Excellent idea, using them in lessons about biographies and evaluating resources. This is a good discussion, drawing out many points.
 
Does anyone feel there is a different standard in an elementary school (or middle school?) I know teachers who discourage students from doing reports on these "tainted" celebrities, but the books are still here for personal reading for the most part. And we might have books on outright villains and the notorious -- Hitler, Jesse James, Genghis Khan -- as well as the role models. In a school, we should probably be prepared for parental comments on some of these biographies .
 
 
Jackie Church
Spring Glen Media
 

From: casl-l-bounces@mylist.net [mailto:casl-l-bounces@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Kathleen Smith
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 12:31 PM
To: Brenda Smith
Cc: Kristie McGarry; CASL-L@mylist.net
Subject: Re: [CASL-L] FW: Interesting Question

I also think it is a good opportunity about talking to kids about evaluating resources, looking at copyright dates and making sure they get up to date resources. 

Kathleen Smith.  

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On Nov 30, 2012, at 12:22 PM, "Brenda Smith" <bgs_ct2@yahoo.com> wrote:

I think it is a slippery slope when we as librarians start pulling books off of shelves based on our personal feelings about a subject.  Although Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his medals, it doesn't negate the fact that he is in fact a cancer survivor (and to my knowledge he has not admitted to steroid use).  If someone famous has done something bad or been accused of something illegal, do those actions overshadow what made them biography-worthy in the first place?

The biography shelves would be sparse - in addition to Lance Armstrong we'd have to pull Michael Jackson, Michael Vick, Whitney Houston, Mark McGwire, Roger Clemons, Tiger Woods, the list goes on and on of celebrities and sports figures.

Just my two cents!  :-)

Brenda Smith
Library Media Specialist
Smith STEM School
West Hartford

From: Kristie McGarry <kmcgarry@derbyps.org>
To: "CASL-L@mylist.net" <CASL-L@mylist.net>
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 11:19 AM
Subject: [CASL-L] FW: Interesting Question


I should clarify Geri -- The biography is an inspirational memoir about his recovery from cancer -- the inspirational aspect is drawn largely from his accomplishments as a competitive cyclist --hence the correlation with the performance enhancing drugs -- 


Kristie McGarry
Library Media Specialist
Derby High School
8 Nutmeg Avenue
Derby CT  06418



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From: Geri Dineen [mailto:dineenger@reg8.k12.ct.us]
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 11:05 AM
To: Kristie McGarry
Subject: Interesting Question

Unless there is an assertion that the use of performance-enhancements is linked to cancer survival, I don't see the correlation.



Geri Dineen

Library Media Specialist

RHAM High School

Hebron CT 06248

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From: casl-l-bounces@mylist.net [casl-l-bounces@mylist.net] on behalf of Kristie McGarry [kmcgarry@derbyps.org]
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 10:58 AM
To: CASL-L@mylist.net
Subject: [CASL-L] Interesting Question

Good Morning Librarians -

I am debating removing from our collection this title: Lance Armstrong: My Journey Back to Life.

I would welcome a discussion about the pros/cons of removing from the shelves this book about Lance Armstrong's triumph over cancer given that he was recently stripped of all of his medals for using performance enhancing drugs during this same time. Any thoughts?

Kristie


Kristie McGarry
Library Media Specialist
Derby High School
8 Nutmeg Avenue
Derby CT  06418





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