{"id":542,"date":"2007-05-23T09:10:23","date_gmt":"2007-05-23T15:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/archives\/542"},"modified":"2007-05-23T09:25:03","modified_gmt":"2007-05-23T15:25:03","slug":"collection-development-or-censoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/archives\/542","title":{"rendered":"“Collection development” or “censoring”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m looking through a pile of donated children’s books to decide if we want to add any to our collection. When people donate materials, most of the time we put them in the book sale. We have a solid budget, and not a lot of space, so we’re usually not hurting for more.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, though, I get a book that makes me really ponder what we have in the collection, and what we don’t<\/i> have in the collection.<\/p>\n

Today’s example is a book called “Kidatlas: Important Places in the Bible<\/a>“. I’ve been flipping through it, deciding if I want to add it to our kid’s nonfiction section. I checked the catalog, and no one has it in the system, which means it would then become accessible for other libraries (we have reciprocal agreements with the libraries in our system, like interlibrary loan but faster and cheaper).<\/p>\n

\"kidatlas\"<\/p>\n

It does that nonfiction-trying-to-be-fun thing where there are jokes like “What kind of party did Judah want to give Pharaoh Shishak? A going-away party!” which I think is hilarious. (And the tactic worked, because I then read about who Pharaoh Shishak was.)<\/p>\n

I was mostly inspired to write this post because I wanted to share the joke. Now I’m pondering collection development and providing access to materials. I can’t decide if I want to add this book, or where to put it. It provides a well-written historic tour of biblical places, but it does say that the universe was created by God in six days. Historical tour = not disputed. Creationism = currently disputed. I’m not saying that I don’t want to add books that are creationist. The question is, does this book belong with the religion books, or with the geography books. It’s 90% geography, but 10% specific Christian beliefs. Even my personal perspective that creationism belongs with religion and not science is a biased view – I’m sure others would choose differently.<\/p>\n

Now I’m going to go order <\/a>some left-wing zines for the teen section. Fiction is so much easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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