http://librarygarden.net/2010/07/06/hard-times/ An ongoing conversation among librarians with differing perspectives (public, academic, school, consortial, youth) but one shared goal: ensuring the health and relevance of libraries. [insert your own gardening metaphor here] Fri, 17 May 2013 18:44:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://librarygarden.net/2010/07/06/hard-times/#comment-6038 Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:30:21 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/?p=2996#comment-6038 This is a great post! I think so many libraries just assume that policy is there, and current, and in the hands of the people it needs to be, but it really is a great protection. It makes me think of the libraries I studied in WWI–unfortunately the few bits of policy I saw were updates to how the library was funded, etc. but I never did get to see what their policies were in regards to collections. It would be a pretty cool area to explore though.
I’m curious when you talk about the increase in librarians quietly removing items that might raise a fuss, do you know of any studies that talk about this in the present day? It would be neat to look at to get a sense of how much this practice increases during a recession. I also didn’t make the connection that you were also at the PhD fair until just now! That was one of my favorite parts of ALA.

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