Author: Holly
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Digital Libraries
Digital libraries Balasubramanian 2021 Submitter: I was excited to see this book at my local public library. I always like learning more about what other libraries are doing in the way of digital libraries. This book is a joke! Just take a look at the scanning section. Not to mention…
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Jewish Celebrity Hall of Fame
The Jewish Celebrity Hall of Fame Boxer 1987 Submitter: This book and its humor is very old and it needs to go. Not sure a book today could keep up with the many Jewish celebrities that exist thanks to just social media alone. Holly: Sure, but were they ever featured on…
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Bush Friendly
Making Your Garden Bush Friendly: How to Recognise and Control Garden Plants which Invade Sydney’s Bushland McLoughlin 1993 Submitter: We are an academic library serving a landscape program. While right-sizing the collection this week, I found this unfortunate processing fail. For the record, the barcode is covering the word Garden.…
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Defending Slavery
Slavery Defended: The Views of the Old South McKitrick (Ed.) 1963 Submitter: We are going through a massive weeding project at our small academic library, and this title came up (thankfully in the titles to be weeded!). Now, granted, I wasn’t alive in the 1960s, but I would have hoped…
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Indian Summer
Indian Summer Monjo 1968 Submitter: This 50 year old beginning reader book is a woefully one-sided history lesson about Kentucky settlers vs. The Indians. While Pa is off to “lick the British” with the likes of George Washington, Ma is left behind with her rifle to defend her children and…
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Celebrity Sewing Bee
Francine Coffey’s Celebrity Sewing Bee Coffey 1974 Submitter: When the title says “celebrity sewing bee” they really meant a lot of Dinah Shore. The one area that was really popular during the pandemic was our crafting section. So much so, you could spot the books that needed weeding by glancing…
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