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Interesting thread. I have to say, the well intentioned "nobless oblige" can apply right here at home. When I arrived in a district and high school that were new to me, I immediately began weeding the fiction section. There were many many books that were 25 and 30 years old with uninspired pastel covers, and which had not circulated for 10 to 20 years. I was putting them on a cart in preparaton for shipping to the district warehouse for disposal (per the district policy), when one of the Vice Principals dropped by the library. She informed me that I needed to first put these on a cart for students to choose, because students in the area were so poor that their parents could not afford to buy books for them. The message being that if it's not good enough for everybody, it was still good enough for poor folk. I know she meant well, butI was offended. However, as I was brand new, I did not say anything. What I did do was quietly ship them to the warehouse. Actually, someone told me that this VP routinely went through boxes on the loading dock and retrieved materials she thought were still useful, so I loaded the boxes in my own car and delivered them personally to the warehouse. Nothing was ever said and my fiction section was much improved. Linda S. Wilson, Library/Teacher McKay High School 2440 Lancaster Dr. NE Salem, Oregon 97305 wilson_linda@salkeiz.k12.or.us "Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." Samuel Johnson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------