tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10905712.post116814225208007919..comments2023-03-31T06:15:48.139-07:00Comments on Suitable For Mixed Company: What are libraries for?Kathryn Judsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06459741827801474808noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10905712.post-1168819301517757352007-01-14T16:01:00.000-08:002007-01-14T16:01:00.000-08:00Kathryn, this article is timely. But such an insa...Kathryn, this article is timely. But such an insane practice has been standard in some libraries for at least the last decade. One librarian and I shared a laugh. She and others would 'check out' books essential to the library just to save them from the clutches of the library director, who was determined to turn the public library into a computer only center. That one check out would preserve the book until the next purge! Believe it.<BR/><BR/>We commiserated with another librarian. Hers was a newly opened public facility. The only books in the Young Adult section were recent publications, and a large number of them were objectionable to many parents. If there were classics, we didn't see them. Hers was a collection not usable for many families.<BR/><BR/>The holding of that which is good and beautiful, and necessary for civilisation--certainly a noble goal for our public libraries. And a lost role for many.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10905712.post-1168288011232591592007-01-08T12:26:00.000-08:002007-01-08T12:26:00.000-08:00Our library has book sales in the spring and fall,...Our library has book sales in the spring and fall, but they usually sell off paperbacks (which they have multiple copies of), but the majority are donated by those of us supporting the library.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10905712.post-1168226728619688292007-01-07T19:25:00.000-08:002007-01-07T19:25:00.000-08:00When the girls were very small, our city's library...When the girls were very small, our city's library had a cart in the entry to the library with books you could take home for free. In those days of no spare cash, this is where I acquired quite a few "keepers." I often wondered why they decided to throw these books out.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13875603488434952711noreply@blogger.com