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From: Steward, Celeste <csteward_at_aclibrary.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:13:22 -0700
The children in my elementary school library used to call nonfiction "true books"...but, I think any other name would still smell as sweet... :)
Celeste Steward Collection Development Librarian IV Alameda County Library 2450 Stevenson Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538 (510)745-1586
From: Elsa Marston
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 9:12 AM To: ccbc-net_at_ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject:
Nonfiction books
Marc Aronson's concluding remark makes me think: Is it time for another de bate on this perennially unsatisfactory term "nonfiction"? It's such a clu msy, negative, non-suggestive term . . . yet I can't think of anything bett er as a comprehensive category.
Elsa Marston www.elsamarston.com
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:13:22 -0700
The children in my elementary school library used to call nonfiction "true books"...but, I think any other name would still smell as sweet... :)
Celeste Steward Collection Development Librarian IV Alameda County Library 2450 Stevenson Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538 (510)745-1586
From: Elsa Marston
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 9:12 AM To: ccbc-net_at_ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject:
Nonfiction books
Marc Aronson's concluding remark makes me think: Is it time for another de bate on this perennially unsatisfactory term "nonfiction"? It's such a clu msy, negative, non-suggestive term . . . yet I can't think of anything bett er as a comprehensive category.
Elsa Marston www.elsamarston.com
---Received on Mon 11 Oct 2010 09:13:22 AM CDT
