Springfield News-Leader is famous for writing fiction. So, to help correct their narrative, I'm giving context to their misinformation about what happened at the Christian County Library Board.
I am so grateful to learn about all of this library business. I often ask about the lack of labels on books. The book choices are many and my time is limited so why can't they add labels like they used to? I can't be alone in this. More and more books are showing up on the shelves without labels.
As concerned as I am about parents and children being alerted to a books content, there are other reasons for labeling books and all of them are helpful. We can always pick up a book to look inside even if it has a label but if a label tells me it is of a topic I am not interested in, I usually wouldn't because I know I'm not interested and don't want to even be exposed to what is in there.
It's different with the kids. Those books do need to be labeled and moved to shelving that is also labeled. It also should be out-of-reach for younger eyes. Has anyone brought up the correlation with MOVIES? We label them with warnings or labels as to their content. I just went to B & B Theater's website and saw that this morning. We even restrict movies to be viewed by younger audiences unless they are with an adult. It's the same thing we'd like to see happen in our libraries. I hope someone runs with this idea if they haven't already.
I'm also thankful to learn more about Evergreen and about the high cost of Mobius. I still don't pretend to know enough about making those decisions but for goodness sake, why are we having to pay for services during the months they are not providing any??? Ugh!
Anyway, thanks for all you do, David! Congratulations to Echo, too!
I am so grateful to learn about all of this library business. I often ask about the lack of labels on books. The book choices are many and my time is limited so why can't they add labels like they used to? I can't be alone in this. More and more books are showing up on the shelves without labels.
As concerned as I am about parents and children being alerted to a books content, there are other reasons for labeling books and all of them are helpful. We can always pick up a book to look inside even if it has a label but if a label tells me it is of a topic I am not interested in, I usually wouldn't because I know I'm not interested and don't want to even be exposed to what is in there.
It's different with the kids. Those books do need to be labeled and moved to shelving that is also labeled. It also should be out-of-reach for younger eyes. Has anyone brought up the correlation with MOVIES? We label them with warnings or labels as to their content. I just went to B & B Theater's website and saw that this morning. We even restrict movies to be viewed by younger audiences unless they are with an adult. It's the same thing we'd like to see happen in our libraries. I hope someone runs with this idea if they haven't already.
I'm also thankful to learn more about Evergreen and about the high cost of Mobius. I still don't pretend to know enough about making those decisions but for goodness sake, why are we having to pay for services during the months they are not providing any??? Ugh!
Anyway, thanks for all you do, David! Congratulations to Echo, too!
We have mentioned it. They don’t listen to reasonable arguments or logic.
Really enjoyed the comparison of library science to gnostic knowledge. Thank you.