tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895646031871135357.post1536365571953029594..comments2010-11-09T11:19:30.631-08:00Comments on PPL Reference: More Weeds (Ref 360's)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895646031871135357.post-21562193808372920052010-06-20T13:14:09.002-07:002010-06-20T13:14:09.002-07:00I doubt even the computer illiterate would want to...I doubt even the computer illiterate would want to wade through government tomes in print. I'm all for saving money by not purchasing gov docs that will be outdated within the year. Stick with the mini-books.<br /><br />Maybe I'm just not in a booklover mode this afternoon, but none of the books on the keep cart thrill me, the only exception being 'And Introduction to Crime and Punishment in Colonial New Jersey'. We are one in 79 libraries that own this according to OCLC. Really interesting stuff in this thin little book. It's kind of falling apart though, so would recommend it goes on the non-circulating reference list if it's not already.<br /><br />I often see patrons browsing the Street.com publications and would recommend keeping them on display and all together.JiHaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16899241909331304829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895646031871135357.post-81365113267801217382010-06-10T11:11:33.084-07:002010-06-10T11:11:33.084-07:00GS says:
I agree with all of Jane’s comments in ...GS says: <br />I agree with all of Jane’s comments in the reference books. I think we should broaden the call number range for the Health Reference to include the books on homelessness, health care policy and suicide.<br /><br />I think we should keep the smaller Social Security handbooks even though most of it is online. Since the target audience for these publications is the one least likely to want to use the Internet, I think we should have a print copy handy.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17840643878363089973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895646031871135357.post-59833760709114456422010-05-29T14:41:42.377-07:002010-05-29T14:41:42.377-07:00I love Crime in the United States print version, a...I love Crime in the United States print version, and I think it’s important to have even if it is available online, with effort; *Bloodletters and Badmen and The Encyclopedia of American Crime - I think it’s also our duty to keep the quirky books that you may not find elsewhere. <br /><br />Regarding Earth Works, I think we can let it go. The intro states that it is a guide to the “best new and classic books about nature and the environment for adults and young adults,” however such a significant number of things have happened since 1996, environmentally speaking, paired with the profusion of books regarding the environment, that I think we can use our own devices to steer people to what they may be looking for. <br /><br />Will chime in on the rest at a later time...Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714429467687331254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895646031871135357.post-75203989813204296612010-05-26T06:44:41.511-07:002010-05-26T06:44:41.511-07:00I agree on the discards. There is a 2002 update o...I agree on the discards. There is a 2002 update on the Environmental Encyclopedia but it is 2002 and probably already dated. Gale has a virtual environmental encyclopedia on line which might be checked. mlhmlhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18437262133919366892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895646031871135357.post-44201541765166273842010-05-26T06:43:08.888-07:002010-05-26T06:43:08.888-07:00I agree on the discards. There is a newer versio...I agree on the discards. There is a newer version of the Environmental Encyclopedia but at 2002 that is already dated. Gale has a virtual encyclopedia available which might be worth checking.mlhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18437262133919366892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895646031871135357.post-8344639448631995632010-05-25T15:04:45.135-07:002010-05-25T15:04:45.135-07:00I agree with all of Jane’s decisions as to which i...I agree with all of Jane’s decisions as to which items to keep and which to discard. Here are my recommendations on the question marks. I’d:<br /><br />Keep Fraternal Organizations, Dictionary of Secret Societies and Secret Organizations for their unique historical information.<br /> <br />Discard the Environmental Encyclopedia. We can get better info from the web.<br /><br />Keep the Homelessness Handbook where it is, but I don’t feel strongly about it.<br /><br />Discard Health Care Policy and Politics. It’s over 10 years old, and things have certainly changed.<br /><br />Put Banned in the Media in Circ. Maybe it would get more use there. It is a great book, but after ten years it still looks pristine.<br /> <br />Keep Natural Disasters—good articles on the Black Death, the Donner Party, the Irish Potato Famine, etc. Disasters--the more horrendous the better--are always popular paper topics among middle and high-schoolers.<br /><br />Keep the Dictionary of Ecology, but not update.<br /><br />Keep the War on Drugs.<br /><br />Stop the standing order for Crime in the United States. The web site works fine for me.<br /><br />By all means, keep Bloodletters and Bad Men and the Encyclopedia of Crime. Like disasters, famous crimes and criminals are topics always popular with adolescents and pre-adolescents.<br /> <br />Put all the Street.com insurance titles together.<br /><br />Go with both CCH Social Security and Medicare titles and drop Social Security Handbook.Catherine Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05817462778879651115noreply@blogger.com