[CALIBK12] News piece: Time reports Palin attempted to ban books from local library

[Heidi Snively]

Agreed.  Yes.  Not a political forum.
But yet...it's too hard to resist!
Especially this close to Banned/Challenged Book Week.
I'd love to know the names of the books Mrs. Palin had in mind, but it kind of sounds like she was asking what it would take to remove a book, in general.
Coincidentally, I was just about to query you all re the same story with a link to a different source:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/
The thing is, hard to know if the story is reliable, because they get the librarian's name wrong (or am I not following??)-- in one spot she's called Mary Ellen Baker; in another it's Mary Ellen Emmons.
Open Books Open Minds!!
Heidi
 
Heidi Snively
Library Media Specialist
Grand View Elementary School
Manhattan Beach Unified School District
 
hsnively at manhattan.k12.ca.us
310-546-8022 x5404
 
http://www.grandviewlibrary.info/ <http://www.grandviewlibrary.info/> 
 

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From: jeweli annah [mailto:jeweliannah at hotmail.com]
Sent: Wed 9/3/2008 11:31 PM
To: calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu
Subject: [CALIBK12] News piece: Time reports Palin attempted to ban books from local library




Hello!

I think is important to adhere to our listserv's rules on not using it as a forum to express our political views.  That would corrupt this forum which is so valuable to so many.

I do believe it is important to stay well informed with issues regarding libraries, as I am sure you would agree. 

It is with the purpose of sharing information pertinent to our profession that I wanted to pass along the news article in Time linked below. 

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1837918,00.html

According to the article,

"Stein says that as mayor, Palin continued to inject religious beliefs into her policy at times. "She asked the library how she could go about banning books," he says, because some voters thought they had inappropriate language in them. "The librarian was aghast." That woman, Mary Ellen Baker, couldn't be reached for comment, but news reports from the time show that Palin had threatened to fire Baker for not giving "full support" to the mayor."

I am not in a position to condemn nor endorse this article.

However, a non-librarian friend brought it to my attention and I wish I had read it ahead of time so I could know what he was referring to. 

Again, I don't mean to spark a discussion regarding Palin or political beliefs; that would be inappropriate. 

However, I do want to share information regarding libraries that may be of interest to you and that may come up in conversation.

Thanks for making Calib such an invaluable resource for sharing information and support!

Sincerely,

Julia Hedstrom
Teacher Librarian
Granite Bay High School
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