Author: Holly
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Leave No Trace
How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art 3rd Edition Meyer 2011 Submitter: Recently weeded from my small rural public library. I did not weed because of content or even because of the title, but really because of lack of circs and we’re starting…
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Governing the Prairie State
The Illinois Governers: Mostly Good and Competent Revised and Updated by Pensoneau and Boyer Long By Howard 2007 Submitter: I don’t know if anyone outside of Illinois will find this as funny as I do. The subtitle is really what did me in. This was written during Blagojevich’s administration, but…
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Al Franken
Al Franken: Giant of the Senate Franken 2017 Submitter: So, I was making a delivery of intra-network media transfers to a local college library the other day, and as I was waiting for the right person to accept the delivery and fetch my pick-up, my eyes scanned the shelves, just…
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Those Were the Days
The TV Theme Song Sing-Along Songbook Javna 1984 Submitter: Here’s a blast from the past! What’s crazy is that the public library this book came from was recently rebuilt/added onto and every book was re-shelved. You’d think someone would have noticed this?
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Weeding in an Academic Library – a Case Study
A reader reached out and asked if they could share an anecdote about an interaction with a faculty member over their weeding process. We thought that was a great idea, and we welcome other case studies as well. Do you have a weeding story to share? Here are some ideas:…
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Are you proud of your collection?
One of the first questions I often ask audiences at library conferences when I speak is “are you proud of your library’s collection?” The follow up is, “What are you proud of?” The library’s collection exists to help the library meet its mission, whatever that may be. We don’t have…
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