On another tack, many people outside the profession monitor these lists as has been noted in the past. I expect the media will soon be taking this up. (if they haven't already.)
David
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At the moment I am reading
"The Year of the Flood" by Margaret Atwood
http://www.yearoftheflood.com/uk/
( http://www.georgerrmartin.com/ )
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>>> On 21/09/2010 at 1:38 pm, in message
<[log in to unmask]>,
Richard Aird <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Apologies for cross-posting.
>
> Our local authority has taken the decision to boycott Israeli goods, which
> appears to extend to books written by Israeli authors. Whilst we support the
> principle behind the corporate decision, we are naturally concerned about the
> message this sends out about how our libraries are stocked and the
> implications this has.
>
> Does anyone on the list work for an organisation with a similar policy in
> place, and does it extent to library stock?
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard.
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> Richard Aird
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