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In reply to the discussion: Just stumbled across a case of censorship at my local library. [View all]Chernevog
(31 posts)I was a director for several libraries of different sizes in a very large state. What you're saying doesn't happen. What happens is they buy equipment that is so cheap to scan books back in when they've been checked back in that the books are actually not checked in... They end up being put back on the shelf however the catalog is going to read that the book is still checked out...
If it remains in that status for long enough what happens is they remove it from the catalog as a missing book. This has nothing to do with any insidious plan to keep liberal books off of the shelf It's the result of local governments buying the cheapest crappiest equipment humanly possible and a lot of the times even when you scan the book it ends up not being checked back in
I've directed several small libraries I was 2nd in charge of the 2nd largest regional in my county and I was in charge of one of the largest departments in the main library. I know exactly what I'm talking about and if you are not a librarian you don't know anything about this therefore you shouldn't speak about what you don't know about