The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #110756   Message #2326775
Posted By: Azizi
27-Apr-08 - 07:22 AM
Thread Name: BS: Books banned - help library- donate books
Subject: RE: BS: Rebuild library, please donate books
I meant to add this question, I recall reading in this thread thread.cfm?threadid=110284&messages=206 Texas Polygamist Colony Raid, that members of that community aren't allowed any music {if my recollection is incorrect, please correct that statement}. My question is would donations of music books be welcomed? Also, many libraries have music CDs that circulate. What donations of new CDs? {I emphasize "new" because the playing quality of used CDs is often very suspect}.

Furthermore, many libraries have non-circulating, good condition, used paperpacks, hardback books, and magazines that people can take home for free. Is this library planning to do this, and if so, do they want donations of such books? {I'd imagine that they could quickly get overwhelmed with such donations, but one way that libraries in my area handle that is to have a yearly flea market where people can get bags or boxes of donated books and magazines that they select for free or for a very low cost.

Finally, given one of the things that I read on that thread I hyperlinked, it seems that members of that community were indoctrinated with racist and homophobic views. Is this library interested in new or fairly recent hardback {and softback} books written by African Americans, and other people of color, that are about race and/or other topics? Also, is this library project interested in donations of books about multiculturalism within the United States, and books about other cultures, including such authors & subjects in children's/teens' books?