LINCOLN- Administrators at Plattsmouth Community Schools removed roughly 49 books last Spring from their shelves and placed them in a box for "further review" by the high school prinicpal's office, a move that came as a response to requests from a school board member. However, Plattsmouth isn't the only Nebraska community in recent years receiving such requests, as many cities and towns have seen a flood of book challenges.

The influx mirrors a national trend, one pitting parental rights and content concerns against fear of censorship and allegations of intolerance. School board members and library staff from across the state say they've received dozens of irate emails and have even been verbally attacked at board meetings by individuals seeking to remove certain books from Nebraska libraries.

"We simply cannot allow a few loud voices to determine what information and ideas our students have access to," said Chris Haeffner, a liaison for the Nebraska School Librarians Association. In some places, however, the anger and outrage are being directed in the opposite direction, and Plattsmouth residents launched a petition to recall Terri Cunningham-Swanson, the board member who had requested to have the 49 books removed.

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