Saturday, November 3, 2007

Challenged books discussion

I have to say that I am in class with a lot of smart people. It is fun to have a spirited discussion with a group of people that are able to express opinions and share ideas. There were so many good points made during the discussion about how to initially defuse the situation and how to implement the policies in the school. One thing about policies is that you can do the letter and still not do it right, but if you understand the spirit, then you will never go wrong.

I need to re-read the discussions and pull out the good points and create a reminder list of what to do and how to handle the situation because I just know that my mind will go blank when the situation actually happens.

Friday, November 2, 2007

Copyright or is that wrong?

Well, I got my case study done, but I don't know whether I did it correctly (I refuse to use the word right) or not. It was fun to write (doesn't count - it is spelled differently) and it just seemed to flow, but I have no idea whether my conclusions were good. I can still see the argument both ways and I am fighting myself not to change my ending.

On to challenged books - is anyone else having a problem in finding a procedure used when books are challenged? I have found lots of information on what books have been challenged and why, but no real answer as to what a librarian is supposed to do. One article I read mentioned that having a good selection policy in place helped to keep the book on the shelf. It also said that administrative support was key in keeping books in the library, but again no mention on the procedure you are supposed to follow.

Oh well, back to the salt mines (which just made me think of a fun webquest to do - can you guess about what?)