tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.comments2024-03-18T18:39:50.548-04:00SafeLibraries®SafeLibraries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comBlogger1672125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-42384201044831306492024-02-08T22:42:06.346-05:002024-02-08T22:42:06.346-05:00Bingo. Thank you.Bingo. Thank you.SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-69720744587137736062024-01-31T14:32:09.167-05:002024-01-31T14:32:09.167-05:00Also it is imperative each library start with thei...Also it is imperative each library start with their “Mission Statement” including some where in it “reflecting community standards” Their fall back position is well we’re just following or “mission statement “ Then a page by page search and removal of all references back to the ALA including state and local affiliates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-85877155541722544562023-10-07T15:18:28.547-04:002023-10-07T15:18:28.547-04:00Whatever you think is not an interest of mine. I t...Whatever you think is not an interest of mine. I think your goal here is to troll or to smear, like your "sovcit" comment. Since I'm not certain, I'm leaving your comments up. And meanwhile, other states have dropped out of ALA, and the Executive Director of American Library Association has immediately resigned, no explanation given, right during Banned Books Week. You think what you like, I'll keep reporting based on reliable sources, namely, ALA or the librarians themselves.SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-28623315387577949072023-10-05T12:40:45.653-04:002023-10-05T12:40:45.653-04:00OK, so you didn't write it. That doesn't c...OK, so you didn't write it. That doesn't change the fact that it's full of psuedolegal goobledegook, and as a former attorney you should avoid giving it even a hint of legitimacy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-20573906655057012252023-10-04T11:28:34.704-04:002023-10-04T11:28:34.704-04:00Below is a response:
Nah.Below is a response:<br /><br />Nah.Mitchhttps://safelibraries.blogspot.com/2023/09/notice-and-demand-withdraw-nh-state.html#comment-formnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-39587382094673577172023-09-25T10:44:27.412-04:002023-09-25T10:44:27.412-04:00I merely republished that. I'm about to republ...I merely republished that. I'm about to republish something else, only from librarians.SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-27819862403200704062023-09-21T16:46:29.468-04:002023-09-21T16:46:29.468-04:00"Notice to principal is notice to agent"..."Notice to principal is notice to agent"? Black's Law Dictionary citations? A fee schedule?!? Are you finally going full sovcit on us, Dan?.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-3436134796842578392023-07-18T20:18:18.552-04:002023-07-18T20:18:18.552-04:00Understood. The new library association can show ...Understood. The new library association can show how a US Supreme Court case applies to keep educationally unsuitable and pervasively vulgar out of school libraries. But no such case of which I'm aware applies to public libraries, besides certain illegal things that are basically not in library collections anyway. So the new library association will provide guidance based on the law, as opposed to ALA that provides diktat based on what the Chicago Marxists want. The new library association will not be a mini ALA, just in the opposite direction. We will give people options, give people the basis for such options, but will not force them to do what we want, like ALA does.SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-360460991496617992023-07-17T22:12:20.244-04:002023-07-17T22:12:20.244-04:00In the second section #1 can we please work togeth...In the second section #1 can we please work together to keep these books out of school libraries and public libraries? When it states such books can be in public libraries, why is that? They are just as dangerous in a public library. There are people working hard in keeping public library safe as well. Thanks for all your hard work but let’s work together to keep all libraries safe. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-14571946370050004992023-07-12T07:00:58.067-04:002023-07-12T07:00:58.067-04:00Okay! The new library association will be a seriou...Okay! The new library association will be a serious effort to provide positive services, and I intend it to grow over time into an eventual replacement for ALA. It will not be another platform for me to report on ALA activities, and it will not be an "anti-woke" library association. I'll keep all my "patronizing and dismissive to conspiratorially hostile" writing limited to my current platforms.<br /><br />Frankly, I want it to be so good and so useful that even you will join it. Your feedback will always be welcome.<br /><br />While I'm writing, I also want it to benefit librarians. Under ALA guidance, many librarians work in a s3xually hostile work environment and know not to complain. They are told if they don't like it they can quit their jobs. That's going to change with the new library association policy. Librarians will be subject to far fewer incidents of s3xual harassment. Once this takes hold, almost all librarians will want this. And ALA will have to adapt and improve its own policies or it will shrivel away.<br /><br />I see a few librarians are already mocking me for my efforts. This is the first step they always take to keep the status quo, and the status quo is librarians working in hostile work environments and all the other problems ALA represents. But more librarians are already reaching out to me to help build the new library association. And library employees. And library trustees. And library directors. And state politicians. So there's a chance the new library association will become one favored by everyone, a bright and positive alternative to ALA.<br /><br />The Montana State Library Commission just voted 5-1-1 to end all affiliation with ALA. A public library in Gillette, Wyoming, has removed all affiliation with ALA. So people are already moving away from ALA. The questions is can I build the new library association fast enough? It will help if the new library association starts getting major donors so web sites and more can be built faster, better.SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-31281098915750422982023-07-07T18:07:28.783-04:002023-07-07T18:07:28.783-04:00Traditional librarianship values critical thinking...Traditional librarianship values critical thinking, political neutrality, and information literacy. I've followed your activism for nearly two decades, Mr. Kleinman, and, all due respect, when presented with alternate points of view or, god forbid, challenges to your conclusions, your reactions range from patronizing and dismissive to conspiratorially hostile. If this new anti-woke library association to be named later is going to have any chance of success, please select a leader who is capable of navigating conflict without accusing any- and everyone who disagrees with them of being an ALA mole.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-13495278580384728562023-07-01T10:59:50.685-04:002023-07-01T10:59:50.685-04:00Thank you.Thank you.SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-2844237048369927902023-06-29T15:47:46.582-04:002023-06-29T15:47:46.582-04:00Thank you . I have debated this issue on Facebook...Thank you . I have debated this issue on Facebook . When I object to books containing sexually explicit material parents say exactly what the ALA prompted them to say:<br />“YOU are a NAZI book banner.<br />Librarians are professionals with advanced degrees who know better than you do .<br />YOU are a homophobe, objecting to books needed by LGBTQ youth .<br />Don’t tell me what my kids can read , etc.”<br /><br />I am so glad to hear about the whistle blower Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-41588633061668680192023-06-03T00:24:06.089-04:002023-06-03T00:24:06.089-04:00Interesting and thank you. I'll take it into c...Interesting and thank you. I'll take it into consideration as I write more over time. That also would be great advice for the new library association I'm building. I just started so not much on that yet. Also, if any librarians wish to contribute such topics for publication here, that would be welcome.SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-46953208630892740482023-06-02T18:16:26.440-04:002023-06-02T18:16:26.440-04:00Appreciate all the documentation, Dan Would love ...Appreciate all the documentation, Dan Would love to see more addressing false claims of censorship/banning in public libraries as well as legal support that allows public libraries to *not* buy every type of trash that gets published and how PL's not buying something because of problematic content is a legally permissible decision. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-37982030538240713982023-04-28T01:36:48.019-04:002023-04-28T01:36:48.019-04:00You still exist despite accomplishing nothing?You still exist despite accomplishing nothing?Mitchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-67597295092219922062023-04-27T07:24:38.676-04:002023-04-27T07:24:38.676-04:00Yes, in a group of 53K+, plenty of non-Americans a...Yes, in a group of 53K+, plenty of non-Americans are present, especially given ALA membership is only 40K or so. Yes, it's a Facebook page. Secret cabal is not a term I used. No, they do not welcome anyone with opinions differing from ALA policy. I was blocked within seconds of having been admitted by the admins without my even commenting once. The person who blocked me works or worked directly with ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom, which it is not. Now the group is closed and I have to rely on whistleblowers to reveal recent incidents of how ALA works to rile people up and bully any opposition to ALA diktat, as I have shown in the present post, which is partly why you have commented here. And accepting of different people is not what librarians do--they only accept different people who think like them. I'll admit most librarians are great people, but they bend out of fear to ALA diktat. I don't have that fear. Therefore I was banned within seconds from the group. Here's another example. Greg McClay of Shush was a conservative librarian. When he attempted to run in an election for some position in ALA or the like, he was intentionally left off the ballot so no one could vote for him. This is the ALA you have come to defend.SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-2478802939691256082023-04-27T01:44:41.776-04:002023-04-27T01:44:41.776-04:00I'm an Australian librarian and am not a membe...I'm an Australian librarian and am not a member of the ALA. Plenty of non- Americans are on it. It's a facebook page not some secret cabal. If you are accepting of different people they welcome you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-89000514526676225192023-04-26T20:42:31.735-04:002023-04-26T20:42:31.735-04:00You keep saying I'm "hurting my cause by ...You keep saying I'm "hurting my cause by destroying my credibility." You don't care about my credibility. You are here just to keep knocking it to try to mislead people about me.<br /><br />I have and continue to report 100% accurately. My accurate reporting has resulted in things like ALA dropping LGBT books from its 2011 Banned Books List as a result of my reporting that it faked the 2010 list, and @TXLA took their Twitter account private for about a month after what I reported about it s3xualizing children by intentionally breaking the law. People come here precisely because I report stories not heard elsewhere and it do it based on reliable and often primary sources, sometimes even whistleblowers.<br /><br />If you continue to troll here, I'll delete your comments. I've been dealing with trolling of your style for a long time--by deleted comments by trolls.SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-28516115275446618862023-04-26T18:41:01.814-04:002023-04-26T18:41:01.814-04:00I actually vehemently oppose what is happening wit...I actually vehemently oppose what is happening within our culture right now including the proliferation of filth being disguised as acceptance and tolerance. I also care about accuracy in reporting so that the messaging isn't lost. People like you and your "whistleblower" hurt the cause by destroying our credibility. You'd rather make a flashy point than do the work to ensure that you're being accurate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-9908964161032861092023-04-26T18:14:37.732-04:002023-04-26T18:14:37.732-04:00That Facebook group is entirely a creation of Amer...That Facebook group is entirely a creation of American Library Association people, some working directly with and promoted by ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom. ALA leaders regularly read and post on that Facebook group, especially from the Office for Intellectual Freedom. The name of the group was changed to remove the reference to ALA, but the ALA name remains in the URL of the group. It has now gone private to continue the work of the ALA in secret, par for the course for ALA that routinely hides things from legislators and parents. Indeed, I have published that ALA work in secret numerous times, this latest time from a whistleblower who brought me the information. And I encourage others to do so. <br /><br />Your protestations only show my reporting, here sourced to a whistleblower who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of people like you, is directly over the target. Thank you for the corroboration.SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-36844475079538559022023-04-26T17:41:10.248-04:002023-04-26T17:41:10.248-04:00I don't give a holy rat's ass one way or t...I don't give a holy rat's ass one way or the other. I'm just thinking they're not gonna get more people on their side by starting off stories with factual inaccuracies. But I'm also assuming that the extremes on both sides don't particularly care about facts, so it probably doesn't matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-64923002259976006772023-04-26T17:31:58.651-04:002023-04-26T17:31:58.651-04:00Then take the ALA out of the name, plus saying som...Then take the ALA out of the name, plus saying something like that doesn't make it true. We ALL know the ALA is a liberal cess pool.Amy Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13791794778608236210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-23046851963189173902023-04-26T16:21:29.348-04:002023-04-26T16:21:29.348-04:00This group isn't sponsored, moderated, endorse...This group isn't sponsored, moderated, endorsed or run by ALA. The group is not an ALA platform. You should properly represent the nature of the group; failing to do so hurts your credibility. You're pushing a narrative based on incorrect information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-26643283195771349062023-04-26T16:07:38.183-04:002023-04-26T16:07:38.183-04:00Thank you! Whistleblowers may contact me and I wi...Thank you! Whistleblowers may contact me and I will publish them anonymously so others can learn from them without fear of job reprisals or career repercussions.SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.com