LISNews: Librarian News

No, this is not a repeat from a few weeks ago. Yet another library has opened it\'s doors without really being complete. My mother always told me that first impressions were very important. Head and Shoulders has also made it clear that you only get one shot to make a good first impression. However, despite the fact that the library is slightly bare, the residents love the new place. The full story is a available from the Binghamton Press.\"Although Wednesday marks the one-month anniversary of Broome County Library opening its doors at its new $7.8-million location on Court Street, the building is still not fully operational.\" -- Read More

Lee Hadden writes:

There are several articles of interest in the Marketplace or \"B
Section\" of today\'s Wall Street Journal (11/29/00). An article on page
B1 by Erin White is \"Election Drama Prompts and Passel of Instant Books.\"
It discusses the number of books to come out soon about the presidential
election mess, and also discusses the \"quickie books\" market that
flourished with the O.J. Simpson trial and the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

A second article beginning on page B3 by Elena Cherney, \"Planned
Takeover Would Give Investors up to 50% of Canada\'s Book Trade\" discusses
Canadian takeover artists Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman and their
plans that could give them control of 30-50% of Canada\'s retail book trade
if they are successful. Their bookstore chain, Indigo Books Music and More,
have launched an unsolicited offer for Canada\'s largest bookseller,
Chapters Inc.

And finally, on page B11, an article \"Coke Plans to Donate 50 Years of
TV Spots to Library of Congress\" discusses the plan to donate 20,000 world
wide TV advertisements by the Coca-Cola Company. These ads date from over
the last fifty years. These include the famous \"Mean Joe Green\" commercial,
as well as the popular \"Hilltop\" commercial where a young chorus sings \"I\'d
Like to Buy the World a Coke...\" The ads will be catalogued, digitized and
turned over to the Library of Congress during the next three to five years.
Drink it all in at the library!

Bob Cox sent in In Depth look on some book challenges in GA. The Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools Board of Education initially voted 4-3 not to allow the use of \"In Cold Blood,\" \"A Lesson Before Dying,\" \"Stones from the River,\" \"Lords of Discipline\" and \"Catcher in the Rye.\", then re-voted after they said to make sure that summer reading lists for AP English students contain at least 10 choices and are given out one month before school ends. The books ended up NOT being banned.

\"As far as we are concerned, you are still stonewalling the concept of parental/citizen involvement. This whole process has been disgusting and demeaning. The endorsement of putting trash in the minds of children by a school system is horrifying to think of and it is dangerous to the social stability of this great country.\"

Someone suggested this rather odd story from

http://www.cantonrep.com/

Police say a man accused of exposing his private parts at the library used his own library card to take out books at Chardon Public Library.

The man pleaded innocent Monday to a charge of public indecency, he says he only lifted his shirt to show the librarians his stomach and did not expose his genitals.

Note to self: Use someone else\'s library card next time!