<div dir="ltr">Hi everybody,<div>Librarian Katie Salo made and shared this (attached) infographic on <a href="https://twitter.com/storytimekatie/status/1367218117626109953?s=20">Twitter</a> which might be helpful.</div><div><br></div><div>I've noticed that people outside of libraryland benefit from reminders that thousands of books go out of print every year, for a variety of reasons. Countless books get weeded from our libraries every year, for a variety of reasons. And that's before we start looking at all of the creators whose books never get published or seen--ever.</div><div><br></div><div>Emphasizing that libraries use collection development/maintenance policies and that those policies guide decisions about acquisitions and weeding has been helpful for me in these conversations. </div><div><br></div><div>All that said, policies are never neutral. My colleagues and I are trying to look at our collections policy and ask: is this policy aligning with anti-oppression values, or is it supporting the status quo? Are there places where we can be more intentional and direct about our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in our policies? </div><div><br></div><div>It's our job to create these policies, and then let them guide our decisions. Our choices might not always be popular with majority culture, but all this also reminds me of something Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas recently shared: "Curation isn't cancellation." </div><div><br></div><div>-Elisa<br><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 5:45 AM Denise Reeder via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">No, I have not been asked to remove anything. Lincoln Middle School, Park Ridge (we have two of the books in question)</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 9:02 PM Pres Elect via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:21px">The President (</span><strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Veronica Defazio )</strong><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:21px">of Illinois Library Association is being interviewed about the controversy with Dr Seuss? With six of his books not being published because of racism.</span><div style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:21px" dir="auto"><br><div>Here is a news account about the issue</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/books/dr-seuss-mulberry-street.amp.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/books/dr-seuss-mulberry-street.amp.html</a></div><div><br></div><div dir="auto">Veronica reached out to me to get info about schools.</div><div>My question is have you been asked to remove them or anything else.</div><div>I would like to Veronica information from the school side.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Thank you</div><div><br></div><div>Mary Jo Matousek </div><div>President Elect AISLE </div></div><div dir="auto"><a href="mailto:Preselect@aisled.org" target="_blank">Preselect@aisled.org</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Mary Jo Matousek</div><div>AISLE President-Elect 2020-2021</div><div>Preselect@Aisled.org</div><div>630-254-7770</div><div>Member of REAL(<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap">Real Active Energetic Librarian) Chapter</span></div><div><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/aisled.org/uc?id=1y68uzhGwrjlrkCNehgE48LV4xyMq_4xg&export=download" width="200" height="70"></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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