Author: Holly
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Collection Management Policies
Let’s talk about collection management policies. Stay with me, now! A library’s collection helps it meet its mission. The collection management policy explains how that will be accomplished. I’ve seen selection policies, deselection policies, and a gift policies, but that just is not enough. A fully-formed collection management policy is…
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A Bible Story for the Kids
I Am Joseph Cohen 1980 Submitter: I am a fan of Barbara Cohen, author of such classics as The Carp in the Bathtub and Molly’s Pilgrim, but this is not an appropriate picture book for children! The complex sentence structure! The language! The illustrations! Who thought this was a good…
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How to Be Gay
Is it a Choice? Answers to 300 of the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Gays and Lesbians Marcus 1993 The Unofficial Gay Manual: Living the Lifestyle, Or At Least Appearing To DiLallo and Krumholtz 1994 Homophobia : How We All Pay the Price Blumenfeld (ed.) 1992 Submitter: These books are not…
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Guess What? Chicken Butt!
Anatomy and Physiology for Children Explained Through the Dissection of a Chicken Ashton 1966 Submitter: This book last circulated in 1970 (thank goodness) and was withdrawn from the juvenile section of a mid-size academic library. I’m all for drawing similarities across living organisms, but the illustrations of the dead chicken…
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Some Day I’ll Be a Librarian
Some Day I’ll Be a Librarian Splaver 1967 Submitter: This gem is still on-shelf at [University], where I attended library school. The writing is pretty good overall, but it was the text on page 16 that first had me howling — the kids at the library each *happen* to come…
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Rolling Harvey Down the Hill
Rolling Harvey Down the Hill Prelutsky 1980 Submitter: This is another children’s book that was initially pulled because of its condition. It has had a lot of circulation since it was acquired in 1989 but only 2 circulations in 20 years. On closer inspection, the book sent up all kinds…
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