From The KLU Policies:

Challenges to materials purchased for the Shared Collection 

Patrons concerned about specific titles in the shared collection may discuss those concerns with their home library system. Due to the nature of a shared collection however, no member library may remove a title from the collection, as doing so would necessarily affect patrons and holdings outside the purview of that single library. Technologically, it is not possible to block a title for an individual member library. Only the disposition of items held in an Advantage collection owned by that library may be determined by an individual library.

Should a patron file a formal challenge through the challenge process in place at their member library, and their concerns cannot be allayed at the local level, the challenge may be forwarded to the consortium via the Consortium Coordinator. Any such challenge will then be distributed to the consortium via the KLU member site (https://sites.google.com/bcpl.org/klu/home) and listserv. The challenge will be considered by the consortium as a whole, with one month allowed for discussion and voting. A two-thirds majority among the respondents shall be required to remove a challenged book from the collection. Challenges will be processed one at a time, in the order that they were received by the coordinator.

The decision regarding a challenged title will be forwarded to the member library where the challenge originated by the consortium coordinator, on behalf of the consortium. In the event that a title is deemed unsuitable for the collection, the Consortium Coordinator will also make the necessary arrangement with OverDrive regarding the removal of the title.

The consortium will only formally initiate the reconsideration process for a specific title once in any three-year period. Additional requests for reconsideration of a previously challenged title within that period will only be processed if specific new information or insight is provided by the new request which would, in the consortium’s opinion, prompt further action.

Challenges to materials purchased for an Advantage Collection

Materials in an Advantage collection are the sole responsibility of the purchasing library, who may address any patron challenges as they see fit.

Completed Materials Challenges