According to this Denver Post article there’s some interesting new library law being proposed for the state of Colorado.
“According to a draft of a concurrent resolution Schultheis is sponsoring, he also wants to bar public libraries from ‘purchasing any printed or electronic documents, publications or other materials in a language other than English.'”
One CO librarian has responded: “I think Herr Schultheis is denying his heritage.”
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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One Reply to “English Only”
My grandmother Kaufman only knew English cause her parents had the shocking idea that if they came to the United States, they should learn English. Having said that, I don’t think it’s out of line for a library to have stuff in other languages.
My grandmother Kaufman only knew English cause her parents had the shocking idea that if they came to the United States, they should learn English. Having said that, I don’t think it’s out of line for a library to have stuff in other languages.