Spending on Spanish fiction titles is shelved in Georgia (Another victim of the state’s restrictive laws)

Posted on: June 20th, 2006
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“The Gwinnett County library board has put the brakes on purchases of Spanish-language fiction four months after the books hit library shelves.

The board approved the 2007 budget last Monday minus $3,000 that would have paid for new adult fiction in Spanish, signaling a change in direction for the library system serving Georgia’s largest Hispanic population.

The decision comes amid intense national debate about immigration and a shake-up in the Gwinnett library system that last week claimed the director.”

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