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 currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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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.