tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218425307646186309.post2183356601250677845..comments2023-09-24T08:17:35.932-04:00Comments on Pontifex Libris: What is Authentic Librarianship?JoAnnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01904747145698764494noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218425307646186309.post-30660111295474410752012-05-27T19:49:59.714-04:002012-05-27T19:49:59.714-04:00That's a question too large to answer here, bu...That's a question too large to answer here, but in short, I don't think public libraries shouldn't be spending their budgets on erotic fiction. I think that many public (and in some cases, academic) libraries have drifted away from the original meaning of the Enlightenment values that were largely the foundation of libraries in America. Libraries exist in order to enrich the JoAnnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01904747145698764494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218425307646186309.post-4891603877074735392012-05-27T13:09:23.468-04:002012-05-27T13:09:23.468-04:00I'm a book blogger, not a librarian, but I rec...I'm a book blogger, not a librarian, but I recently ran across a blog post that I thought of when I read this post. As you may or may not be aware, Amazon's best seller lately has been an erotic romance, Fifty Shades of Gray. A public library in Florida bought multiple copies and has a long waiting list for the book. However, they pulled them from circulation; someone had deemed it RAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04102249990885174107noreply@blogger.com