<div dir="ltr">I have my own reservations about, basically, using critical race theory (<a href="http://spacrs.wordpress.com/what-is-critical-race-theory/">http://spacrs.wordpress.com/what-is-critical-race-theory/</a>) as a deciding factor when evaluating solutions for essential daily library functions. But it's a jerk move to make fun of people who have it incorporated into their professional values. It's certainly a valid way of approaching the Library Bill of Rights' (<a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill">http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill</a>) insistence that libraries exist to serve *<span style="color:rgb(48,48,48);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">all people of the community*. In any case, dismissing it as unworthy of engagement--as nothing more than a joke--just supports its most basic claims.</span><div class="gmail_extra">
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best,</div><div class="gmail_extra">Mark</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">-- <br><div dir="ltr">Mark Kille<div>Library Assistant (Information Services)<br>
<div>Multnomah County Library (Hillsdale)</div><div><a href="mailto:markk@multco.us" target="_blank">markk@multco.us</a><br></div></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px">503-988-5388</span></font><br>
</div><div><a href="http://multcolib.org/" target="_blank">multcolib.org</a></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Linda Church <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lchurch@cu-portland.edu" target="_blank">lchurch@cu-portland.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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