[Publib] 9/11 conspiracy theories

[Seth Johnson]

LOL.  You might want to occasionally scan the scientific journals
for those that need to be moved to the Fads classification!  :-)


-----Original Message-----
From: Sharon Foster <fostersm1 at gmail.com>
To: Seth Johnson <seth.johnson at realmeasures.dyndns.org>
Cc: "Meyers, Sue" <Susan.Meyers at libraryweb.org>,
publib at webjunction.org
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:55:41 -0400
Subject: Re: [Publib] 9/11 conspiracy theories

> What's the Dewey number for "Fads"? I'd weed that area heavily
> and frequently.
> 
> Sharon M. Foster, JD, MLS
> Librarians bring order out of chaos.
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> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Seth
> Johnson<seth.johnson at realmeasures.dyndns.org> wrote:
> >
> > Here's a circumstance that has occurred that's been a bit of
> a
> > stickler for Wikipedia: What would you do with a ostensibly
> > peer-reviewed, scientific journal that had an article in it
> > examining the WTC dust and describing advanced technology
> > explosives distributed uniformly in samples collected
> throughout
> > the downtown area?
> >
> > But then again, what about Erich von Daniken's Chariots of
> the
> > Gods?  How about a work that cites various anomalies and
> offers
> > speculation related to the JFK assassination?  What would a
> > library do with a speculative work about weird ancient
> mysteries
> > like how the pyramids or the statues on Easter Island were
> built,
> > or showing ancient artifacts that look sort of like
> astronauts in
> > spacecraft, or lightbulbs, or speculating about the Nazca
> drawings?
> >
> > :-)
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Meyers, Sue" <Susan.Meyers at libraryweb.org>
> > To: <publib at webjunction.org>
> > Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:52:04 -0400
> > Subject: [Publib] 9/11 conspiracy theories
> >
> >> What do you do with material donated to your library on
> >> conspiracy theories surrounding 9/11?