter and declares that, while any person is free to reject for himself or herself materials of which he or she does not approve, he or she cannot exercise this right of censorship to restrict the freedom of others to read, view, listen, or inquire. The Daviess County Public Library has set these regulations in place to assist in fulfilling the library’s goal to serve all the residents of Daviess County:
- Any patron who is a resident of Daviess County and holds a card in good standing from the Daviess County Public Library is encouraged to speak with Library staff if they have questions on the library’s collection development policies. A copy of those policies shall be provided to patrons upon request. The patron may request that the Library’s Collection Development Manager respond directly to the patron regarding any library materials they may have questions or concerns about.
- If a resident’s concern is not satisfied through discussion with Library staff, the resident may complete and submit a formal, written Request for Reconsideration of Materials. Copies of this request form may be obtained from any library service desk or by fax, mail, or e-mail from the library. The library will consider one (1) Request for Reconsideration at a time. Requests will be reviewed on a first come, first served basis. And only two (2) titles will be reviewed at a time.
- For a Request for Reconsideration of Materials to be considered by the Library Administration, it must meet the following criteria:
- The most recent version of the request form must be completed in full.
- The patron must be a resident of Daviess County and hold a card in good standing from the Daviess County Public Library.
- The recommendation form must be submitted to the Library Director or his or her designee.
- Submission may be completed in person, by mail, or by e-mail.
- To ensure that each Request for Reconsideration is given appropriate attention, the Administration can consider one (1) Request for Reconsideration from a patron per quarter.
- Upon receipt of a completed Request for Reconsideration, the Director shall appoint an Ad Hoc staff review committee of a minimum of three (3) staff members to review the Request, undertake a firsthand review of the material subject to the Request, and prepare a report. The Ad Hoc committee may be comprised of the Collection Development Manager, the Community Engagement Manager, and the specific title’s Selector (i.e.: The Children’s Librarian for Juvenile material). During the review process, any copies of the material not needed for direct review shall remain available for patrons at the library. The committee shall consider the following criteria when drafting the report:
- Consistency with the Library’s material selection policy
- Cultural and/or literacy significance and quality
- Audience for the material
- Circulation history and patron requests for the material
- Professional review and awards
- The Ad Hoc Staff Review Committee may recommend a few actions including removal of the material, re-labeling/classification of the material, or no action at all. The review process by the Ad Hoc Staff Review Committee will be completed and submitted to the Library Director within ten (10) business days from the date the complete Request for Reconsideration of Materials form is submitted to Library Administration.
- The Library Director shall have final discretion as to whether to follow or modify the recommendation of the Ad Hoc Staff Review Committee.
- The Library Director or Collection Development Manager shall inform the patron in writing of the decision regarding the Request for Reconsideration of Materials no later than ten (10) days after receiving the report from the Ad Hoc Staff Review Committee.
- If the patron is unsatisfied with the decision, the patron may appeal the Request for Reconsideration of Materials by asking in writing that it be referred to a review committee made up of two (2) board members (serving for one (1) quarter) and three (3) randomly selected library staff members.
- The review committee will be supplied with the same information supplied to the Ad hoc staff committee, including access to the library material, circulation statistics, reviews and awards, and a list of regional library holdings.
- The patron will be notified of the review committee’s decision after a decision has been made. The committee may request additional information from the library staff as well as from the patron submitting the appeal request.
- After the material has gone through the Request for Reconsideration process, it cannot be challenged again for a period of six (6) months. The library will make available the lists and status of past book challenges.
Please Note: Digital titles available through the Kentucky Libraries Unbound Consortium on Libby are under jurisdiction of the Consortium and have their own policy.
Titles reviewed within the last 6 months
Below is a list of materials that have been challenged within the last six months. These items cannot be challenged until 6 months after the previous request for reconsideration.
| Title | Author | Date | Decision |
| Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key | Gantos, Jack | 4/14/26 | Pending |
| The House on Mango Street | Cisneros, Sandra | 4/14/26 | Pending |
| Perfect Chemistry | Elkeles, Simone | 4/14/26 | Pending |
| Out of Darkness | Perez, Ashley | 4/14/26 | Pending |
| I’ll Give You the Sun | Nelson, Jandy | 4/14/26 | Pending |
| Me and Earl and the Dying Girl | Andrews, Jesse | 4/14/26 | Pending |
| Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry | Goffney, Joya | 4/14/26 | Pending |
| Moxie | Mathieu, Jennifer | 4/14/26 | Pending |
| All My Rage | Tahir, Sabaa | 3/9/26 | appealed 4/14/26 |
| 19 Love Songs | Levithan, David | 3/9/26 | appealed 4/14/26 |
| An Abundance of Katherines | Green, John | 3/9/26 | appealed 4/14/26 |
| Bodies Are Cool | Feder, Tyler | 4/10/26 | Pending |
| Impulse | Hopkins, Ellen | 4/10/26 | Pending |
| Kiss and Tell | Khorram, Adib | 4/10/26 | pulled for review 4/14/26 |
| I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter | Sanchez, Erika | 4/10/26 | Pending |
| Eleanor and Park | Rowell, Rainbow | 4/10/26 | Pending |
| Daughters Unto Devils | Lukavics, Amy | 4/10/26 | Unchanged |
| Dear Evan Hansen | Emmich, Val | 4/10/26 | Unchanged |
| Darkness Before Dawn | Draper, Sharon | 4/10/26 | Unchanged |
| The Hate u give | Thomas, Angie | 3/31/26 | appealed 4/14/26 |
| Assassination Classroom vol 3 | Matsui, Yusei | 3/31/26 | Moved to adult collection |
| Assassination Classroom vol 5 | Matsui, Yusei | 3/31/26 | Moved to adult collection |
| Assassination Classroom vol 7 | Matsui, Yusei | 3/31/26 | Moved to adult collection |
| Daughters of Ys | Anderson, MT | 3/31/26 | Moved to adult collection |
| A Corner of the Universe | Martin, Ann | 3/31/26 | Unchanged |
| Gay the Pray Away | Nandus, Natalie | 3/31/26 | Unchanged |
| Traffick | Hopkins, Ellen | 3/31/26 | Pending |
| You Too? | Gurtler, Janet | 3/31/26 | Moved to adult collection |
| Ghost Boys | Rhodes, Jewell Parker | 3/31/26 | Pending |
| Assassination Classroom vol 1 | Matsui, Yusei | 3/31/26 | Moved to adult collection |
| The New Girl | Calin, Cassandra | 3/31/26 | Pending |
| It’s not the stork! : a book about girls, boys, babies, bodies, families, and friends | Harris, Robie H | 3/31/26 | pulled for review 4/14/26 |
| Kingdom of the Wicked | Maniscalco, Kerri | 3/16/26 | Moved to adult collection |
| 10 Things I Can See from Here | Mac, Carrie | 3/12/26 | Moved to adult collection |
| Looking for Alaska | Green, John | 3/12/26 | Moved to adult collection |
| All This Twisted Glory | Mafi, Tahereh | 3/9/26 | Moved to adult collection |
| This Boy | Myracle, Lauren | 3/9/26 | Moved to adult collection |
| When It’s Real | Watt, Erin | 3/9/26 | Moved to adult collection |
| Grim and Oro | Aster, Alex | 3/9/26 | Moved to adult collection |
| 99 Days | Cotungo, Katie | 3/9/26 | Moved to adult collection |
| Queer, There, and Everywhere | Prager, Sarah | 3/9/26 | Moved to adult collection |
| Twisted Palace | Watt, Erin | 3/8/26 | Moved to adult collection |
| Kingdom of the Feared | Maniscalco, Kerri | 3/8/26 | Moved to adult collection |
| Welcome to St. Hell: my trans teen misadventure | Hancox, Lewis | 2/25/26 | Moved to adult collection |
| Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls | Weingarten, Lynn | 2/18/26 | Moved to adult collection |
| Suicide Notes | Ford, Michael Thomas | 2/6/26 | Moved to adult collection |
| Juliet takes a breath | Rivera, Gabby | 1/28/26 | Moved to adult collection |