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		<title>WaSP Stings Libraries Over Outdated Books</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a big fan of the Web Standards Project (WaSP), but my inner librarian groans over their latest tactic. In a recent post they warn: &#8221;How many outdated web design and development books are lurking in your local library, school or college, waiting to corrupt an innocent mind?&#8221; True enough. Library shelves do indeed suffer [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.happywebdiva.com/images/wasp-bookmark.gif" alt="WaSP bookmark" class="right" align="right" border="0" height="505" width="150" />I&#8217;m a big fan of the Web Standards Project (WaSP), but my inner librarian groans over their latest tactic.  <a href="http://www.webstandards.org/2008/03/08/street-team-make-your-mark/">In a recent post they warn</a>: &#8221;How many outdated web design and development books are lurking in your local library, school or college, waiting to corrupt an innocent mind?&#8221;  True enough.  Library shelves do indeed suffer from outdated materials of all kinds, and librarians have their hands full keeping up.</p>
<p>Where I take issue is their proposed tactic.  They want fans like me to go around putting warning bookmarks in the offending tomes.  How much better a use of energy it would be if WaSP fans contacted collection development librarians with lists of books to pull and prioritized lists of suggested books to add.  That&#8217;s what I used to be (a collection development librarian, that is) and I would have welcomed an assist like this.</p>
<p>I  know it lacks the flamboyance of littering the shelves with cute little bookmarks, but it&#8217;s so much faster and more effective, not to mention better library manners.  Think &#8212; you could even donate some of the <a href="http://streetteam.webstandards.org/goodbooks/">good books</a> and put WaSP placards in the front &#8212; or maybe even include some WaSP Good Book bookmarks for readers to pluck and enjoy.</p>
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