From: Nancy Silverrod <nsilverrod>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 09:38:22 -0700

This raises an interesting question--how many circs does a book need to have to stay in a library collection? What about those readers who wouldn't check out GLBTQ books, but would read them in the library (as I did when I was a teen)? Should we have different standards for weeding based on subject matter?

Nancy Silverrod, Librarian San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St. San Francisco, CA 94102-4733 415-557-4417 nsilverrod at sfpl.org
  Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. -James Russell Lowell, poet, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891)

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-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Steward, Celeste Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 8:58 AM To: J Cothron Cc: Nancegar at aol.com; ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] GLBTQ lit

Oh, I forgot about that one. We added one copy last year (publisher's sample) and I just noticed that it has circ'd only three times. I gave it to a community that I thought would be more receptive to its message.

Here's another title that I bought in 2006--Gender Blender by Blake Nelson, about two middle schoolers (female and male) who switch bodies and experience life as the opposite sex. Interesting, I bought two copies then and just noticed they have circ'd 20-something times each.

Celeste Steward, Librarian IV, Collection Development Alameda County Library 2450 Stevenson Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538
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