tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732872393244209851.post2276472290791745189..comments2023-10-26T15:30:11.579+01:00Comments on The Ibooknet Blog: In America, books are bad for youibooknethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15673737757573719856noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732872393244209851.post-3224619842365897232009-03-02T20:33:00.000+00:002009-03-02T20:33:00.000+00:00Headmistress - I am really sorry to hear about you...Headmistress - I am really sorry to hear about your library. That must be absolutely heartbreaking (though sadly the situation in my local libraries is such that no book dating back to 1985 is likely to have been allowed to stay. It would have been ruthlessly culled because readers would apparently only borrow the new and shiny). I know there are campaigns that presumably only US citizens can sign, but I don't know if there's anything similar open to non-US citizens. If you can point us in the right direction that would be great.Jane Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02628233623713926723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732872393244209851.post-74823428654603590962009-03-02T08:19:00.000+00:002009-03-02T08:19:00.000+00:00Sorry- they have not postponed it for a year. The...Sorry- they have not postponed it for a year. There is a stay on some things, but the CPSC very pointedly and specifically excluded pre 1985 childrens' books from the stay.<BR/><BR/>My library is pulling those books, as are some others. The library in Nebraska City, Nebraska has isolated them beneath an orange tarp.<BR/><BR/>I believe the stay has been used to render the public complacent about this new law, to distract us from the truly horrendous aspects of certain portions of it. <BR/>But the time to act is now- Congress needs to hold hearings and repeal and rewrite it or at lease issue technical ammendments.Headmistress, zookeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14071449326819510530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732872393244209851.post-83280575552459438562009-02-28T22:39:00.000+00:002009-02-28T22:39:00.000+00:00When you think of the things that they could do th...When you think of the things that they could do that would really improve child health - reducing car fumes in cities, slowing speeding traffic, making the blighters exercise more ... Why pick this crusade?<BR/><BR/>I don't know what the lead level potentially is in older children's books but I suspect that most kids over 3 don't regularly consume fiction in the literal sense. kids toys with small parts say age 3 and over becasue developmentally you can expect the child not to automatically put them in their mouths after 3. So for board books for babies there might be a good argument for this, but for other children's books? Crackers.Juxtabookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102279698993288454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732872393244209851.post-68432527651126587942009-02-28T07:47:00.000+00:002009-02-28T07:47:00.000+00:00I am completely staggered by all this, particularl...I am completely staggered by all this, particularly with the situation on libraries. Surely it must have occurred to someone that this would happen? Did no one point out the likely outcomes before it actually became law?Jane Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02628233623713926723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732872393244209851.post-46366972861207985642009-02-27T21:16:00.000+00:002009-02-27T21:16:00.000+00:00The ALA announced last month that this is on hold ...The ALA announced last month that this is on hold pending investigation until February 2010. The sheer stupidity of it is if libraries don't comply with the law, kids under the age of 12 cannot enter the building (for fear that they might start chewing on board books, I guess). Thus they're pushing for exemption.Elizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10155688749271094288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732872393244209851.post-72258659563167750472009-02-27T18:43:00.000+00:002009-02-27T18:43:00.000+00:00I read some where (sorry - I wish I remember where...I read some where (sorry - I wish I remember where it was) that they have postponed this for a year. Hopefully they'll all come to their senses soon!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698068501004755678noreply@blogger.com