Regarding the comments of Mr. Wise, "Sensitivity for philosophy and outlook should exist on both the right and left side of the aisle." Mr. Wise is absolutely correct. The sad reality is that many librarians fear that some books are "too religious", for their libraries G-d forbid.
Building on the logic of the numerous comments to Mr. Wise's initial email... Just as Jewish families may have members that contain intermarriage, gay people, etc., -- the exponential growth of the Baali Teshuva movement means that tens of thousands of Jewish families now also have Orthodox sons, daughters, grandchildren, parents, sisters, brothers, cousins, etc. Therefore it follows that if libraries are REALLY concerned about representing their member's needs in order to understand the particulars within their families better, then books of an Orthodox nature should also be included in their collection development strategies. The sad reality is it seems like Orthodox perspective books are quickly excluded from purchasing decisions simply because they are "Orthodox" and perceived as too religious G-d forbid--without any further consideration. Sarah Field Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
