[Asis-l] Library Books Burn as ALA (Again) Does Nothing

[Michel J. Menou]

Sorry I don't see what this polemical stuff on ALA business has to do
on asis-l.

Michel J. Menou                Mail to: Michel.Menou at wanadoo.fr

Wednesday, November 26, 2003, 2:58:53 PM, you wrote:

Rcc> After reading an article in Lisnews.com about the court-ordered burning of 
Rcc> library books in Cuba, David Rothman wrote an article for the Oct. 4 issue of 
Rcc> "TeleRead" (www.teleread.org):

Rcc> "BOOKS BURN IN CUBA - BUT ALA'S PCers STILL WIMPING OUT
 
Rcc> "Cuba beats many nations in the number of books per capita, but maybe it 
Rcc> would have still more if it didn't burn some. Fidel Castro's flunkies sentenced an 
Rcc> independent librarian--collector of the incinerated books--last April to 20 
Rcc> years in prison. Embarrassingly, however, the American Librarian Association 
Rcc> has refused to speak out against Cuban repression. ALA members would do well to 
Rcc> complain to President Carla D. Hayden. A September 28 item from the Friends of 
Rcc> Cuban Libraries leads me to think that ALA is in dire need of a few Winston 
Rcc> Smiths:

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