Roger Sutton

>Of course though, Deb, you will still have to tear the copies of the Little House books from my cold, dead hands. ;-)

Posted : Mar 11, 2011 01:28

Debbie Reese

>Be still my heart!

Posted : Mar 11, 2011 01:18

Roger Sutton

>I'd chuck it.

Posted : Mar 11, 2011 12:05

Debbie Reese

>Ok... so what about all the "non-fiction" that erroneously says American Indians were primitive, savage, etc?

Posted : Mar 10, 2011 11:08

Jennifer Schultz

>"If an edition is revised, especially if it has new pics,is it allowed to wear the Caldecott sticker?"

That's interesting. Have you found an answer?

Posted : Mar 08, 2011 03:43

Adelene Smith

>Can not wait to see more people on the moon.

Posted : Feb 25, 2011 08:17

Roger Sutton

>If an edition is revised, especially if it has new pics,is it allowed to wear the Caldecott sticker?

Posted : Feb 24, 2011 11:03

emay

>I'm pretty sure the Jewish question is "Why is this night different from all other nights?"

What I want to know is, why ARE the Chinese "the way they are"? :-)

Posted : Feb 24, 2011 06:17

Lyle Blake Smythers

>As many of you will know, here at the Library of Congress there is an ongoing process of revising the terms found in Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH for short) to make them accurate and up-to-date. Sometimes the changes can be viewed as falling into the category of political correctness. Two changes that spring to mind that happened during my time as a cataloger were changing Afro-Americans to African Americans and changing Moving pictures to Motion pictures.

One type of heading that has always intrigued me is the "[topic] question" heading. Examples: Jewish question, Currency question, and Eastern question (Far East). I had one outraged coworker who used to huff and say indignantly, "What does that mean? What exactly is the question?" To which the only appropriate response is, "What is the question indeed?"

Lyle Blake Smythers

Posted : Feb 24, 2011 05:00

Ms. Yingling

>This is probably a title that should be replaced with the newer version. My favorite weeded book... "All About Radio and Television"... from 1958!

Posted : Feb 24, 2011 01:09

Pam

>I love it when I find a good/scary/funny title (let alone content) while weeding. Last week I found two winners: "Quaaludes", from the early 80s (now that kids are snorting bath salts, this title seemed so innocent and straightforward); and "Why the Chinese are the Way They Are" from the 60s.

Posted : Feb 23, 2011 10:20

KT Horning

>We had an even worse weed from the 730s at MPL: "Asbestos makes wonderful molding clay for children."

Posted : Feb 23, 2011 06:27

Lioness

>Your title is the key phrase I used for many years when weeding. I was astonished how often it appeared in all sorts of books.
My take? Keep the older edition till the new one comes out.

Posted : Feb 23, 2011 06:12