My favourite bit in this morning's Ottawa Citizen:
Ottawa is buying explicit sex instruction books for its public library because they have good information written by respected authors and some people want to read them, says Ottawa's chief librarian.
Barbara Clubb was responding Wednesday to a complaint about three new books on order at the Ottawa Public Library.
“We have a very broad collection,” said Clubb, noting that generating controversy is “part of operating a public library and has been for centuries.”
The three books spurring the complaint are all published this year: The Anal Sex Position Guide, which features a picture of a couple apparently in the act on the cover; The Going Down Guide; and The Sex Instruction Manual.
The city's chief librarian noted that books on sex are “very popular” with borrowers in Ottawa.
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