Somehow neither John or I remembered to include the url for his Publisher's
Hall of Shame. You can find it at
http://www.powerlink.net/wyvern/shame.htm
Sylvia K. Norton
Library, Information, and Technology Services
Maine Department of Education/Maine State Library
Mailing address:
Maine State Library
64 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333
207-287-5620
1-800-322-8899
sylvia.k.norton@maine.gov
-----Original Message-----
From: Norton, Sylvia K [mailto:Sylvia.K.Norton@MAINE.GOV]
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 9:52 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: GEN: Poorly Bound Books
I'm posting this for my colleague who has established a website that has
been noted in American Libraries. The website maintains lists of poorly
bound books received by libraries. If you have experienced this, please
read his message below.
Sylvia K. Norton
Library, Information, and Technology Services
Maine Department of Education/Maine State Library
Mailing address:
Maine State Library
64 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333
207-287-5620
1-800-322-8899
sylvia.k.norton@maine.gov
-----Original Message-----
From: John Clark [mailto:wyvern@powerlink.net]
Greetings,
My name is John Clark, and I am a former public librarian, currently
working as the Library Systems Specialist for the Maine State Library. When
I was a head librarian at the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library, I created a
website called "The Publishers' Hall of Shame" in response to Maine
librarians' frustration over poorly bound books that fell apart after just a
few circulations. In the 15 months since I created it, the site has grown
to accept bad book submissions on a regular basis from public, academic and
school libraries in 34 states, 2 Canadian Provinces and even a couple of
Australian libraries.
At first, my intention was simply to provide a way for fellow librarians
to vent, but as the number of submissions grew, I sought out contact
information so aggrieved contributors could seek replacements for poorly
bound merchandise. The site has been profiled in American Libraries as well
as on the web and in an article in V.9:3 of Archival News. Last week, I was
approachd by the gentleman whose message appears below for a more in-depth
article that will not only look at the issue from the librarian's viewpoint,
but will attempt to get responses from the most frequently cited publishers
as well as the companies who actually print the books. In essence, it has
the potential to turn the tide in the library world's effort to seek redress
for shoddy merchandise. Mr. Levin is also extremely interested to find out
if the defective book issue is a problem in America's public schools.
If any of you have received defective books, I would like to know. If any of
you have had problems in your schools with defective textbooks, Mr Levin
would like to hear from you directly. I have included his email at the end
of his message. Thank you.
Regards,
John R. Clark M.Ed., MLIS
wyvern@prexar.com
***********************
We're interested in talking to you about your Web site and observations
regarding defective books. If interested, please write back ASAP and we can
arrange a telephone interview. Also, I would be interested in talking to
some school officials around the country who have been impacted by these
defective materials. Do you have any contacts in this regard?
Thanks!
--
Rich Levin
Editor-in-Chief
Book Tech Magazine
Print Media Magazine
North American Publishing Co.
401 North Broad Street, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19108
215-238-5300 Ext. 5341
rlevin@napco.com
http://www.NAPCO.com
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