← Autodidact Archive · Original Dissent · Hugh Lincoln
Thread ID: 12598 | Posts: 1 | Started: 2004-03-01
2004-03-01 19:16 | User Profile
A certain very large and very prominent library system now has a copy of "Culture of Critique" and a few other important tomes. It was courtesy of a donor. The process was quicker than making the request that the library purchase the book itself, but that is another option.
Step one: Think of title you think people should have access to.
Step two: Check the library's catalogue to see if they have it. If not,
Step three: contact the person in charge of "acquisitions" about their interest in the title. If they say 'interested', ask if library will buy its own copy. If yes, keep an eye out for whether this really happens. Or,
Step four, go to amazon, order a copy, and send it in, c/o acquisitions.
Step five, If the library says 'not interested', ask why. Get a letterhead response, e-mail response, or just quote the person.
Step six, do with that information what you will!
If you are told that there is no money for acquisitions of the sort you request, check into the library's collection. See how many black, Jewish, etc. books they have. Register a complaint with the library board, all nice-like in a letter.