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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">This
<b><i>is</i></b> a tough one!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I wouldn’t buy this book for our collection for several reasons:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">It doesn’t support our curriculum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">It hasn’t been peer-reviewed or fact-checked because it’s self-published through Houndstooth Press<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">We have a hold on purchasing through the pandemic and until our budget stabilizes, unless a book is directly requested by a faculty member and will be used widely as
a resource for several quarters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">If your library has the Opposing Viewpoints database, direct her to that. If she’s looking for a resource for a college project, then offer to help her by giving her a list of
potential alternatives you could add to your collection. There are thoughtful conservative presses, publications, and articles that abound.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Watkins, Candice via LIBRARYDIR<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [LIBRARYDIR] [EXTERNAL] Controversial Book Request-your thoughts?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">That's a tough one, Jackie! Wow. I'll venture my perspective here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Like you mentioned, it would be easy to deny this acquisition if you base it on your collection development policy which no doubt primarily supports the curriculum and probably
doesn't prioritize biographies. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">That said, does your library have works that offer the other perspective? If so, then she has a legitimate request. I also see that two public library systems in WA have this title
(King and Sno Isle). Perhaps that's because public libraries invest more in biographies, but I do think it's interesting that this book is about her experience in higher ed and no academic libraries carry it. Freedom of speech, censorship, academic freedom...these
are weighty and important topics for all of us in higher ed right now. Do we only purchase the books that speak to one side of the topic? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I know there are many, many arguments against this purchase, but I don't think it's an automatic 'no.' At least, not for me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Just brainstorming here!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 23, 2021 2:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTC Library Directors <<a href="mailto:librarydir@lists.ctc.edu">librarydir@lists.ctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Jacquelyn Ray <<a href="mailto:jacquelyn.ray@wwcc.edu">jacquelyn.ray@wwcc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] [LIBRARYDIR] Controversial Book Request-your thoughts?</span>
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views on college campuses. This student wants this particular title as she want to start a "Turning Point USA" political activism group on campus.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">I was just crafting my response to this student (fyi, I was going to deny the request and offer alternatives more in line with our collection policy) but wanted to check
in with the brain trust on your thoughts, if you have run into something similar, etc. A quick search in worldcat shows that not a single college owns this title and it came out in February. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black;background:white"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Frontlines-Finding-American-College-Campus/dp/1544519303/ref=sr_1_1?crid=37IFHFG26XH8J&dchild=1&keywords=frontlines+isabel+brown&qid=1629752433&sprefix=frontlines%2Caps%2C275&sr=8-1" title="https://www.amazon.com/Frontlines-Finding-American-College-Campus/dp/1544519303/ref=sr_1_1?crid=37IFHFG26XH8J&dchild=1&keywords=frontlines+isabel+brown&qid=1629752433&sprefix=frontlines%2Caps%2C275&sr=8-1">Frontlines:
finding my voice on an American college campus </a></span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black;background:white">by Isabel Brown</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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