[bksvol-discuss] Re: Books with outdated information
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 22:36:01 -0400
And what defines it as "out dated" information?
Smile. I know science for example may not be accurate perhaps. I know we
have a book on Pluto for example still listing it as a planet and not a "sub
planet" as it is called now.B
ut sometimes I think the more recent stuff may not be the "best" out there
on the topic. I look at it, and figure if the subject matter really hasn't
changed, for example crafts, animal care, animal breeds and the like I will
scan the older books. Actually some of them, are very good and better in my
opinion than the ones currently available.
Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT
And Guinevere: Golden Lady Guide Dog
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Guide Dogs for the Blind
Alumni Association
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 10:02 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Books with outdated information
I don't know what the bookshare policy is about including nonfiction books
that may have outdated information, and I've asked Carrie if she can find
out. Libraries, school and public, periodically go through their
collections and pull books that haven't circulated for a certain number of
years and/or have outdated information because they need the space for
newer books. That isn't the case, of course, for an electronic library like
bookshare, but I seriously question the value of time spent scanning and
validating books that may have facts and information that is no longer
valid. I bring this up because two books added today to the collection,
Move Your Shadow-South Africa, Black and White by Joseph Lelyveld and
Doing Time: A Look at Crime and Prisons by Phyllis Elperin Clark, Robert
Lehrman I wonder about. I haven't read them, but looking at their copyright
dates (and I think maybe that of the former might be incorrect--without
looking at the
copyright page, the information I've found indicates that the book was
copyrighted in 1985, not 1995) my impression is that circumstances in
South Africa are quite different now than 10 or 20 years ago, and that
there have also been changes in the prison system in the last 20 years.
My suggestion would be that submitters and validators consider whether
it's worth their time and energy to scan and/or validate books that a
print library probably would discard. JMO
Cindy
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