Question for librarians!

darienlibrary:

sarahbethlibrarian:

When a book is recalled for inaccuracies— I’m obviously talking about Jonah Lehrer’s Imagine— do y’all leave them on the shelf? I think that this is a different case than something like A million little pieces, which may not have been true, but the only mis-truths were personal.

Imagine has fabricated information, but it’s not harmful, and the book is probably still pretty fascinating. 

So— do you leave it on the shelf? Do you give a disclaimer? Do you pull it when the publisher does?

We would love your input as well. I originally suggested we put book plates in our copies with a general disclaimer because I believe its existence is important as an artifact. But I am open to a discussion on this!

I love this kind of stuff.

Source: sarahbethlibrarian

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  1. inbedwithbooks answered: The news has made me want to buy Imagine. I’d leave it on the shelf-I’m sure many patrons are curious about it. It is an artifact now.
  2. microdeathsoftstar reblogged this from unemployed-librarian
  3. unemployed-librarian reblogged this from harperbooks and added:
    My mind turns back to the event of ‘A Thousand Little Pieces’ by James Frey. The library I was working at at the time...
  4. harperbooks reblogged this from darienlibrary and added:
    Very interesting question! What say you?
  5. laughterkey reblogged this from darienlibrary and added:
    I love this kind of stuff.
  6. meta-brarian answered: Our library has kept the books and audiobooks on the shelves in their original form; our hold lists are HUGE!
  7. darienlibrary reblogged this from sarahbethlibrarian and added:
    We would love your input as well. I originally suggested we put book plates in our copies with a general disclaimer...
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