[Publib] 9/11 conspiracy theories

[Ann Perrigo]

Back in the day, my library certainly had the von Danniken (have I forgotten
how to spell it?) books--and they were certainly heavily used by our
patrons!  I do think they were in the 001s.

We have one dvd on creationism, but I declined the full 10-volume set.
There should be room in our collections for "controversial" knowledge to at
least be represented as long as they are not outnumbering more traditional
knowledge.

Ann in Allegan

On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Robert L. Balliot <
rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com> wrote:

>  The problem is we lack the proper tools<http://galileo.rice.edu/chr/inquisition.html>to deal with divergent
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> thinking.  If we collect heresies and fail to properly identify
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> them in an Index of Forbidden Books<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_Librorum_Prohibitorum>,
> then we are leaving it
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> up to people’s own critical thinking skills to determine the
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> truth.
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> Failure to maintain an *Index Librorum Prohibitorum*  and
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> uphold the Library Caste System are certainly two of the
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> gravest issues facing public libraries.
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> Robert L. Balliot
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> Bristol, Rhode Island
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> *From:* publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:
> publib-bounces at webjunction.org] *On Behalf Of *Bird, Daryl
> *Sent:* Friday, August 14, 2009 4:40 PM
> *To:* Carolyn Scheer; Publib at webjunction.org
> *Cc:* Bird, Daryl
> *Subject:* RE: [Publib] 9/11 conspiracy theories
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> Putting things in that category might be seen as an affront to those people
> who believe in them.
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-- 
Ann Perrigo, Director
Allegan (MI) District Library
annatapl at gmail.com
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