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Show ; Interest Iw Binils Of Hot Mm 't n Library brought Srdn- -.recently- - ,, or iRV board was letter sent by ds Pres. James Sunset noting the Id to provide any Knce possible F::n book repair. But timber Sharon Shum- way Smith and County Comm. Morris F. Swapp. raised some concerns. "I am totally against their intellectual freedom (stand) as it now stands." the commissioner commis-sioner said. "I appreciate Mr. Kirkham... their intents are good but when you bring people peo-ple in (to the library) with that philosophy and let them get a hold of your system then you have a mighty difficult time changing the program or getting get-ting them out. I'm totally against giving them that authority.' THE FRIENDS of the Library Lib-rary have voiced support for the "Library Bill of Rights" and stand on intellectual freedom free-dom opposing censorship of library materials. Several North Davis residents resi-dents attending the meeting expressed concern about letting let-ting the Friends participate in a volunteer program and Mrs. Smith agreed. "They haven't mentioned community standards stan-dards or the library book selection selec-tion policy. They have their own guidelines and standards and in my opinion they aren't compatible (with the county library's)." BOARD Chairman Evan Whitesides noted that he felt the group wanted to provide any help possible and questioned ques-tioned worry over potential problems. "1 put up the red flag." Mr. Swapp said. SPEAKING TO volunteer programs Mrs. Smith said. "If we feel the need for volunteer service we can determine the needs and know that group (Friends) is there that we can work with. They'd have to work directly with us rather than with the Clearfield (North) Branch." The board agreed to send a letter noting they would contact con-tact the Friends if help was needed in the future. TAKING A positive view of the Friends offer was recently-reinstated recently-reinstated Library Director Jeanne Layton. "I feel very good about it. Most other major ma-jor libraries have them (Friends groups). They've been responsible for raising a lot of money." noting that in Salt Lake City the Friends group sponsored "some very expensive film programs" that the library couldn't provide on its own. "Is there a tie in with any other group are they tied in with intellectual freedom?" Mr. Whitesides asked. "NO. ALL I know is that they are a group of intelligent people interested in aiding'the library." Miss Layton replied, adding that an active group operates op-erates at the University of Utah's Marriott Library w here Layton resident Oma Wilcox has been president. "They do not work outside objectives and they give donations. It isn't their purpose to cross (library (lib-rary objectives)." she added. But Mrs. Smith continued to show concern as she read a letter let-ter outlining formation of a Friends group in Ogden that said "a group is organizing to fight censorship and promote intellectual freedom. "IT WOULD seem to me intellectual in-tellectual freedom means no restraint on filth. It would be against our library standards. It says (standards policy) books shall reflect community standards. We have high standards." stan-dards." She said some stale officials noted that community standards stan-dards could be set by various areas, including State Attorney Attor-ney General Robert Hansen. "If we have books promoting these acts (inferring illicit behavior) be-havior) then we're promoting that (if such books are shelved)." BOARD member. Eva Jean Law of West Point, said any volunteers w ould be under library lib-rary and board direction. "It's a little difficult to understand. If they (volunteers) operate within the standards we've set up how could they have any way of selecting books, etc?" Noting the board had said any volunteers would need board clearance before w orking ork-ing in the library was board member Robert Arbuckle of Centerville. "In our Jan. 1 1 letter (outliningdirectives for Miss Layton to follow on her Jan. 14 restatement) ue said no one could v olunteer except by authorization. I don't know what he (Mr. Kirkham and the Friends) wants to do. I don't know if we gae permission and he got his foot in the door what he might do. I'm not afraid of infiltrating the shelves w ith books that aren't meeting Clearfield's standards but 1 don't know ." IN A telephone interview Miss Layton said volunteers had been used "quite effectively effec-tively over the years" in a variety vari-ety of areas. Biggest use of volunteers has been made during dur-ing book fairs held the last two summers. "On occasion we've used one where the person had real expertise." she added, citing a well qualified Bountiful resident resi-dent who had served as a storyteller. A volunteer had served at the North Branch until un-til recently but has discontinued discon-tinued w ork because of the recent re-cent board action indicating all volunteers must be approved by the board. |