Weeding Humor

[Debra Logan <jd3logan@bright.net>]

Hi, all:

        In the past 10 years I have discarded literally thousands of
books in 4 libraries.  Some "highlights" include:

        a 1945 first aide book
        Communisim, The Red Menace
        a Pat Boone guide to dating

        I often give the funnier discards to appropriate people.  I
will  wrap and give a 1960's book on being a good homemaker to a teacher
as a "wedding present" in a few weeks.  The staff newsletter will quote
one of my discards on the wonders of asbestos as a building material.
Doing things like this has made it so my staff, does not freak out when,
"Oh my gosh, the librarian is THROWING OUT BOOKS!!!"  This time when I
posted that they were welcome to pick through the discards, only one
teacher opted to even look.  She only took a couple books out of
literally hundreds.

--
Sincerely,
Deb Logan
Librarian/Media Specialist Taft Middle School
Marion, OH
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