I don't plan on doing anything, and personally, I hope the government
does not decide to legislate that we do something. Given the fact that
most of us have grown up with books older than the 80's and don't
appear to have suffered ill effects, I find the whole thing
ridiculous. If they want to put out a warning so that parents don't
let their children eat or chew on old books, that's fine. But
requiring libraries to take them off the shelves would be outrageous
in my opinion.
Marsha Redd, Librarian
Kelloggsville High School
Grand Rapids, MI
marsharedd@hotmail.com
Education is not a goal; it is a life-long process. Everyone is a
student. Everyone is a teacher.
On Jul 13, 2009, at 10:27 AM, Shonda Brisco wrote:
> You probably shouldn't be doing anything at all at this time since
> the jury
> is out on what libraries can or must do regarding this new
> legislation. The
> CPSIA (Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act) can be found here:
> http://www.cpsc.gov/cpsia.pdf
>
> The American Library Association has information about how they are
> working
> with the Consumer Product Safety counsel on this. You can read
> about it
> here:
> http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/wo/woissues/governmentinfo/cpsia/cpsia.cfm
>
> On June 9, 2009, the following was posted on the ALA District
> Dispatch site:
>
>
> "Currently, the Commission is not imposing penalties under the new
> standards
> for most books. The Commission has been presented with evidence by
> the
> publishing industry and others that so-called “ordinary books” as
> manufactured under present standards do not contain lead. This
> evidence has
> been provided so that publishers and distributors of ordinary
> children’s
> books might be granted an exemption from the testing requirements in
> the
> CPSIA. Today’s meeting is one in a series of sessions on this topic."
> [More available at the link below:]
>
> http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/index.php?s=CPSIA
>
> Basically the lead content in books is very small and is not
> considered to
> be harmful. As a result, ALA is hoping to have libraries and their
> books
> exempted from the process of eliminating anything with lead
> content. To
> stay up-to-date on this issue, bookmark the ALA District Dispatch
> website
> and watch for any new information that might come from meetings on
> this
> topic.
>
> (In the meantime, don't toss your books!!) *grin*
>
> ~Shonda
>
>
> --
> Shonda Brisco
> Assistant Professor / Curriculum Materials Librarian
> Mary L. Williams Curriculum Materials Library
> 001 Willard Hall
> Oklahoma State University
> Stillwater, OK 74078
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