[Publib] Use of the word homebound

[Judy Anderson]

How about home based patrons? As opposed to library, branch, main, school 
based, etc.

Judy Anderson
Oregon
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>From: "Sandra Robbers" <robbers at ifls.lib.wi.us>
>To: "Judy Anderson" <libraryanna at msn.com>
>Subject: Re: [Publib] Use of the word homebound
>Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:23:54 -0500
>
>No they didn't and "for people who need assistance to leave their 
>residence" doesn't trip off the tongue easily.
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Sandy Robbers, Director
>robbers at ifls.lib.wi.us
>Indianhead Federated Library System
>1538 Truax Blvd.
>Eau Claire, WI  54703
>715-839-5082  Extension 16
>FAX:  715-839-5151
>IFLS Web Page:  www.ifls.lib.wi.us
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Anderson" <libraryanna at msn.com>
>To: <robbers at ifls.lib.wi.us>; <publib at webjunction.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 2:18 PM
>Subject: RE: [Publib] Use of the word homebound
>
>
>>Did they offer an alternate term?
>>
>>Judy Anderson
>>Oregon
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>>>From: "Sandra Robbers" <robbers at ifls.lib.wi.us>
>>>To: <publib at webjunction.org>
>>>Subject: [Publib] Use of the word homebound
>>>Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:49:14 -0500
>>>
>>>I got several very critical comments several years ago when I used the 
>>>word homebound.  It actually wasn't in connection with a home delivery 
>>>program. Rather I used it to describe the audience for our book by mail 
>>>program rather than "for people who need assistance to leave their 
>>>residence."
>>>
>>>Anyhow the people who complained were people with disabilities though 
>>>they probably did not meet our criteria for registering for our books by 
>>>mail program.  But since they have had to fight discrimination all their 
>>>lives because of their disabilities, I can see why they object to the 
>>>term homebound.
>>>
>>>Just FYI.
>>>
>>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>Sandy Robbers, Director
>>>robbers at ifls.lib.wi.us
>>>Indianhead Federated Library System
>>>1538 Truax Blvd.
>>>Eau Claire, WI  54703
>>>715-839-5082  Extension 16
>>>FAX:  715-839-5151
>>>IFLS Web Page:  www.ifls.lib.wi.us

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