Re: Books Banned in Utah.

On Fri, 9 Aug 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Agreed, but i'd also want librarians to explain the context behind it.
The same as they should do with any other book.

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This is sensitive to me. If I'm in the library I would definitely not have
someone review and tell me what to think about what I read. I would like
to reach my own conclusions.

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If you're eight or nine years old, I think that is appropriate.  If you are
in college or beyond, it probably isn't.

Probably the problem is solved naturally, since at that age, you seldom
(I imagine) visit the library yourself but are taken there by your
teacher or parents. I think I was perhaps 12 or 13 when I started to
visit myself and perhaps 16 or 17 when I stopped. At the end I mostly
borrowed programming books.

No lecturing, in fact, no one even cared. On the other hand... if the
library had a service where I could go and discuss the book, that would
actually be quite nice!

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Oh, go to the reference desk.... there will be someone there that wants to
talk about SF and if there isn't they can probably find you someone!
Librariens are the best.  It's better in the evenings when they are not busy.
--scott

Hmm, maybe I should go again? On the other hand, I doubt they speak
english. =/