I had an amazing and rare uplifting moment last week. I emailed our local high school librarian to see if it would be okay if I donated a copy of Dan Savage's new book "It Get's Better" to the school library. I wasn't going to buy the extra copy if they wouldn't even allow it into the collection, but imagine my surprise when I got the following response:
"Yes, thank you. We welcome contributions. . .FYI: We have an open, progressive library collection for the young adults in our school. . . I did read some reviews of the book, and it appears it will have a place in our LGBT section."
Our high school library has an LGBT section??!! Keep in mind, I live in a school district that does NOT observe Martin Luther King Jr Day and takes almost every Wednesday afternoon off for religious release time. My jaw about fell to the floor when I read that! I couldn't have been prouder of our local high school librarian.
Hey - I'm the "librarian" at the middle school, so this made me smile. Good on the BHS librarian (she's retiring next week, though...)
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Hey, good for you! I was planning on getting a copy to my true-blue Minneapolis school, but maybe I should contact a smaller district to make a donation to them, instead!
ReplyDeleteI'm dropping it off today! I have a copy for the public library as well, so we'll see if they're as receptive. And Shannon, you should try to get a copy into the Little Falls High School library (that's where my husband went).
ReplyDeleteI keep looking for a "like" button! Too much facebook.
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