Re: Donations

[Jeff Kirkpatrick <jeffkirk@CONCENTRIC.NET>]

    Regarding donation policies, a recent letter to the editor of the Rocky
Mountain News accused the University of Denver's Penrose Library of
censorship, when it rejected--according to its selection policy--a donation
of a book which purports to be a scientific refutation (and, hey, maybe it
is) of the theory of evolution.  Elsewhere in that same edition of the News
could be found a "Classic Herman" comic which poked fun at the notion that
it might be unjust that an older, rotund, unkempt male was being rejected
for a position as a topless dancer... .
    Yes, a selection policy will provide some insulation from those who mean
to promote their own agendas, and without regard for collection development,
etc.  This holds true even/especially when it is a personally prized
collection of westerns that is being donated.
    Have fun.

JEK

*****
        An inaccurate, out of date book kept on a library shelf,
auspiciously for its "historical" value, is as a corpse kept 'round the
house for sentimental reasons.

Jeffrey E. Kirkpatrick
Advocate for libraries, education reform and humanity, in Aurora, CO
e-mail address: jeffkirk@concentric.net

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