“It’s heartbreaking,“ Jones said. “It’s very hard, because I can’t tell them it’s going to getbetter, because there’s no guarantee that it will.”
Unfortunately, it doesn't look like it is going to get any better with our current political climate.
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“The crazy thing about this case is they get to wave the freedom of speech flag in thelawsuit, but what started all this is they want to ban books,” said Jones’s lawyer, AlyssonMills, who is based in New Orleans and has a background in First Amendment law. “Whatwe’ve been arguing ever since is you don’t have to agree with Amanda to see the injustice ofher situation.”
It's kind of crazy to think about the fact that this happened so recently, and is still happening to other librarians. Same people who want nothing more than to do their jobs. This entire article is a good reminder of how things could play out, and Jones is an inspiration. I love that she fought for what she believed in despite the defaming comments and threats.
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The expletive-laced message from a stranger accused her of being a pedophile and agroomer, and concluded with a threat: “You can’t hide. We know where you work + live. Youhave a LARGE target on your back,” it said. “Click ... Click ... see you soon!”
My literal nightmare. And it could happen to me!
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And yet suppression is never more dangerous than in such a time of social tension.
It's like looking into a mirror of today's events. It's crazy that this statement is just as relevant today as it was the day it was written (and rewritten). It's so crazy to me as a collective we are in an ongoing cycle of freedom and suppression, conformity and nonconformity. It's a never ending fight.
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In a free society individuals are free to determine for themselves what they wish to read, and each group is free to determine what it will recommend to its freely associated members. But no group has the right to take the law into its own hands, and to impose its own concept of politics or morality upon other members of a democratic society. Freedom is no freedom if it is accorded only to the accepted and the inoffensive.
Such a clear cut statement that would make most right leaning folk tremble in their boots. (Not to show my bias...)
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No society of free people can flourish that draws up lists of writers to whom it will not listen, whatever they may have to say.
The first thing that comes to mind when reading this portion is JK Rowling, who has gotten a lot of flack in recent years for her views--for good reason. Many people including myself have made the decision to no longer support or read her books due her to openly transphobic views. But I would never stop a child (or anyone) from reading Harry Potter, even if the author is a raging transphobe. This is a good reminder that even content (or authors of content) I strongly oppose still have a place in my library, a fact that many radicals don't seem to understand.
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Now as always in our history, reading is among our greatest freedoms. The freedom to read and write is almost the only means for making generally available ideas or manners of expression that can initially command only a small audience. The written word is the natural medium for the new idea and the untried voice from which come the original contributions to social growth. It is essential to the extended discussion that serious thought requires, and to the accumulation of knowledge and ideas into organized collections.
It's one of our greatest freedoms, and yet the first thing that people who claim to have America's best interest at heart try to be rid of. Book banning as a concept is an attack on freedom.
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Rehabilitation After Drying
Marking this section in case I ever need to return to it.
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High priority should be given to salvaging the catalog and other records of the collection.
Luckily this is all digital now... so glad I don't have to worry about saving the catalog... though computers are expensive to replace, assuming it gets wet.
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Modern books, other than those with the most brittle paper, will absorb an average of up to 60 percent of their original weight. Thus, in estimating the original weight of a collection, if one assumes an average of four pounds per book when dry for 20,000 books in each category, drying techniques must be capable of removing approximately 64,000 pounds of water from the earlier materials and 48,000 pounds from the latter.
I never would have thought about measuring water absorption so this is a good thing to have right on hand. I highlighted the part most relevant to me as someone working in a school library, but all of the information below in this section is great too.
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How Water Effects Books and Unbound Materials
A good place to start. Good explanation of how water effects books.
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A Simple Book Repair Manual:Air Drying Wet BooksIdeally, wet books should be freeze dried then treated. This procedure outlines what to do whenthe book is not totally soaked or freezing is not practical. Some papers may dry as a solid blockif not dried in a timely manner. Mold can develop within 48 hours even on damp books, soimmediately addressing wet books is critical.Suggested Equipment & Supplies• Book press• Press boards• Fan• Paper towels (or blotter paper)77
Refer here when repairing wet books, either from a spill or post a flood or other disaster involving water.
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A Simple Book Repair Manual: Toolbox
List of tools for book repair. On this page is a summary of the tools, followed by a breakdown of each of them in the following pages.
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A Simple Book Repair Manual:General Guidelines
General guidelines when repairing a book.
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Almost any non-brittle book can be repaired, given enough time and the properequipment.
This is good to fall back on. Brittle? No chance in repairing. Otherwise, with proper information and tools any book can be repaired.
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Working Definition of a Simple Book Repair:For the purpose of this manual and as a working definition for the Dartmouth College Librariesgeneral collections, simple book repairs, as part of a collection management strategy, meet anyof the following criteria
This is a good place to start when deciding if a book can be repaired or not.
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This document is designed to assist libraries and archives in preparing for emergency situationswhich may threaten the safety of persons, collections and facilities.
Setting this disaster plan template aside, just in case I have to create a disaster plan from scratch in my library.
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