Creative Recreation for the Mentally Retarded
Amary
1975
Thank you to the anonymous submitter for this one! Wow. I’m going to assume that most librarians do not think this is a good choice for today’s shelves. Here’s a great example of how if you don’t keep up with weeding, when you finally get around to it you’ll realize how many ridiculous books like this you still have on the shelves. What must the public think?? There are lots of better, more current choices for books on this topic.
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Frank
This edition: 1993
Here’s a good example of a book that every public library should have, regardless of its copyright date. There is no question as to its usefulness to patrons. When you find an item like this on your shelves, though, it needs to be replaced. It is quite literally falling apart. The pictures here only show the front and back cover, but the pages were stained and brown and falling out too. I’m embarrassed to admit that this example is from my very own, beloved library. That’s right, folks, we’ve got skeletons in our closet too. We weed regularly, and we lay hands on our items through physical inventory regularly, too.
Those Amazing Leeches
Halton
1988
I am willing to concede that maybe there isn’t much in the way of scientific advancement in the world of leeches, but c’mon! The toenail fungus on the cover is disgusting!
Soviet Union
Jackson
1968
This wonderful book was one of several we found in various catalogs. I wonder if a teacher would accept a country report about the USSR even if it was defunct. In all fairness, this was a perfectly wonderful choice for a library in the late 60’s and early 70’s.
