Sunday, January 22, 2006
To be honest, I barely ever find myself in a library anymore -- maybe a few times when my daughter was a little younger and we'd hang around on the kid's floor to get out of mumma's hair for awhile. Nevertheless, there's an information war still going on out there, perhaps more urgent in academic libraries than the local public, but still...
It's all part of who's story gets told...yours...or CAIR's?
Libraries: The New Mideast Battlefront
The pro-Israel group, called the Library Project, is on a mission — to counter negative portrayals of Jews and Israel. And its members believe that false, injurious messages are permeating U.S. libraries and ultimately shaping minds.
The reception they received made them more certain that the problems may be worse than they ever imagined: The group sparred with librarians for months over which, if any, DVDs the library would accept.
Such encounters are playing out in libraries across the nation. Library Project, based in Los Angeles, is one of two groups that have formed recently to spread a pro-Israel message. Over the past year and a half, it and the Boston-based Adopt A Library Project have helped place thousands of pro-Israel books, CDs and DVDs in branches around the nation.
Some libraries are receptive to their materials; others less so...
