Over 1,000 books with 1985 or older on the copyright page have already been quarantined behind an orange curtain.
Library Director Barbara Hegr said librarians will try to determine if the edition is a printing after the copyright date, so the book may be preserved.
Statement, or stupid?
Is she making a political statement, or is she simply stupid.
It has been beaten to death on here, but there is not any reason to embargo those books.
Early on it would have been
Early on it would have been a good political statement, but now it is probably the later.
the orange dye used in that fabric has been known
to cause cancer over prolonged exposure … π
Still seems a better idea to
Still seems a better idea to ban the kids and keep the books π
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