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From: Titus G <noone@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Books Banned in Utah Schools. Was: Books Banned in Utah.
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2024 16:16:14 +1200
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On 11/08/24 06:05, Cryptoengineer wrote:
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> There are about 3 million publications in the US each year. Libraries
> have neither unlimited budgets, nor unlimited shelf space.
> 
> There *has* to be a selection process for what gets included.
> 
> The current list of books banned from Utah school libraries may be
> a ludicrous example of adult fears, but to say no books can be excluded
> for any reason is a non-starter. *Most* have to be excluded, else every
> school library would be as large as the Library of Congress.


From the Southern Hemisphere, it appears you have things upside down or
back to front.
The normal selection process is to chose books, not to exclude books. In
school libraries this selection process has been the province of
librarians without central government interference except of course in
evil countries such as the Russia or Communist China.
When I want a book to read, I don't start with the Library of Congress
index and keep excluding titles until there is one book left.
Oryx and Crake was published in 2003. With 3,000,000 US annual
publications for 21 years, it has been selected for exclusion from over
60,000,000 publications including the two books following in the
MaddAddam trilogy (4 stars).
A ludicrous example of bureaucracy.