[aisle] Should it stay or should it go?

[Jennifer Kowaczek]

I understand the comments about keeping it to maintain the history.
However, following my weeding guidelines, that book would have been gone a
few (or more) years ago based on copyright and the availability of newer
materials on the subject.

I only have so much shelf space and, like someone mentioned earlier, my
students are not checking out the old stuff. They also miss out on some of
the new stuff when there's old stuff in the way.


On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 1:29 PM Christine Wilson via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> This is why *To Kill a Mockingbird* is challenged in so many schools.
> It's throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
>
> As Kristen Rademacher noted above, "If we erase the harm done and the
> ways in which that harm was caused, we can’t fix it." Even worse, if we
> erase it, we're bound to repeat it.
>
> I think the suggestion that leaving it and also including a newer title is
> a good one.
>
> Christine Wilson
>
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>
> 'Who needs a librarian when you have Google? Well, who needs a doctor when
> you have WebMD?'
>
> Gwyneth Jones, The Daring Librarian.com
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>
> On Thursday, May 16, 2019, 1:25:02 PM CDT, Jill Johnson via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>
> keep it.  You can add others to your collection but keep this as well.
> Important for students to understand the historical use of that term.
>
> On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 12:10 PM Melissa Lambert via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> A teacher wants me to discard a book. *Jackie Robinson: A Life of Courage*
> by Kieth Brandt (1992). There is a page that recounts a time during
> Robinson's life when he was called a nigger, see below quote. I'm inclined
> to keep it. What do you think? We also have an extensive reconsideration
> policy and procedure.
>
> "When he was 8 years old, his mother sent him out to sweep the sidewalk. A
> little girl across the street started shouting, "nigger, nigger, nigger!".
> Jackie was hurt. he shouted back, "You're nothing but a cracker!"
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Jennifer Kowaczek
Librarian
Tefft and Canton Middle Schools



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