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I'd better warn my married kids to check the status of their babyproofing. (joke) I shudder to think what would happen if we had to remove all books published prior to 1985 from our shelves. A book is like a little room you can carry around with you, and anytime you need to, you can slip in there and get away from it all.--Diane Stanley, The Mysterious Matter of I.M. Fine Basya Karp, Librarian Shulamith High School and Shulamith School For Girls Brooklyn, New York basyak10@hotmail.com > Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:29:31 -0400 > From: marsharedd@HOTMAIL.COM > Subject: Re: Lead in old books > To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU > > Exactly, Darlene. The best baby proofing is usually keeping an eye on > the kids. I shudder to think how lucky I am that my son never choked > on toilet seat attachments. lol > > > 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 1:09 PM, Darlene Yasick wrote: > > > > > Amen to what Marsha said. I often wonder how those of us over 40 > > grew up at all considering how little we knew about what could hurt > > us mentally and physically! I practically grew up living in the > > local library and still seem to have most of my faculties. Watched a > > tv show on baby proofing a house the other day - among other things > > they suggested that you take off the little covers that hold on the > > toilet seat ( could be pried off and swallowed) and a whole list of > > other things that I had in my house as my five grew up. Most > > stitches came from running into each other or stationary objects. > > They grew up with tons of pre 1985 books and have done more than > > quite well for themselves academically. Seem like we ought to worry > > about real health threats. I wonder how much time you would have to > > spend with or chewing on books ( who is watching you) before you > > cause damage??? Sorry - retirement is making me cranky! > > Darlene Yasick > > Media Specialist Retired (lib027yas@global.net > > > > > > --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Marsha Redd <marsharedd@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > >> From: Marsha Redd <marsharedd@HOTMAIL.COM> > >> Subject: Re: [LM_NET] Lead in old books > >> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU > >> Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 10:34 AM > >> 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. 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