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AngryOldDem

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45. My beef is not with the staff.

Mon Apr 17, 2023, 06:01 PM

Apr 2023

My beef is with a “secret” database that apparently can only be accessed by staff. I find it coincidental that the book was there, on the shelf, when I checked it out, and now it’s not, and the library is increasingly coming under the direction of people who don’t take kindly to critical examinations of history, especially when it comes from someone like David Corn.

I would have never have known about the book had I not seen it, nor would I have known if my library had a lot of other books if I hadn’t been able to do a website search.

A library’s catalog should be available to all, that is my point. I’m pretty certain the staff feels the same.

The “now it’s here, now it’s not” stuff is wrong. Pardon my indignance.

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Just stumbled across a case of censorship at my local library. [View all] AngryOldDem Apr 2023 OP

Good for you to be on top of this. Threaten or alert someone to file a lawsuit against them, SWBTATTReg Apr 2023 #1

Basically, 7 people deciding for thousands what can be read. AngryOldDem Apr 2023 #2

Ask them what happened to it before jumping to conclusions. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #3

The board was recently taken over by hard Right community members. AngryOldDem Apr 2023 #4

Have you looked on the shelf? Or just online using the catalog? BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #6

Just there late last week, wasn't there, assumed it was checked out. AngryOldDem Apr 2023 #9

Down the memory hole Walleye Apr 2023 #17

Nope, the OP has done his library a disservice because it's still there. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #37

That is good to know Walleye Apr 2023 #40

Thank you XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #20

And indeed, he found out that this was a wee tempest in his own teapot. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #38

100% this! intheflow Apr 2023 #27

If you're on Twitter you should let Corn know Nevilledog Apr 2023 #5

So sick of these beasts Joinfortmill Apr 2023 #7

I wish someone would start a searchable database/website SouthernDem4ever Apr 2023 #8

Climate change novels have been added to the list of offensive topics. CrispyQ Apr 2023 #31

Add them to the database! SouthernDem4ever Apr 2023 #76

Update AngryOldDem Apr 2023 #10

Well, is it a public library or not? planetc Apr 2023 #22

You might want to update your OP, as well. TwilightZone Apr 2023 #25

That might mean it was returned damaged and is blocked from the catalog because intheflow Apr 2023 #32

"but it's in a database not searchable by the public." sakabatou Apr 2023 #36

I frequently ask my library about books. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #41

Insist on an interlibrary loan. Keep upping their censorship ante until it is public Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2023 #11

Actually, I'm probably going to get a Public Access Library Card AngryOldDem Apr 2023 #14

So you have to pay for the card. The Public Access Card. planetc Apr 2023 #24

A lot of cities charge nonresidents for library cards. intheflow Apr 2023 #33

We Do It Here ProfessorGAC Apr 2023 #61

Perhaps the book got damaged when some christian urinated on it. Could be innocent removal Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2023 #12

Seems to me they may have broken the law if a book was removed without due process. Martin68 Apr 2023 #13

While you find out what happened, be sure to support the librarians and library staff Wild blueberry Apr 2023 #15

Oh, absolutely! I love the staff. AngryOldDem Apr 2023 #16

Then why didn't you ask? BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #42

My beef is not with the staff. AngryOldDem Apr 2023 #45

See if you can talk to technical services XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #52

Yeah, I'm going to ask. AngryOldDem Apr 2023 #55

Just remember the staff do NOT usually support bans XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #57

Yes, I worked in technical services for a library for several years. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #58

37 yrs here XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #60

Well, I was in Florida. OP in Indiana. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #63

I hope angryold got an actual librarian to ask XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #64

I only know Hoopla and Libby. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #74

No just google it XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #75

In my library... llmart Apr 2023 #71

Thank you nt XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #19

These board of trustees Cretins don't read these books before banning them. jaxexpat Apr 2023 #18

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2023 #21

I just discovered Internet Archive Marthe48 Apr 2023 #23

They do this because they believe they CAN. calimary Apr 2023 #26

But this didn't happen. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #46

Definitely ask about it! ShazzieB Apr 2023 #28

Call your local paper, radio station and TV news depts and tell them. ZonkerHarris Apr 2023 #29

AngyOldDem should check with the library first. ShazzieB Apr 2023 #34

AngryOldDem has a good user name. He did not take your advice. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #43

I'm a she. AngryOldDem Apr 2023 #47

Apologies, I'm also a she. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #48

I don't know where they keep this stuff. AngryOldDem Apr 2023 #50

This makes no sense to me at all. There are books kept that can't be checked out without BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #54

I plan to ask. Should be there this weekend. AngryOldDem Apr 2023 #62

Climate change novels have been added to the list of offensive topics. CrispyQ Apr 2023 #30

If you're asking about public library boards, it varies. ShazzieB Apr 2023 #35

So having read this whole thread, what you're saying is that it wasn't actually censorship? WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2023 #39

Omg...sometimes you just nail it! Thank you! BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #44

"Threaten a lawsuit," Jesus Christ. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2023 #53

If you go looking for it, and the library indicates they don't have it... AngryOldDem Apr 2023 #49

If I had found a book on the shelf, and then later decided to look for it through the library's WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2023 #51

This nt XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #56

What is amazing to me is that so many believe the virtual world (the internet) BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #59

You've obviously Never been a director of a library. Chernevog Apr 2023 #67

Where do you get these ideas??? Chernevog Apr 2023 #65

Can you ask if it's moved to eBook format? XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #66

Then you have the members of the public who actually Chernevog Apr 2023 #68

Absolutely XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #69

If the book is gone from the library, maybe it was stolen FakeNoose Apr 2023 #70

Due to lack of shelf space, we were moving XanaDUer2 Apr 2023 #72

Next Chernevog Apr 2023 #73